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Shrieker

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 12m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
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Shrieker (1998)
Horror

It strikes without warning. It can morph through walls, ceilings, floors. Behind every corner lies a potential doorway to death. After 50 years the Shrieker has been summoned again. Five wil... Read allIt strikes without warning. It can morph through walls, ceilings, floors. Behind every corner lies a potential doorway to death. After 50 years the Shrieker has been summoned again. Five will die tonight. The sixth will become its master.It strikes without warning. It can morph through walls, ceilings, floors. Behind every corner lies a potential doorway to death. After 50 years the Shrieker has been summoned again. Five will die tonight. The sixth will become its master.

  • Director
    • David DeCoteau
  • Writer
    • Neal Marshall Stevens
  • Stars
    • Tanya Dempsey
    • Jamie Gannon
    • Parry Shen
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    769
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David DeCoteau
    • Writer
      • Neal Marshall Stevens
    • Stars
      • Tanya Dempsey
      • Jamie Gannon
      • Parry Shen
    • 21User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Tanya Dempsey
    Tanya Dempsey
    • Clark
    Jamie Gannon
    Jamie Gannon
    • Zak
    Parry Shen
    Parry Shen
    • David
    • (as Parry Allen)
    Alison Cuffe
    • Tanya
    Thomas R. Martin
    Thomas R. Martin
    • Robert
    • (as Roger Crowe)
    Chris Boyd
    • Mike
    Jenya Lano
    Jenya Lano
    • Elaine
    Jason-Shane Scott
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    • Director
      • David DeCoteau
    • Writer
      • Neal Marshall Stevens
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    1capkronos

    "From hell it came! Born of darkness..."

    The creature? Yeah, it and the movie it stars in. Hell would seem infinitely more frightening if the damned were forced to watch this for all eternity. Six college students shack up in a condemned hospital to save money and end up victims of an ancient monster who must claim five victims before it returns to "the shadowy world from which it came!" Other than having major logic and coherence problems (plus the fact it appears to be unfinished), this disaster is terribly acted, written, edited (by J.R. Bookwalter) and directed, and the make-up FX are almost nonexistent. It's also significantly shorter than it claims (at only 80 minutes), but I'm not complaining. It's the worst movie I've seen from executive producer Charles Band's Full Moon productions and boy is that BAD!

    To note, I almost didn't bother with a review, but this has gotten inexplicably good reviews on here and I figured a varying opinion was in order. Proceed with caution!
    Sexyteen

    Jamie Gannon is the best part of this film.

    I have to say, not the greatest horror film out there. However, well worth a viewing if only to see Jamie Gannon in his first horror film. That boy is gonna be a big star. Not only is he extremely talented (working with a completely implausible script and a monster that looks like it was made out of paper mache), but he has to be the hottest young actor out there - yum!!! His second horror film (Final Stab, also a Full Moon picture) is infinetly better and well worth renting. He is certainly an actor whose career I will be sure to follow.
    4jeffreyc-32567

    Shrieker my verdict.

    Well here it comes this is what I thought after watching this film 📼. I gave it four stars ✨ after reading the other reviewers words. Not much action going on too much talking and only at 72 minutes long very short film 📼. The producers should or could have put some more effort and horror to make the film, at least 90 minutes long. Well that's my point so over and out for jacey.
    3Maciste_Brother

    Watching this movie will suck your brain dry!

    SHRIEKER is a Full Moon production. I knew what to expect (very little quality) but I didn't expect this to be as painful as SHRIEKER was to watch.

    It's just awful. Bad acting, confusing script and direction. Annoying characters I wanted to kill. The whole thing was probably made in one week. I've seen episodes of CHARMED that were more complex and convincing than this cheapie.

    It has the look and feel of an orphaned episode of a badly conceived TV series no one has ever seen. It was a chore to watch and I could feel my mind getting dimmer and dimmer by the minute. Watching a movie shouldn't be this much hard work.
    4ric-29

    Competent but boring

    The best thing about Shrieker is the dialogue. Like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, this movie is cognizant of the conventions of this type of horror movie and manages to come up with a few good lines and scenes that play on those conventions. Unfortunately, Shrieker is just boring. The plot is your basic Ten Little Indians whodunnit with a monster controlled by one of the suspects/victims. You know from the beginning that each of the characters will get bumped off until only the hero(ine) is left to defeat the evil. And this is exactly what happens. Absolutely no surprises and no tension. Production values and acting were ok, but I had no motivation to watch to the end (although I did) because I already knew how the end scene would play out. The ending did surprise me a bit, because it managed to fizzle out, literally, instead of throwing out a bucket of special effects. Maybe the special effects budget had been spent up by the end.

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      A sequel was planned where the Shrieker would return with three heads instead of two.
    • Connections
      Edited into Monsters Gone Wild! (2004)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 1, 1999 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shriek
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Full Moon Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 12m(72 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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