The Shout
Turkish title: Çığlık
“A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.”
1978 · 1 h 26 min
Directed by 
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy SkolimowskiCast
Alan Bates 
John Hurt 
Susannah York
Credits
Written by: Robert Graves
Plot
A man claims to have a shout that kills.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jerzy Skolimowski's eerie horror has a man claiming to possess a killing shout. Alan Bates, John Hurt and Susannah York deliver strange, mesmerising performances in a weird, atmospheric tale told as a cricket-match tale.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (6,236 votes)
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