Scream and Scream Again 2000 Horror Movie Review

Yes, it’s definitely going to take more than one scream to get through this one. Scream and Scream Again is a truly bizarre late-1960s relic. It is a cheerfully sadistic movie and uses a few tactics that are a bit more disturbing than they’re meant to be, such as a long, ogling pan along a nude corpse. Horror king Vincent Price gets top billing, but in fact the master is saved until the end of the film. In the meantime, we follow three mysterious interweaving plot lines: a series of sexualized murders, a torturer’s monstrous rise to power in an unnamed totalitarian nation, and a hapless captive undergoing a truly horrific medical procedure. Scream and Scream Again certainly offers the viewer an interesting ride, careening as it does between the effectively chilling and the merely off-putting. There is an engaging chase as the London police try to put everything together, but of course the real treat of the movie is getting to watch Price’s performance. He is calmly, perfectly assured, managing to achieve menacing reserve and full-on creep-out at the same time. A complete pro, Price even did one of his own stunts to ensure a good close-up, submerging himself in goo for the cause. Watch him at work and scream. And then scream again. —Ali Davis