14 April 2009

The Shout (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1978)

6/10
Interesting, obscure British film from 1978 about a mysterious stranger with the power of a shout so loud it can kill people. He (Alan Bates) invites himself into John Hurt and his wife's home after becoming obsessed with Hurt's wife and he kind of makes life difficult for them. Tim Curry also has a minor role as the person Bates is recounting the story to (the entire film unfolds in a flashback). I was hoping for more but it's still a curious, surreal little movie that probably deserves better than the obscurity it seems confined to (no region 1 DVD and a pretty barebones European release).

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