Horror

And Now the Screaming Starts!

- The hand that crawls, kills and lives!!!

In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and all its descendants.

Release Date : 1973-04-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Amicus Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : And Now the Screaming Starts!

Cast

Character Name : Catherine Fengriffen

Original Name : Stephanie Beacham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Pope

Original Name : Peter Cushing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Whittle

Original Name : Patrick Magee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Fengriffen

Original Name : Herbert Lom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Fengriffen

Original Name : Ian Ogilvy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silas / Woodsman

Original Name : Geoffrey Whitehead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maitland

Original Name : Guy Rolfe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Luke

Original Name : Rosalie Crutchley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aunt Edith

Original Name : Gillian Lind

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bridget

Original Name : Janet Key

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Sally Harrison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henry's Friend

Original Name : John Sharp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable

Original Name : Norman Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir John Westcliff

Original Name : Lloyd Lamble

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Kay Adrian

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : David Alan Barclay

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Blake Butler

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Vic Chapman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Servant

Original Name : Frank Forsyth

Gender : Male

Character Name : (as Daniel Jones)

Original Name : Daniel Johns

Gender : Male

Character Name : (as Hilary Martin)

Original Name : Hilary Martyn

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Sylvester Morand

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Beth Owen

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Toni Sinclair

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Elsa Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Stamp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bearded Drunk

Original Name : Larry Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Rocky Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : (as Gloria Walker)

Original Name : Gloria Maley

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Drew Wood

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

**_Bad first half, good second half_** Catherine (Stephanie Beacham) moves to the Fengriffen manor in rural England, 1795, to marry her fiancé Charles (Ian Ogilvy) where she’s immediately fascinated by a portrait of his dead father, Henry (Herbert Lom), as well as harassed by spectral images, including that of a severed hand. Does the loner woodsman (Geoffrey Whitehead) hold the key to why the estate is cursed? Peter Cushing dominates the second half as a doctor of the mind. Amicus’ “And Now the Screaming Starts!” (1973) has a typical plot for British horror of that era, but it lacks finesse in execution, like the curious overuse of the quick zoom on Henry's portrait to suggest a sense of foreboding and the cheesy severed hand that rears its fingers too early. Catherine’s hysterics don’t help. Thankfully, the second half gets compelling with the arrival of Dr. Pope (Cushing) and an interesting flashback to 1745 that explains the weird goings-on. Of course Stephanie was one of the most beautiful women to walk the earth. So this is a tale of two halves: The first half veers toward “What were they thinking?” bad while the second half is quite good. The film runs 1 hour and 31 minutes and was shot at Shepperton Studios, Middlesex, England, with the exteriors of Fengriffen Castle done in Windsor, Berkshire. GRADE: C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

Roy Ward Baker has assembled quite a decent cast for this rather daft horror film. Stephanie Beacham is "Catherine" who is to marry the squire of "Fengriffen" (Ian Ogilvy) and so moves into his manor house. Her wedding night certainly doesn't go to plan, though - she discovers that there are ghosts and they are out to enforce a curse put upon the family many years ago. Can they sort out this scourge before it drives her mad or worse, takes her life? This really picks up after about 50 minutes when Peter Cushing ("Dr. Pope") comes onto the scene to help them get to the bottom of it, but otherwise it's all just a rather predictable, cheap and cheerful, horror with lots of squeaking violins to compensate for some mediocre dialogue and acting. The few scenes with Herbert Lom liven it up a bit, and there is fun to be had with the wandering hand, but for the most part it is just really well titled - lots of screaming,