The Shout
The Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It was based on a short story by Robert Graves and adapted for the screen by Skolimowski and Michael Austin. The film was the first to be produced by Jeremy Thomas under his Recorded Picture Company banner.
Plot
Crossley (Alan Bates), a mysterious travelling man invades the lives of a young couple, Rachel and Anthony Fielding (Susannah York and John Hurt). Anthony is a composer, who experiments with sound effects and various electronic sources in his secluded Devon studio. The couple provides hospitality to Crossley but his intentions are gradually revealed as more sinister. He claims he has learned from an Aboriginal shaman how to produce a "terror shout" that can kill anyone who hears it unprotected.
Awards
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author | Jerzy Skolimowski Robert Graves |
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award | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix |
contentLocation | Devon |
director | Jerzy Skolimowski |
editor | Barrie Vince |
genre | horror |
keywords | aboriginal how to indigenous australians seclude shaman sound effect young couple |
musicBy | Tony Banks |
producer | Jeremy Thomas |
productionCompany | Recorded Picture Company |
publisher | The Rank Organisation |