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Scream Bloody Murder1973

Name: Scream Bloody Murder
Genre: Slasher, Psychological
Released: 1973-02-20
Rating: 5.2

“Who Will Survive the Psychosexual Claw?”

Directed by Marc B. Ray

5.2

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Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.7TMDB 4.6

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Year

1973

Runtime

90 min

The premise

A disturbed young boy who kills his father with a tractor is institutionalized. Years later, when he's finally released, he goes on a murderous rampage after he finds out that his mother has remarried.

Horror Vault's take

A childhood act of brutal violence sets one deeply troubled young man on a path that no amount of institutionalization can redirect. Released back into the world, he finds his home life irrevocably changed — and his grip on reality grows more dangerous by the minute. This low-budget proto-slasher trades polished scares for raw, unsettling menace as the body count climbs. It's a grindhouse portrait of a killer whose crimes stem as much from psychological fracture as from rage.

Content: Graphic Violence, Dismemberment, Depictions Of Mental Illness, Murder Of A Parental Figure