It strikes without warning. It can morph through walls, ceilings, floors. There is no place to hide. Behind every corner lies a potential doorway to death. After fifty years the Shrieker has been summoned again. Five will die tonight. The sixth will become it's master. When you hear the sound of it's voice... your time has come. Clark (Tanya Dempsey), a young Mathematics major at a University, thinks she's found the best deal for student housing: a group of squatters who live in an abandoned hospital secretly. The quirky residents let her into their community provided she follow the rules, including not telling anyone about her living arrangements. All seems wonderful, until she discovers that the reason that the hospital was abandoned was a series of murders in the 1940s by a strange "shrieking killer" who was never captured - and the discovery that someone who's living in the hospital is using occult means to bring back the demonic "Shrieker".
E**Z
"There's wisdom to be found here, dark wisdom!"
Definitely horror-lite, Shrieker is a movie that welcomes ridicule. Point of fact, the Shrieker rarely shrieks. At times, it sounds more like a dog, once it sounded decidedly piggish. Not exactly the stuff of nightmares. The plot suffers from too many comparisons to other horror films (not the least of which was Curse of the Demon). The acting is uneven to say the least, with Tanya Dempsey (Clark) the worst of the lot, giving a flat performance that completely betrays any emotion she's trying to produce. I've seen house flies do a better job. At the other end of the spectrum is Parry Shen (who actually went on to have a lengthy career as an actor), going beyond the call of duty by overdoing every scene he's in. The dialog is stilted, leaving everyone sounding unnatural. The setup is lost during the opening credits, some mumbo jumbo about alchemists and a traveler between worlds, appeasing a master, some abomination, marking five people for sacrifice, yadda-yadda-yadda. And wouldn't you know it, five people are squatting in an abandoned hospital just as a sixth person is asked to join their unlucky number. But wait, what's this, there's a seventh person hiding on the premises! An expert in all things Shrieker! That doesn't sound too suspicious. Conveniently, they all forget rule number one: never investigate scary noises when it's better to delegate. Along the way we learn a nasty purpose for calligraphy, that communism isn't all it's cracked up to be, and just because you've given to going shirtless doesn't mean you're obviously gay. Where there's smoke there's bound to be obscure symbols burning on the floor. Just because you're creepy doesn't mean you're the villain of the piece, although in this case..............
J**C
Nice atmosphere, good characters.
This is about some college kids that move into an abandoned hospital (because it's cheaper than the dorms). Little do they know that a mass murder took place there years earlier. Soon strange things start happening - mysterious symbols appear in the hallway, there's a weird guy living in the cellar, shrieking noises are heard in the night. Then, one of them disappears - EEK!This is a pretty good movie overall. I liked the creepy atmosphere of the abandoned hospital, and the characters all had distinct personalities and had fairly good chemistry with each other. I'd definitely recommend it to fans of low budget, somewhat cheesy horror movies.
G**X
31/2 Stars actually....
I was really glad that I got one of the out of print DVD copies of this for Christmas. I had been really curious about this movie ever since my sister gave me an old Shrieker poster. She said the movie was cheesy and I said that that was perfect than LOL. I like cheesy movies. And well.....she was right. Don't get me wrong, the movie was interesting, had mostly good acting (some hot ones too), it was creepy and suspensful. The only thing I was dissapointed by was the lack of up front gore. Not that i am a freak about that stuff, I guess it was something I expected...BUT the movie was really good. I recommend it!IF YOU HEAR IT, IT IS TOO LATE!!!
A**N
Simply put, loved it!
I first saw this movie when it came out and have been looking for it ever since. Since I purchased it, I have watched it about a dozen times.I be brutally honest, we're not talking an award-winning movie here. But, then, for those of us who love this type of movie, there should be an award for it. It has a very original take on a number of things and I've thoroughly enjoyed the ending.Unfortunately, if you like your movies full of gore, nudity, and profanity, this one will not live up to that standard.
D**.
Grade B at its best
If you're a fan of grade B horror film like me, Shrieker is a must have. This is just one of many in this era. I wish somebody would start doing remakes of a lot of these older movies. Horror fans are starving for content.
A**R
this entity comes and goes too easily for these students to comprehend
A creature from another dimension delivers murder and havoc to college students living in an abandoned hospital building. Crazy!Doesn't have a true beginning, no real reason for existing, other than to be stumbled upon, this entity comes and goes too easily for these students to comprehend, but someone is responsible.Probably a waste of time, you may want the hour and a half of your life back.
M**S
Shrieker
Shrieker is a full moon movie a bunch of college kids need a freeplace to stay so they find an abanded building but it holds a deadlysecreat.
R**S
Four Stars
If you like scary movies it pretty good
C**N
movie arrived on time
movie was boring not recommended
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