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Screaming in Catacombs

posted 9 years ago by johnmkirby
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I'm halfway watching this movie and the one thing that I can't escape is the constant screaming by the heroine. I can't imagine that there is another movie in the history of talkies where someone screams as much as this chick. She musta taken an extra course in acting school in screaming. I was pulling for the beast at one point just to shut her up. And granted -- there's no telling what a person would do in such a situation -- but the marginal utility of screaming must decline at some point when you're being chased by some serial killer or beast or devil thingy. Few people if any have been saved by screaming, especially screaming to the crazed killer "leave me alone." If a fundamental sense of morality won't prevent the predator from killing the victim, then politely asking him to refrain from killing the victim probably won't help either. I'd have to downgrade by 1-2 points for excessive screaming alone.

[–] Prelude-in-C-maj 9 years ago

Yup, just seen it, and her screaming was something that pissed me off all through the movie. Mostly because it's the stupidest thing to do -- running through the place screaming gives a constant homing signal to her pursuer! How lacking in smarts is this gal? I get that screaming is a bit of an automatic reflex when scared for one's life, but seriously, she never got a handle on it. After the first few freak-outs you would shut the hell up and focus on eluding the nutjob...

[–] pullgees 9 years ago

Completely awful, I was doing things around the house in the kitchen, on the computer as it was one of those horrors where you could go make a cup of tea and not miss anything apart in this case more screaming. Everywhere I went I heard nothing but screaming coming out of the tv. When I occasionally looked at the screen it was just a mad flicker which eventually sent the dog into an epileptic fit.

[–] shauna-mark 8 years ago

Agree completely. I just watched this in a combination 6x and 12x, and feel like I missed nothing at all. Shaky camera, abysmal lighting, and bad music added up to a pretty poor movie for me, although I did enjoy the bitch sister copping the pick-axe at the end. Anyway, better get back to Mega-Shark -v- Giant Octopus now ...

[–] Yucahaor 9 years ago

That and I also hate how she kept yelling, "hello?" Constantly. Like seriously, you should assume the only one down there is you and that monster. Unless you're looking to start a conversation with the monster I suggest you not utter a single fricken word.