A Scream in the Streets

1973

Action / Crime / Horror / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 25% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 25% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 502 502

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Plot summary

Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to track down and arrest a brutal rapist-murderer terrorizing the city. Their job is complicated by the fact that the killer is able to avoid capture because he can pose as a woman.

Director

Dwayne Avery Photo
Dwayne Avery

Top cast

Joshua Bryant Photo
Joshua Bryant as Officer Ed Haskell
Phil Kaufman Photo
Phil Kaufman
Michael Lee Photo
Michael Lee
Sandy Dempsey Photo
Sandy Dempsey as Vicki
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831.28 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 2
1.51 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TheMikeJustice

Unbelievably cheap and bizarre from the abrupt and jarring opening credits on....

This jaw-droppingly odd and obscure softcore crime film was on a double-feature cassette with "Axe" and that's how I saw it. It starts off with the most jarring set of opening credits ever. Basically, a booming male voice shouts over a black screen "A Scream in the Streets!" then it abruptly cuts to the Fastest Scrolling Titles Ever superimposed over footage of an unconvincing drag queen killing someone (1970's police show music raging in the background). The film settles down a bit after this into something resembling a story, although I can't remember what it is. My only memory is that it involved a massage parlor and lots of sex scenes (one, at least, verging on hardcore). The men were the ugliest beasts I've ever seen with their clothes off. They couldn't have found more hideous men for this film. Towards the end, the ludicrous drag queen from the opening credits shows up again and implausibly stalks a park while going completely unnoticed. Then something happens and the film ends.... For fans of runny color and grainy cinematography only.
Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 6 / 10

Reasonably amusing exploitation.

"A Scream in the Streets" fulfills its requirements as a 70s trash film. It's basically a variety of sex scenes occasionally interrupted by the plot. And the plot involves two police detectives, Ed Haskell (Joshua Bryant, the original 'Salem's Lot'), and Bob Striker (Frank Bannon, in his only film role), who must deal with various lowlifes: a young punk robbing a deli, a peeping tom, and the kicker: a rapist who is able to avoid detection because he's always dressing in drag!The movie does have its moments. This viewer liked best the scene where two lesbians decide to "put on a show" for the peeping tom while surreptitiously placing a call to the police. Also among the thoroughly depraved male characters is a massage parlor customer who gets his kicks by whipping an employee with his belt. Her boss calls in the cops, but is far more concerned with the damage that the customer did to HIM. (He smashed his head with a beer bottle, and yet later we don't see a single drop of blood on the dodo's face.) The rapist is a total creep and yet is undeniably a hoot because there is no way in real life anybody would be fooled by this guy.The dialogue is often quite amusing, and the performances likewise have a cheesy appeal. Also appearing are Linda York ("Chain Gang Women"), Colleen Brennan ("Delinquent School Girls"), Sandy Carey ("Drive In Massacre"), and John Tull ("Below the Belt").Viewers hoping for a copious mixture of cheese & sleaze will likely have a good time with this one.Six out of 10.
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