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SCREAM, PRETTY PEGGY opens w/ a bizarre murder outside of a mansion, then switches to a college campus, where Peggy Johns (Sian Barbara allen) is looking for work. She lands a housekeeping job at the aforementioned estate, where she meets the rather odd Mrs. Elliot (Bette Davis- WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? BURNT OFFERINGS) and her sculptor son, Jeffrey (Ted Bessell). Peggy gets right to work. Over time, she learns of Jeffrey's sister, Jennifer, who is -supposedly- in Europe. Peggy also discovers a penchant for the macabre in Jeffrey's sculptures. When Mrs. Elliot is hurt in a fall, Peggy moves into the house. This, in spite of the man she met just outside the grounds, who is searching for his missing daughter, who used to have Peggy's position! Or, the fact that someone appears to be living in the loft over the garage, where she was told never to enter! As events unfold, the mystery deepens, and the weirdness-factor skyrockets! This does nothing to curb Peggy's inquisitiveness... well, okay, her nosiness! Not surprisingly, another death ensues. What is going on? What secrets does Mrs. Elliot know? Peggy is unaware of just how dangerous her sleuthing truly is! Even if she solves the mystery, will it cost Peggy her life? another made-for-TV thriller from the amazing 1970's! Suspenseful, w/ a nice twist(ed) ending. Ms. Allen and Mr. Bessell are excellent, and Ms. Davis is her magnificent self, in another of her horror roles! ...

Perky college co-ed (Sian Barbara Allen, who looks a bit like Jessica Harper) talks her way into job as housekeeper for a famous sculptor and his elderly mother; soon, she's curious about the person living in the room over the garage, a woman she's told is incurably insane. TV-made extension of "Psycho"'s theme, lacking at the very least one big jolt (no shower scene here). Instead, "Scream, Pretty Peggy" is full of chit-chat, relying on a single plot-hook in which to hang all its weary exposition. The performances are unusually strong for a television feature, particularly by Ted Bessell as the artist, but the reedy-thin story is stretched to the breaking point. Interesting location, appropriately scary music from Bob Prince, pithy supporting work from Bette Davis. Otherwise, pretty tame.

Jeffrey Elliott (Ted Bessell) hires college student Peggy John (Sian Barbara Allen) to take care of his elderly mother (Bette Davis!) in their creepy old mansion. It also seems there's a deranged sister wandering around...and Peg starts getting glimpses of a person with long blonde hair and a white dress. Peg becomes curious and starts looking into the family history and things start to get strange...Saw this only once on TV when I was about 11 or 12. I was scared out of my mind! The glimpses Peg got of the sister really creeped me out and the ending horrified me. I also remember Davis giving a restrained (for her) performance and given nothing to do. Still it was creepy, atmospheric and well-acted. Another great old made for TV movie that's impossible to see today. I give it a 7.

A creepy 1973 TV movie that seems to give nods to PSYCHO and William Castle's HOMICIDAL.Pretty Peggy,a college student and budding artist,goes to work in an old mansion as a housekeeper for a mysterious old lady(Bette Davis) and her oddball sculptor son(Ted Bessell).There is also a deranged daughter who lives in a room above the garage.Peggy starts become more unnerved when a man visits the house looking for his daughter who was the previous housekeeper.He sees a light shining above the garage and,well,is not seen again.Jimmy Sangster worked on the script,and he's infamous for many Hammer horror classics and a lot of American TV.Very atmospheric and spooky,I haven't seen this movie on TV since I was a kid.A darn shame!Good TV horror is not exactly plentiful,so it's very sad that movies like this remain unseen by new generations of horror fans.