Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Powerful

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Scream for Help opens like a made-for-TV Nancy Drew mystery, with plucky teenager Christie Cromwell (Rachael Kelly) investigating her stepfather Paul Fox (David Allen Brooks), who she believes is trying to murder her wealthy mother (Marie Masters). It's not long, however, before director Michael 'Death Wish' Winner grows weary of this softly-softly approach, and adopts a more exploitative style, starting with gratuitous sex and ending with a violent 'home-invasion' set-up that ultimately makes his film more akin to a video nasty.Winner's handling of Tom Holland's risible script is amazingly ham-fisted throughout, and the acting is generally just as atrocious (it was only Kelly's second screen role but it would also be her last), but it is this technical ineptitude, along with all the nudity and violence, that makes this film such an unmissable treat for fans of trashy cinema.6/10 for being so entertaining despite being so bad, plus an extra point for the unforgettable Lolita Lorre in her one and only screen role as Brenda Bohle, Paul Fox's sexy partner in crime: not only does she go absolutely starkers for a surprisingly graphic sex scene, but she also has the best death, electrocuted in a trap prepared by the ever resourceful Christie.

What a pleasant surprise this film was! All the warning signs pointed to Scream for Help being a bad film; it's practically unknown, directed by Michael Winner (who. let's face it, doesn't have a track record for making the best films), it has a low IMDb rating and the plot is generic and largely unoriginal; but despite all of this, Scream for Help triumphs over adversity and can stand tall as one of the most fun trash flicks ever made! The film certainly has its problems; Winner appears to have no clue when it comes to style, and the film is often very choppy both in terms of plotting and dialogue, but it doesn't take itself seriously and the plot has enough about it to ensure that the film is always entertaining. The plot focuses on Christie Cromwell; a teenage girl with a problem. She believes that her stepfather Paul Fox is trying to murder her and her mother so he can inherit a fortune; but no one will believe her! Luckily for her, however, Paul is a bumbling buffoon when it comes to murder, and you can only fail to kill someone so many times before you get caught out...The way that Winner handles the film is terrible, but somehow great at the same time. There's some horrendous use of music in this film, and the tone of the movie often changes in a heartbeat; but all this works well as Winner keeps the audience on their toes, and the film never tries to be anything other than a trash flick. The plot used in this film was changed slightly and reused for the 1987 hit 'The Stepfather', and while very good; that film mostly kept itself 'clean', but that's not the case here. Winner inserts sex, nudity, blood and nasty death scenes into this film; and while it's extremely over the top and not really in-fitting with the plot, that's Winner's style and he certainly knows how to deliver an entertaining trashy movie. The lead role is taken by unknown actress Rachael Kelly, and she's really rather good. The film plays out from her perspective, and her voice-overs again offset the rest of the film as its sort of like a little girl's diary, with sex, blood and a murder plot. Overall, Scream for Help might not do much for a lot of people - but I had a great time with it, and therefore the film comes highly recommended!

The acting was the WORST.The part that had me shaking my head was after the friend got killed and they were at the hospital. The doctor just comes out and blatantly says - with not a hint of remorse in his words - "Your daughter is dead!" and walks the heck off.Another thing...the girl starts sleeping with her dead best friend's (who's dead, btw because of her and her spying) boyfriend.If you're looking for some cheesy, campy, cheap flick with a cliché for a plot then rent this.You won't be disappointed!

This movie plays like a 70's horror flick crossed with a 70's ABC after school special. It's all told through the teenage girl's eyes who is kind of a Jan Brady type. Then it gets nasty with some unnecessary nudity and violence. Through it all the acting is terrible. I laughed out loud several times. Some of the scenes are just so bad, they are priceless. It is hard to believe that the film makers were serious. And the music was so sweeping and dramatic, it was ridiculous. This has got to be among the worst thrillers ever made. It falls into the so bad it is good category.