Scream for Help (1984)

Wonderfully offbeat film!

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Certainly not as bad as some make out, this 1984 Winner movie filmed in New York does take a while to really get going. Rachael Kelly is excellent, albeit in awful 80s clothes, as the child who nobody will listen to when she says she and her mum are in danger from her step dad. The male and female leads help to ensure this is so slow to start with TV soap like performances. Eventually, however, Lolita Lorre and the tremendous Rocco Sisto enter the fray and the joint really starts to jump. Last third is fabulous home invasion stuff with Winner pulling no punches. With uncompromising and non PC approach including gratuitous sex, decently promoted this could have been successful exploitation fare but as it turns out, I for one had never even heard of it. Worth a look, well the second half anyway!

Christie Cromwell is convinced that her new stepdad Paul Fox is trying to murder her mother for their money.But nobody believes 17-year old girl.First she proves that Paul is having an affair that Paul with a woman named Brenda Bohle played by sexy Lolita Lorre and stepfather is kicked out from the house.Soon he is back with Brenda and a thug named Lacey-ready to terrorize and kill...Sleazy and depraved home invasion thriller with plenty of nudity,sex and nasty violence.The main character of Christie is downright annoying.She loses her cherished virginity to her dead friend's boyfriend.The acting is solid and there are some suspenseful scenes,so if you are a fan of 80's horror watch "Scream for Help" as soon as possible.9 out of 10.

I like this movie a lot. True, it's not a cinema classic, but as a "B" horror film, it rates a B+. The story, acting, and direction are much better than most films of this sort. My biggest complaint with the film is the music, which is often out of sync with the film, and at other times shrill to the point of being annoying. The actors do a fine job, particularly Sisto, in the sleasy, white trash role. The young actress who stars in this film is quite effective, and I have to wonder why she didn't get a career boost, after this one.I'd like to purchase this film, if it is ever released on DVD.

i thought this was a pretty good movie for its time. Its about a girl who knows her step father is trying to kill her and her mother for their money but no one will believe her and finally the step father holds them hostage in their house. Its a pretty good movie the ending makes up for the slow beginning.