The Silent Scream Review

Review of The Silent Scream (1980) by screenqueeen: 👍 3/5

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An incredibly dark teleplay that could have worked in ASYLUM if it'd been a little longer, but then we wouldn't have gotten brown-haired baby Brian Cox as the recently released prisoner seeking absolution from having been incarcerated. Finding solace in a pet shop owner (played by Peter Cushing in his final Hammer performance!), Chuck may be too trusting of a stranger in this case. Having been the only episode of Hammer Horror Presents I've seen so far I fear the bar has been set high. Despite a few saggy moments of relatively nothing much going on it still manages to unsettle and chill.