Carry On Screaming! (1966)
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!
- Gerald Thomas
- Peter Bolton
- Al Burgess
- Dusty Symonds
- Penny Daniels
- Talbot Rothwell
Rating: 6.5/10 by 103 users
Alternative Title:
Carry On Vampire - NL
Screaming - NL
Folytassa a sikoltozást! - HU
Carry On Screaming - GB
O Frankenstein junior kai i parea tou - GR
Ist ja irre - Alarm im Gruselschloß - DE
Chiamami domani... che oggi devo morire - IT
Oss fantomer imellom - NO
Duchu, do dzieła! - PL
Com Jeito Vai... Gritando - PT
Так держать... Продолжаем кричать! - SU
Çılgınlar canavarlar arasında - TR
Carry on Vampire - GB
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 27 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: monster, mannequin, wife, kidnapping, mummy, parody, spoof, carry on, cross dressing, horror spoof, policeman, missing person, drag, henpecked husband, edwardian england, toilet attendant, creepy house
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Kenneth Williams is on good form here as the evil "Dr Watt". He has a cunning plan not to turn shop mannequins into beautiful women, but exactly the reverse! His lethal sidekick "Oddbod" (Tom Clegg) is the one that procures his source material and the intrepid "Insp. Bung" (Harry H. Corbett) the sleuth charged by Scotland Yard with bringing this evil culprit to book. This is certainly one of the better in the series. It is more of a send-up of all things horror (and Hammer) with much less crass innuendo and silly double-entendre than with many of the other "Carry On" features. Corbett does most of his acting with his eyes and facial expressions and both Williams and Fenella Fielding deliver well atop a fine supporting cast of regular faces who all have their parts to play delivering a solid and amusing script at quite a pace for ninety minutes. The visual effects are straight from the supermarket condiments shelf, with maybe a little porridge and artex thrown in for good measure and Eric Rogers has written a jauntily eery score to help us through the faux jump moments. Not exactly laugh out loud, but it does parody the genre rather well and has stood the test of time fine. Don't expect to be in the least scared, though!
