The Shout

(1978)

★ 6 IMDb · 129 votes

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror

Year: 1978

Runtime: 86 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Ежи Сколимовский

Cast: Alan Bates, Сюзанна Йорк, Джон Хёрт, Robert Stephens, Тим Карри, Julian Hough, Carol Drinkwater, John Rees, Джим Бродбент, Сьюзен Вулдридж

Plot

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

Bored while officiating a cricket match at a psychiatric hospital, Crossley tells Graves (a visitor) the tale of a mysterious stranger (also named Crossley) who invades the lives and house of a local musician and his wife. The stranger claims knowledge of real magic, which he uses to displace his host and dominate his wife. The musician must find a way to combat Crossley and his seemingly implacable powers. Graves doubts Crossley's claim that the story is true, and begins to believe that Crossley is actually one of the patients.