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Who is stealing virgins and turning them into shop-window
mannequins? What is the meaning of the gigantic hairy finger
found at the scene of the latest crime? What clues can the
mad professor (Kenneth Williams) or his deathly pale and impossibly
buxom sister (Fenella Fielding) provide to the hopeless Detective
Bung (Harry H Corbett)? Join the Carry On team including
Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw and Joan Sims as they chill
your spine in this hair-raising spoof of the horror movie
genre...
Something
strange is happening in the woods - young girls are being
abducted by a huge mysterious creature. Detective Sergeant
Bung and his assistant Slobotham are called in to investigate,
aided by Albert, fiancé of the latest victim. The trail leads
them to a dark country house, presided over by the sinister
Doctor Watt.
Carry
On Screaming is a pretty impressive movie. The jokes come
thick and fast and we have a new lead, in the form of Harry
H Corbett. It's pretty obvious that the part was originally
written for Sid James who, according to the audio commentary,
was probably replaced in this movie because he asked for more
money.
The
whole film is a mickey-take of the Hammer Horror Studio's
popular horror movies. The production manages to look the
part - with great lighting, sets and costumes (although Fenella
Fielding reveals in the audio commentary that she had to buy
her own jewellery).
The
only real let down is that some of the Carry On regulars
are missing (Sid James and Kenneth Connor) while others only
appear briefly (Charles Hawtrey), but Harry
H Corbett fits in as those he's been part of the team for
years. Fenella Fielding is incredibly sexy as Valeria and
Peter Butterworth is on form, as ever, in the role of Detective
Constable Slobotham.
Extras
include an audio commentary with Angela Douglas, Fenella Fielding
and Carry On historian Robert Ross; stills gallery;
trivia notes; and theatrical trailer.
On
the commentary Fielding
recalls how the press at the times slated this movie - even
though they seemed to rave about the previous movie Carry
On Cowboy when it was released.
Fielding
mentions that she just loved Charles Hawtrey. Angela Douglas
kept quiet, which is hardly surprising given the fact that
she said, in her commentary on Carry On Cowboy, that
he gave her the creeps. Douglas
also reveals that Joan Sims was her own worse enemy and that
she wasn't emotionally very strong.
One
of the better Carry On movies in the series, and certainly
worth adding to your collection.
Darren
Rea
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