''Shrieker'' is a 1998 American

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...

directed by

David DeCoteau David DeCoteau (born January 5, 1962) is an American film director and producer. Early life David DeCoteau was born on January 5, 1962, in Portland, Oregon, where he was raised. DeCoteau was an only child and was adopted at birth. His father ...

and produced by

Charles Band Charles Robert Band (born December 27, 1951) is an American film producer and director, known for his work on horror comedy movies. Career Band entered film production in the 1970s with Charles Band Productions. Dissatisfied with distributo ...

Plot

Clark (Tanya Dempsey), a young Mathematics major at a University, thinks she's found the best deal for student housing: a group of squatters who live in an abandoned hospital secretly. The quirky residents let her into their community provided she follow the rules, including not telling anyone about her living arrangements. All seems wonderful, until she discovers that the reason that the hospital was abandoned was a series of murders in the 1940s by a strange "shrieking killer" who was never captured - and the discovery that someone who's living in the hospital is using occult means to bring back the demonic "Shrieker".

Cast

*Tanya Dempsey as Clark *

Parry Shen Parry Shen (born June 26, 1973) is an American actor, author, screenwriter, and producer. Shen's first major acting role was in '' Better Luck Tomorrow'' as Ben Manibag, the film's leading character. He also starred in another Asian American film, ...

Jenya Lano Jenya Wilson Lano () (Moscow, October 7, 1978) is a Russian-Italian actress and comedian, best known for her recurring role as Inspector Sheridan in ten episodes of the American television series '' Charmed''. Career Raised in Moscow and Rome, L ...

Jason-Shane Scott Jason-Shane Scott (born December 29, 1975) is an American actor. Life and career Scott was born in Southern California. At the age of two he moved to Reno, Nevada with his mother and older sister while making frequent trips to Los Angeles to ...

*Jamie Gannon *Alison Cuffe *Roger Crowe *Chris Boyd *Brannon Gould *Rick Buono

Release

''Shrieker'' was released on

DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...

by Wizard on March 3, 1998. It was later re-released in both 2003 and 2007 by Full Moon Home Video and Vision Films respectively.

Reception

''The Tubi Tuesdays Podcast''
stated in Episode 13 that ''Shrieker'' is a confusing mess of a film, with the sub-plot of students squatting in an abandoned hospital made no sense.

References

External links

* * 1998 films 1990s monster movies American supernatural horror films 1998 horror films Films directed by David DeCoteau American monster movies Films about squatting 1990s English-language films 1990s American films 1998 science fiction films English-language science fiction horror films {{1990s-US-film-stub