Good start, but then it gets ruined

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

"Scream for Help" is yet another fun 80's slasher movie, where a young girl believes that her stepfather is trying to kill her mother, and so in usual fashion the girl becomes all Nancy Drew and sets out to prove her theory right, which then unravels when him and his gang come after her and her mother and terrorizes them.Yes this movie is very cheesy which I love and very 80's which again I love, the central character of Christine who along with her friends start sleuthing was fun, and plus when she falls for the boy next door that was also hilarious in true 80's fashion. The mix of teenage antics and slasher movie terrority both really work well together and even gels at an even pace and does create a decent amount of suspense especially during the final showdown.All in all "Scream for Help" is just a fun time waster.

Certainly not as bad as some make out, this 1984 Winner movie filmed in New York does take a while to really get going. Rachael Kelly is excellent, albeit in awful 80s clothes, as the child who nobody will listen to when she says she and her mum are in danger from her step dad. The male and female leads help to ensure this is so slow to start with TV soap like performances. Eventually, however, Lolita Lorre and the tremendous Rocco Sisto enter the fray and the joint really starts to jump. Last third is fabulous home invasion stuff with Winner pulling no punches. With uncompromising and non PC approach including gratuitous sex, decently promoted this could have been successful exploitation fare but as it turns out, I for one had never even heard of it. Worth a look, well the second half anyway!

While watching Scream For Help, one can't help but wonder if the film is intentionally inept or just hopelessly inept. The overbearing music, the ridiculous acting, the laughable plot developments, the risible dialogue… all these things surely point to some kind of bad joke at the audience's expense courtesy of director Michael Winner? It's hard to believe anyone could accidentally make something so perfect in its wretchedness. But then, if the film IS a deliberate exercise in bad taste and terrible film-making, one must wonder what is the point in it ever having been made at all? Angry teen Christie Cromwell (Rachael Kelly) lives in a huge suburban house with her mother Karen (Marie Masters) and her new stepfather Paul (David Brooks). Christie keeps a secret diary chronicling what is going on in her life, and her latest entries are dominated by suspicions that Paul is, in fact, plotting to murder her mum. With everyone dismissing her theories as paranoid fantasy, Christie decides to gather more evidence so she starts following Paul everywhere he goes. Soon she discovers that he is having a torrid affair with Brenda Bohle (Lolita Lorre), and the plot thickens when she overhears the pair of them discussing their plans to murder Karen and Christie. She even discovers that Brenda is secretly married to a slimy crook, Lacey (Rocco Sisto), and the devious duo are merely using Paul to carry out the murder for them. They plan to pocket whatever fortune Paul inherits, and then blackmail him for the rest of his days for his part in the crime. Christie finally succeeds in convincing her mum that her life is in danger, but it looks like her warnings have been heeded too late when the three scheming villains besiege them in their house, locking them in the cellar and vowing to kill them before dawn.There's no reason why Scream For Help couldn't have been a decent little thriller. Handled effectively, the plot could have quite easily led to an updated version of "Suspicion", with modern-style sex and gore and a degree of teen interest. Unfortunately, Winner doesn't handle anything in his film effectively at all. There isn't a single believable moment in the entire movie – the bad guys are thuggish idiots who could barely plan a pool-party, let alone a murder; while Christie is an impossibly resourceful teenager who takes everything (including life-threatening danger and her own impending murder) coolly in her stride. Every performance in the film is astonishingly amateurish, and the story leaves no cliché unturned as it progresses to its over-the-top denouement. At least the film has a remarkably fitting title – Scream For Help, indeed! That is precisely what most viewers will find themselves doing, not out of fear but out of teeth-grinding despair at the incompetency of the whole thing.

Christie Cromwell is convinced that her new stepdad Paul Fox is trying to murder her mother for their money.But nobody believes 17-year old girl.First she proves that Paul is having an affair that Paul with a woman named Brenda Bohle played by sexy Lolita Lorre and stepfather is kicked out from the house.Soon he is back with Brenda and a thug named Lacey-ready to terrorize and kill...Sleazy and depraved home invasion thriller with plenty of nudity,sex and nasty violence.The main character of Christie is downright annoying.She loses her cherished virginity to her dead friend's boyfriend.The acting is solid and there are some suspenseful scenes,so if you are a fan of 80's horror watch "Scream for Help" as soon as possible.9 out of 10.