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So much average

best movie i've ever seen.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Whilst far from perfect, this is a very good anthology of horror stories.There is very little gore, but the stories build up a good atmosphere, and the acting is always of at least an acceptable level, and in the cases of Robin Bailey,Jean Anderson and Dora Bryan, it is actually quite excellent.In the middle story involving people moving into a house, I actually felt quite creeped out, something that hasn't happened for years to me.I would love to know the story as to how three short English tales ended up juxtaposed with the wrap around story of thieves stealing the tapes from a store, but whatever, it doesn't detract from the stories themselves.The copy I have seen has washed out colours which somehow added to the bleakness, and this is shot on film it would appear, doesn't look cheap and nasty at all.If you are a fan of brit horror, you must see this it's definitely a bit of a lost gem as far as I'm concerned.

~Spoiler~ Screamtime is one of the more unusual anthologies that I've seen. The wraparound story involves some guys stealing VHS tapes from from the video store and what they steal are the stories we get to watch. So it's one of those "movie within a movie" deals. I just wish they had stolen better videos. The first story is that of an aging puppeteer who's a little too "attached" to his dolls. Bad pun, but the Cryptkeeper in me couldn't help it. It's kind of bland, but you want the old man to have his revenge. At least I did. The second story is the most memorable, although it may not seem so at first. It seems like your run-of-the-mill haunted house story and the clichés are running amok. A husband and wife move into a new house that was extraordinarily cheap and the wife begins to see strange things. Like I said, your usual ghost story. But stick with it. Turns out she's predicting the future, not seeing the past. I couldn't help but spoil it, I thought the twist was rather neat. The final story is almost not worth mentioning, unless, that is, you have a phobia of yard gnomes. If that's the case, you are going to be seriously freaked out. In the end, the various killers from the stories come out of the TV to eliminate our group of delinquents. I think the moral here is to stop piracy at once! Don't say I didn't warn you when giant yard gnomes come out of your computer.

"Do you believe in fairies?" the elderly woman in the television set queried. If you now what's good for you, Jeff (or Jeff-ette), you will after taking a gander at this videotape-within-a-videotape-within-a-videotape-within-a-videotape (unless you own the DVD edition.) The movie does not star so much as feature a cast of actors put to the test as they watch video after video after video, and we watch them watching. Then they die (9 out of 10 viewers of Screamtime did not die after watching it, and those who did died of natural causes.) The phrase, "you get what you pay for," is given new meaning as two hooligans steal three videos (thus not "paying for" them), and are then murdered by them, fortunately after viewing them all the way through. These hepcats probably weren't even kind enough to rewind. At least there were no late charges, just late patrons. As in dead!!!

no I really don't like this movie, it could have been better, I guess. it's a cool story, and yes, the acting rules, but there's almost no music, and I've seen all of it before. put this film in the trash. do not rent this movie, it's not worth to waste your well earned money!!!