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Watch: Die Screaming Marianne 1971 123movies, Full Movie Online – After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing, even murder, to get what they want..
Plot: After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing, even murder, to get what they want.
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Forget the film, listen to the audio commentary!
DIE SCREAMING MARIANNE is a standard-issue potboiler which is high on ‘exotic’ locations but low on excitement. Susan George is good to look at, as always, but she can’t save boredom from setting in or do much to salvage the dreadful screenplay. Veteran exploitations Pete Walker didn’t hit his stride as a truly effective film-maker until he began directing horror movies, bringing sleaze and gore to suburbia, so quite what this tedious mess is doing in Anchor Bay’s otherwise excellent Pete Walker boxed set is a mystery to me. THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW or SCHIZO would have been more welcome inclusions, but Walker made films for a wide variety of companies and distributors, so maybe some rights complications prevented their inclusion. Having said that, the title sequence is justly celebrated, and Walker offers an amusing and illuminating audio commentary on the film’s troubled history (at one point he cancelled the production, and the location filming in Portugal was hampered by personality clashes) and his admiration for the lovely George is touchingly clear throughout. In fact, it’s a lot more entertaining than the film itself! Kenneth Kendel, Barry Evans and Anthony Sharpe offer effective support in smallish roles.

Mediocre horror tryout for Pete Walker
I’m a great admirer of director Pete Walker and I personally feel that most of his horror films unquestionably belong to the absolute best independent British productions ever made! Titles like “Frightmare”, “Schizo” and “House of Whipcord” are downright GREAT genre films with genuinely shocking plot-twists and an almost natural aversion to political correctness. Back in 1971, Walker made his very first attempt to do horror with “Die Screaming Marianne” and, to my own regret; it wasn’t a very good one. The story largely feels like a failed crossover between a crime-thriller and the Italian giallo (which was also hugely popular in that era) and it’s still too similar to the silly & light-headed sex comedies that Walker used to make previously, like “School for Sex” or “The Four Dimensions of Greta”. The ravishing star Susan George plays the headstrong girl Marianne who flees from her parental mansion in Portugal and hooks up with a duo of typically British friends. Her infamous father (a former corrupt judge) and her wicked stepsister need her back in Portugal urgently because Marianne will soon turn 21 years old, and then she has access to her deceased mother’s fortune as well as the dirty family secrets. This is a very basic description of the film’s story and there are loads of unimportant sub plots and incomprehensible twists that aren’t really worth mentioning. The screenplay is stunningly incoherent and abruptly jumps from one sequence to another without even trying to make sense. New characters are introduced swiftly and they travel back and forth between Portugal and London like it’s an ordinary day trip. And yet, despite all its flaws, “Die Screaming Marianne” surely has potential and it’s interesting viewing for Pete Walker fans, as he already approaches some of the topics that’ll become his hobbyhorses in later films. The judge character played by Leo Genn, for example, is a typically corrupt and perverted figure that smuggles away all his dirty acts and the stepsister is a greedy bitch who’d do anything for power and money. Other positive elements include some nice set pieces, a catchy title song and a beautifully staged scene inside a sauna! Susanne George is magnificent but her two male counterparts are odd-looking idiots. Like another reviewer already pointed out, this film becomes much more interesting if you watch it with Walker’s audio commentary on, as he amplifies many bits and pieces that are shown poorly in the actual film.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min), 1 hr 24 min (84 min) (cut) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Pete Walker
Writer Murray Smith
Actors Susan George, Barry Evans, Christopher Sandford
Country United Kingdom, Portugal
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1 (Blu-ray), 1.37 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory Eastmancolor (as Eastmancolour), Kay Laboratories (Eastmancolour processed by) (as Kay Laboratories Ltd. – London, England.)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm