And Now the Screaming Starts!

And Now the Screaming Starts!
United States cinematic release poster
Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Produced by	Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky Gustave Berne
Written by	Roger Marshall (screenplay) David Case
Starring	Peter Cushing Herbert Lom Patrick Magee Stephanie Beacham
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Cinematography	Denys Coop
Edited by	Peter Tanner Tony Curtis (addl)
Production company	Amicus
Distributed by	Fox-Rank (UK), Cinerama Releasing Corporation (USA)
Release date	April 27, 1973
Running time	91 mins
Country	British
Language	English
Budget	$500,000

And Now the Screaming Starts! is a 1973 British gothic horror film. It is one of the few feature-length horror stories by Amicus, a company best known for anthology or "portmanteau" films.

The screenplay, written by Roger Marshall, is based on the novel Fengriffen by David Case. It stars Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Stephanie Beacham and Ian Ogilvy, and was directed by Roy Ward Baker. The large gothic house used in the film is Oakley Court, near Bray village, which is now a four star hotel.

In 1795, newlyweds Catherine (Beacham) and Charles Fengriffen (Ogilvy) move into Charles' stately mansion. Catherine falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and its descendants.

The film received a lukewarm reception in Britain and America on its release. In the UK, And Now the Screaming Starts! went out on a double bill with the American horror film, Dr Death, Seeker of Souls. Jonathan Rosenbaum of Monthly Film Bulletin praised Denys Coop's camerawork and the acting performances, yet felt the film never quite realised its potential. A. H. Weiler reviewing the work in The New York Times commended Cushing's contribution, deeming it superior to the rest of the cast's, although considered its plot contrived. Mark Burger, reviewing a home video release for the Winston-Salem Journal in 2002, similarly noted the strong cast though found the muddled screenplay led to a merely "watchable" film.