I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

There are some genuinely frightening visuals in this "movie of the week" where a seemingly rotting but still living woman calls for help from deep down in the dirt. Olivia de Havilland is a wealthy lady, recently released from a mental institution, happens to come across a dog digging, and upon further discovery happens to see the mud covered woman, and runs screaming into her mansion where her greedy son (Charles Robinson) and dipsomaniac wife (Laraine Stephens) don't seem to believe her. Joseph Cotten as de Havilland's attorney and Walter Pidgeon as her doctor, become involved, revealing the truth and bringing on more shocks. Pretty decent for a "hag horror", and de Havilland gets to do a lot of running around and huffing and puffing, giving motivation for de Havilland's breathy line delivery. At times a bit over the top, at least here she's got a motivation for her melodramatic behavior. Ed Nelson also appears as a character seemingly unrelated to the main plot, second billed, but having less to do than Robinson, whose character is despicable from the moment he comes in. It's all cleverly tied together in an intelligent manner, with the twists and turns deeper than the poor unfortunate lady in the ground.

The Screaming Woman (1972) ** (out of 4) Decent made-for-television thriller has Laura Wynant (Olivia de Havilland) getting out of a mental hospital but on her first day home she goes for a walk. While out on the walk she hears a woman screaming from under the ground but no one will believe her. Soon everyone around her believes she's losing her mind again but Laura knows what she heard.THE SCREAMING WOMAN is based on a short story by Ray Bradbury and while there are a few good moments here for the most part I thought the film was somewhat weak. It's got a terrific cast and the story itself is quite interesting but sadly director Jack Smight just didn't do enough with it and in the end the film was just too boring.The biggest problem I had with the film is the fact that there really wasn't any sort of drama or thrills. Right from the start we know that there's really a woman in the ground so we must spend the rest of the running time listening to people tell Laura she's crazy. There's simply no drama that comes from any of this. Personally speaking it seems like it would have been better had we not been shown the woman down there so we could at least wonder if there really was someone there or if Laura was really losing her mind.The highlights of the film are certainly the cast members. De Havilland is good in her role, which requires a lot of screaming but she handles it like a trooper. Both Ed Nelson and Laraine Stephens are good in their roles and we get supporting performances by Joseph Cotten and Walter Pidgeon. These 70's made-for-TV movies were at least always good at getting the Golden Era stars on the screen. As far as the film itself, it's decent and worth watching but it's certainly not one of the better titles out there.

The theme of a woman buried alive on the grounds of a wealthy woman's estate is nicely handled here for a maximum of shock and suspense. A bit overwrought at times, with Olivia de Havilland having to convince police, family and neighbors that they need to rescue a woman whose faint cries for help have startled her. The trouble is, she's a woman with a known mental illness and nobody believes her.This was a highly popular ABC made-for-television movie and successful at the time. Nice to see the supporting cast includes Joseph Cotten, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Drake and Ed Nelson. Nelson has a pivotal role as the man who knows the truth about the woman's screams.Suspenseful and worth viewing despite the now grainy print of this TV film being shown on cable. And by the way, it was photographed in technicolor, not black and white as a previous comment suggests. That viewer must have been having trouble with TV reception!!

I saw this TV movie as a kid with a babysitter and ended up so freaked out that I spent the night in tears waiting for a hand to reach up from under the bed and grab me. I saw it again as a young adult and it still sent chills up my spine with the side profile shots of the buried woman. Very haunting images.