Silent Madness is one of those less popular 80's horror films which has an incredibly small cult following.
Shot on a very low budget with some helpful people proving free locations, it was beaten to the theaters by A Nightmare on Elm street and had inferior 3D due to lack of funds. Regardless, the final product turned out OK thanks to a lot of love and determination by the crew.
Unfortunately this documentary won't give you much of the story. Due the pandemic they couldn't get most of the cast or crew back for interviews and what they do have with the ladies was recorded over Zoom.
Most of the stories are not especially interesting and they weren't able to unearth too many production stills or behind the scenes footage, most of what we get are just clips from the movie followed by somebody explaining the obvious.
A few good stories are scattered in and some background info, like one of the actresses getting her SAG card just so she could be shot in the back and forgotten. We also hear that Tom Savini spent one whole day on the production so that gave them an excuse to put his name on the poster. We also get a story about a famous actress that nobody on set had heard of.
Not a great documentary for a barebones cult film that probably deserved more. You will likely find more information on a web article than here. But its not a bad way to kill 45 minutes. Compliments to the documentarians for getting it put together during a lockdown.
Shot on a very low budget with some helpful people proving free locations, it was beaten to the theaters by A Nightmare on Elm street and had inferior 3D due to lack of funds. Regardless, the final product turned out OK thanks to a lot of love and determination by the crew.
Unfortunately this documentary won't give you much of the story. Due the pandemic they couldn't get most of the cast or crew back for interviews and what they do have with the ladies was recorded over Zoom.
Most of the stories are not especially interesting and they weren't able to unearth too many production stills or behind the scenes footage, most of what we get are just clips from the movie followed by somebody explaining the obvious.
A few good stories are scattered in and some background info, like one of the actresses getting her SAG card just so she could be shot in the back and forgotten. We also hear that Tom Savini spent one whole day on the production so that gave them an excuse to put his name on the poster. We also get a story about a famous actress that nobody on set had heard of.
Not a great documentary for a barebones cult film that probably deserved more. You will likely find more information on a web article than here. But its not a bad way to kill 45 minutes. Compliments to the documentarians for getting it put together during a lockdown.
