Scream (also released as The Outing)[3] is a 1981 American slasher film written and directed by Byron Quisenberry and starring Pepper Martin, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, Ann Bronston, and Julie Marine.
A group of twelve people on a camping tour of the Rio Grande decide to spend the night in an old ghost town, and an unseen killer begins to dispatch them one by one.
On the first night at the stroke of midnight, three of the group are killed in rapid succession: Allen is found hanged; his friends Ross and John both hacked by a cleaver.
Writer-director Byron Quisenberry was influenced by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians when writing the screenplay,[4] though the production of the film was fairly loose, with the script being unfinished when the shooting had begun.
DVD Verdict.com wrote a scathing review of the Code Red double-feature release, stating that "Scream is a hunk of lead from the Golden Age of Slashers, a cheap, dull, and bloodless concoction that's a chore to sit through.
It's horrendously shot and wretchedly acted..." and criticized the transfer, saying that it "...looks pretty bad, with a good amount of print damage and lousy contrast, though that might be attributed to the source".
The release included a widescreen transfer, mono sound mix, an audio commentary with director Byron Quisenberry, a TV spot, and a theatrical trailer.