Too Scared to Scream (1985)

Director
Tony Lo Bianco

Main cast
Mike Connors; Anne Archer; Leon Isaac Kennedy; Ian McShane; Ruth Ford

Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery

Description
A killer of young women is loose in an exclusive apartment complex and a detective is out to stop him. The chief suspect is a Shakespeare-spouting doorman who lives with his invalid mother. Meanwhile, an undercover cop moves into the apartment house. This move is complicated by her relationship with the detective.


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