The Scream in the Bathroom - Serial Mom (1994) Discussion

[–] urkel123 20 years ago

That scream has been used many times in many different movies,television and commericals. I know exactly how you feel. I can answer one for you. It was in a cereal commerical in Australia, Iron man events often have that scream as well.
Sorry thats all I can do.

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[–] joseph_sobora 20 years ago

They also used that same scream in Another Stakeout, Mary Reily, and Ahhh! Real Monsters! Very infamous during the mid '90s.

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[–] Ixnatifual 19 years ago

First time I heard this scream I think was in the computer game Dark Forces from LucasArts. It was played if you fell from great height.

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[–] jewishheadbanger 19 years ago

I believe its called the 'wilhelm scream'. it is also in lord of the rings: the two towers.

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[–] singjohn 19 years ago

You can see a medley of films the scream has been in here:

http://masuga.com/media/movies/wilhelm_medley.mov

You can here the scream alone here:

http://masuga.com/media/sounds/wilhelm.wav

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[–] weenyboy 19 years ago

Because of your posts about the wilhelm scream, I watched serial mom on DVD last night out of curiosity. The scream in the bathroom is definitely NOT the wihelm scream, but it does sound almost exactly like the scream in the opening credits to AHHH! Real Monsters. Just shows that you can't always believe everything you read on the internet! =)

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[–] catmandooz 19 years ago

Hey that scream is definetly off the start of some song, i'm racking my head here, anyone else know it.

"The art of dignity is to fall freely"

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[–] sinceimetjc 19 years ago

I didn't recognize the scream but I thought it was HIL-ARE-I-OUS! To think that a big brut man has himself comes into the bathroom to see a dead body and just screams like a little girl. Too Funny!LOL. This movie is so funny and it's because of little factors like this. The maker just kind of poke fun at the seriousnous of things. By the way, I heard that this is based on a true story, anyone know where I could find the facts?

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[–] vandyguy82 19 years ago

In the spirit of John Waters...

All of the facts related to the true story on which this movie is based have been hidden in a dark, rarely explored place: uranus!

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[–] weenyboy 19 years ago

I am not really willing to say how many times mine has been explored, but its hardly rare!

I don't patronize bunny rabbits!!

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[–] Werewolfy 19 years ago

Hey dude who posted link to the "wilhelm scream" that is not the scream that is used in the bathroom scene. Man I recognise the wilhelm scream every time I hear it, I have ears for sound effects :P seriously, find this other scream sound, I like it. It's used when you press a certain building in starcraft when u are playing with terran or whatever the human team is called.

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[–] RollinPhattiez 19 years ago

I know that scream. I love that scream and it has been used in many, many films just like the wilhelm scream. One of my favorite uses (one of the only i can remember off the top of my head) is Howie Long in the film "Broken Arrow" with Travolta and Slater. He gets kicked out of the train car while they're passing a bridge and falls hundreds of feet, the whole time he's belting out the same scream donned by that gentleman in the antique trader's bathroom. Watch enough B-Action movies and your bound to come across it several more times.

Enjoy.

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[–] kornpe 16 years ago

It's called the Nutri Grain scream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6_hok4-lo

Check it out.

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[–] singjohn 15 years ago

Yes that's definitely it! How did it get the name "Nutri-Grain"?

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[–] Sarcinelli86 11 years ago

Because of this ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz4hMTTFYZg

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[–] Gentleman_Caller 15 years ago

I noticed this scream long ago when I was watching a couple of these movies in theatres ha. Now it's all come back to me!
The exact scream is also in the movie "Face/Off" with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. I really forget what scene, watch the movie for it. In fact, I know John Woo used this scream in a few of his movies. The director of "Broken Arrow", which also stars John Travolta. Go Figure.
What a message to put up on a board!

"i'M LiKE a DoG CHaSinG CaRS i WoULDn'T KnoW WHaT To Do iF i CaUGHT onE; i jUST Do THinGS." - THE JOKER

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[–] LifesWonderful 14 years ago

LOL that scream was funny! Sounds so awkward.

Forever in debt to your priceless advice.
Loriginal #2

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[–] herbsuperb 14 years ago

Dang, it sounds so familiar but I can't place it. Definitely not the Wilhelm Scream though. Like most people who are into movies I would know that one anywhere. I'm pretty sure I've heard it in a video game somewhere but I'm not sure where. If anybody finds out for sure please post.

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[–] p-o-thunder 13 years ago

They already posted it you idiot.

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[–] DarkDungeons 11 years ago

It's known as The Howie Scream.

R.I.P. Creasy Silo, eminent theatre critic

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[–] smashsmack 11 years ago

Mystery finally solved! Now if someone could only track down where it originally came from, the earliest it's tracked back to is The Ninth Configuration back from 1980.

Because sponges never have bad days.

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[–] Sarcinelli86 11 years ago

Yep. Here's the clip:

http://youtu.be/3VDYaS6Lpvk?t=4m

Commonly known as "Nutri Grain Scream" its original name is "Screams 3; Man, Gut-wrenching Scream And Fall Into Distance
PE-13_44_01"

SOURCE: http://whrl.pl/RbDplc

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