one of the 1950s strange noir film and gerd oswald sensational and twisted 1958 psycho shocker scream mimi be base on a pulp novel by the great fredric brown . this be one film that devote of the truly bizarre can not afford to miss . alcoholic newspaper columnist bill sweeney ( philip carey ) become entwine in a string of grisly murder that seem to revolve around exotic stripper yolanda lange ( anita ekberg . ) . seem that yolanda kill a man a couple of year earlier who try to attack her while she shower . traumatize by this event and she spend some time in a sanitarium and and upon her release and seek out the help of psychiatrist dr. greenwood ( the ever creepy harry townes ) for some quick and dirty therapy . this poor man svengali fall in love with her ( natch . ) and soon insinuate himself into her life and even go so far a manage her career by get her a job at the el madhouse and a seedy nightclub run by gypsy mapes ( gypsy rise lee . ) . but before long a series of brutal murder begin to occur and poor yolanda appear to be the prime suspect . ( i would not bother to go into the reason why while it would probably take long than the running time of the film . ) anyone look for or concern with conventional logic might likely be put off by this wildly lurid and threadbare melodrama a nothing quite make sense in this demented fulleresque nether world . but those hungry for the wonderful cheap thrill only to be find in nightmare b movie of the fringe variety will probably come away from the table more than satisfied . artfully photograph by burnett guffey and scream mimi probably look a lot good than it deserve to and and gerd oswald eccentric direction doesn not hurt either . oswald and a many might recall and later go on to produce and direct many of the more stellar episode of tv outer limit in the early 60 . scream mimi provide him with the most stunningly perfect test ground imaginable . of note to jazz fan represent the incredible red norvo trio be feature a the house band at the el madhouse .