Frightmare
Summary:
This ghoulishly fun Grand Guignol horror piece from director Pete Walker features a tour-de-force performance by Sheila Keith as Dorothy Yates, who was committed to a mental hospital in 1957 for a series of cannibal-killings along with her devoted husband Edmund (Rupert Davies). They are judged sane and released 18 years later, whereupon they take up residence at an old farm. Ed... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Kim Butcher - (Debbie)
Deborah Fairfax - (Jackie)
Leo Genn - (Dr. Lytell)
Noel Johnson - (Judge)
Sheila Keith - (Dorothy)
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Review:
Although he had previous delved into the horror genre, Frightmare is the film that truly made the case for Pete Walker as an English genre auteur. His script takes a clever approach, rooting its horror elements into a fairly convincing portrait of a dysfunctional family. Thus, when the horror elements rise to the surface, they have a genuinel... Continue >>
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