Frightmare
What terrifying craving made her kill... and kill... and kill...
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- Thriller
- Horror
Overview
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie, try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.
Keywords
- dark comedy
- slasher
- insane asylum
- proto-slasher
- exploitation
- criminally insane
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 5, 1974
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- German, English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.
- Cast
- Paul Greenwood,Sheila Keith,Rupert Davies,Kim Butcher,Pamela Fairbrother,Leo Genn,John Yule,Trisha Mortimer,Edward Kalinski,David McGillivrayand 3 more
- Director
- Pete Walker
- Writer
- Pete Walker,David McGillivray
- Producer
- Pete Walker,Tony Tenser
- Cinematography
- Peter Jessop
- Music
- Stanley Myers
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0071523