- Actors: Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax, Paul Greenwood, Kim Butcher
- Directors: Pete Walker
- Writers: Pete Walker, David McGillivray
- Producers: Pete Walker, Tony Tenser
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Paradox
- VHS Release Date: Oct 1 2002
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000056NWB
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Britain's answer to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre finds its villain in a little old fortunetelling lady who likes to take an electric drill to the skulls of her customers. Sheila Keith is the seemingly dotty old woman recently released from an insane asylum with her doting husband (Rupert Davies). Brunette Deborah Fairfax's good-girl heroine helps stepmom through the transition with midnight visits and animal brains (yum!), while her thrill-killing delinquent half-sister (the appropriately named Kim Butcher) takes to the family business with a deliriously ferocious glee.
This is the film that gave British goremeister Pete Walker his notorious reputation, with its brain-munching matron and her gory murder spree (including a red-hot fireplace poker through the stomach--ouch!). The movie is tight and well acted, and Walker's usually blunt style rises to the occasion of David McGillivray's script, a sad and savage psychodrama that takes the blood in blood relations with a cruel literalness. Walker's grainy black-and-white prologue is startlingly visceral, and his penchant for numbing, nihilistic climaxes remains as strong as ever. This well-mounted splatter film is smarter than most of its ilk, with a strong subtext of family tensions, but it's definitely not for the squeamish.
Released uncut on home video for the first time by Image Entertainment, it's a sharp, colorful full-screen transfer of a good print, with only minor scratches. --Sean Axmaker
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At the quaint little farmhouse down the road live an old couple. They seem nice enough, but... The judge pronounced Edmund and Dorothy Yates sane after spending 18 years in a mental hospital for a series of gory cannibal killings. Now, after their release, everything seems fine--until a psychiatrist starts poking around and uncovers the blood-splattered truth. From master of cult horror Pete Walker (The Flesh and Blood Show) comes a ghastly tale of dark secrets and bizarre appetites. "Frightmare" is a must for horror fans with good taste.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not too bad; Sheila Keith is clearly the star,
By Russell A Shiley (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frightmare (VHS Tape)
Servicable Brit horror entry in the early '70s about an elderly couple who was put away several years ago for cannibalism; the husband wants to put it behind him but the wife (Sheila Keith) can't help but lure visitors with promises of Tarot readings, which turn out, of course, to be dinner with the guests on the menu. And their 2 daughters are in the thick of it. Keith is lots of fun in this Pete Walker entry, which is miles better than his House Of Whipcord (also starring Keith). Not very gory, as British critics might try to persuade you to believe (only slightly cut for VHS release), and not great either, but worthwhile for Keith's enjoyable performance. Should be remade someday, with more gore, of course.
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT "EUROSHOCK".....,
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This review is from: Frightmare (DVD)
This is not a "Euroshock" feature even though it's part of the Euroshock Collection. It's a well made but very tame British "gore" film from the seventies. Mother (Sheila Keith) and Daddy live on a farm in the country. Daddy is nervous and edgy over keeping Mother happy. One daughter lives in the city and makes trips to the country to deliver Mother's little "packages". This makes Daddy more nervous. The other younger daughter is a wild child with a violent streak who keeps getting into messy scrapes. Mother has a phony tarot card set-up where she sees clients who end up in the barn buried under the snow. Mother likes to eat brains. The "packages" the city daughter brings her are animal brains to try to pacify her cravings so she won't kill. She has a history, you see. The murders are few and the "gore" is minimal. The acting is good so you wonder what audience did they have in mind? The film is not scary and the ending is very downbeat--typical for the "type" of film this is supposed to be. If you're looking for a British 70's movie that tells more of a story than it does shock then this is OK. If you're looking for gore you'll be disappointed. Don't let the packaging fool you or the hype that accompanies it. "Frightmare" is more "Dullmare".
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Eurohorror title from the 70's! 3.5 Stars!,
By Ryan Clark (PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frightmare (DVD)
FRIGHTMARE is a classic example of great entertainment. It has all the elements of a horror film- it is shocking, violent, and scary as hell! The story follows a young woman and her half sister, whose parents were committed to an asylum in 1957. They were released in 1974, and are considerably sane- for a time. The mother (played wonderfully by actress Sheila Keith), who shows some signs of returning cannibalism (which is why she was committed in the first place), offers tarot card readings to lonely customers. She massacres them, and soon we find that the daughter of the father (she was not Keith's daughter, her mother was the woman before Keith came along) has suddenly become just like her stepmother. The girl disappears, and her stepsister (the young woman), goes looking for her, along with her boyfriend, Graham. The movie is great, but the DVD itself is a disappointment. There are absolutely NO extras whatsoever, if you don't count scene selection, which isn't an extra anyway, as most DVDs contain that feature. But if you are looking to buy a movie packed with extras, this is not the one for you. If you buy this, buy it for the movie, not for the extras. All in all, the presentation on the disc is crisp and clear, and the sound is great- perfectly representing this classic. If you are a fan of this film, a fan of films with gore, or are just a fan of Pete Walker's work, get this- you will be surprised how good it is! But remember: Don't get it because you are looking for extras, because there are NONE. This has become a subsequent thing with Image's The EuroShock Collection, so be careful when you buy them- you may find that they also have no extra features available. But again on the movie- if you have seen it and loved it, or are just interested in viewing it, go ahead and buy it. To me, it is a great deal, and I don't bother counting the extras if I really like the movie. I just get it and be done with it. But if you are the kind of person who includes the extras with the price tag, you may feel you are getting ripped off. If this is so, don't get the disc. You may want to wait until a better version with features becomes released-- if it ever does.
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