

Frightmare
What terrifying craving made her kill... and kill... and kill...
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.
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- Language
- English
- exploitation
- dark comedy
- insane asylum
- slasher
- criminally insane
- proto-slasher
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR4 Jul 1975
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical185 Nov 1974
GermanyDE
- Physical166 Nov 1984
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Frightmare was released on 5 November 1974.
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1- J5/10
John Chard
11/4/2013
Ghastly, Ghoulish, Grotty & Gory. Frightmare is directed by Pete Walker who also co-writes the screenplay with David McGillivray. It stars Rupert Davies, Shelia Keith, Deborah Fairfax, Paul Greenwood and Kim Butcher. Music is by Stanley Myers and cinematography by Peter Jessop. Edmund and Dorothy Yates are freed after fifteen years in an asylum, committed for despicable crimes, but is Dorothy cured? A…
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