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Frightmare

What terrifying craving made her kill... and kill... and kill...

6.4(73)19741h 28m1

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • exploitation
  • dark comedy
  • insane asylum
  • slasher
  • criminally insane
  • proto-slasher

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Behind the camera

Director

Pete Walker

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • 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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    John Chard

    11/4/2013

    5/10

    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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