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frightmare anamorphic widescreen
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 . edmunds daughter jackie lives in the city where she tries to take care of her wild sister debbie kim butcher visiting only occasionally and not suspecting a thing . it isnt until jackies new psychiatrist boyfriend graham paul greenwood starts poking around that she learns the truth . the truth is that dorothy far from cured is drawing people to her home through classified ads promising tarot readings and murdering them with metal pokers electric drills and pitchforks . not only that but young debbie turns out to be a chip off the old butcher block herself leading to a gory and harrowing finale . sheila keith is outstanding as the crazed dorothy and davies is similarly terrific in a low key turn as her doting husband turning a blind eye to his beloveds homicidal lunacy until it is far too late to stop it . a creepy entertaining bloodbath frightmare is highly recommended for horror fans . this 1974 film was rereleased on video in the u.s. during the early 80s and named frightmare ii to advertise it as the sequel to an unrelated film the 1983 frightmare directed by norman thaddeus vane . robert firsching rovi . br br photo gallery original trailer audio commentary with pete walker and director of photography peter jessop moderated by biographer professor steven chibnall .
dvd rating not rated runtime 83 color media blasters inc. 05 16 2006
actors kim butcher deborah fairfax leo genn noel johnson sheila keith andrew sachs rupert davies fiona curzon pamela farbrother gerald flood trisha mortimer victor winding tommy wright aspect ratio anamorphic widescreen created by stage pcm created date 2014 08 22 21 17 08.0 director pete walker duration 83 dvd region code 1 languages english modified by stage pcm modified date 2015 03 27 19 37 08.0 mpaa rating not rated rating reason may not be suitable for children horror record label shriek show release date 1147737600000 studio & production company media blasters