Frightmare

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Main Details

  • Released in 1974
  • B&W/Color
  • Running Time: 83 min (PAL) / 88 min (NTSC)
  • Aspect Ratio: (1.37:1)
  • Rated: R
  • Production Co: Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.
  • Distribution Co: Miracle (1974) (UK) (theatrical), Ellman Film Enterprises (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Pete Walker
  • Written by David McGillivray, Pete Walker
  • Starring Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax
  • Produced by Tony Tenser, Pete Walker
  • Original Music by Stanley Myers
  • Cinematography by Peter Jessop
  • Film Editing by Robert C. Dearberg

Plot Summary

  • After escaping a death sentence for her hideous crimes, a seemingly rehabilitated woman settles in an isolated farmhouse with her husband, only to ache, once more, for blood, and a crash-course in surgery. Is, indeed, her old self back?

Also Known As

  • Cover Up (USA)
  • Frightmare 2 (USA)
  • Frightmare - Der Alptraum (Germany)
  • Nero criminale - le belve sono tra noi (Italy)
  • Once Upon a Frightmare

Taglines

  • Worse than your most shocking nightmare!
  • Dare you see the film that shocked the critics?
  • Far beyond a nightmare
  • What terrifying craving made her kill... and kill... and kill...

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