Frightmare

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

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...

<

Newsletter
  • Grindhouse Database Newsletter
  • Exploitation books
  • Kung fu movies
  • Giallo BluRay