Frightmare

Frightmare

1974 · 88 min · EN · R · 6.3 (57 votes)
Dir. Pete Walker · Starring Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax, Paul Greenwood, Kim Butcher, Leo Genn · Music Stanley Myers

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

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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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A luridly entertaining, if deeply unpleasant, descent into familial madness. This proto-slasher offers a potent cocktail of gore, dark laughs, and shocking exploitation that lingers long after the credits roll.

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exploitationdark comedyinsane asylumslashercriminally insaneproto-slasher
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