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Rupert Davies
Edmund Yates
Sheila Keith
Dorothy Yates
Deborah Fairfax
Jackie Yates
Paul Greenwood
Graham Heller
Kim Butcher
Debbie Yates
Leo Genn
Dr. Lytell
Gerald Flood
Matthew Laurence
Fiona Curzon
Merle
John Yule
Robin
Trisha Mortimer
Lillian
Pamela Fairbrother
Delia
Edward Kalinski
Alec Marini
David McGillivray
Doctor (uncredited)
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Review 1DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Mon Nov 04 2013
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? And what of their daughters?
Frightmare is what it is, a British exploitation horror made at a time when it was out to get the best rise out of the audience. As much as ...
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