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Frightmare

R Released Sep 9, 1983 1h 26m Horror List
Reviews 20% Audience Score 250+ Ratings
College movie buffs (Luca Bercovici, Jennifer Starrett) steal a horror-film star's (Ferdinand Mayne) corpse, and a medium brings him back. Read More Read Less
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John Higgins Starburst Stylistically, it is reminiscent of some of those classic Hammer House of Horrors and Phantasm, and it does retain some good old cultish charm throughout. Rated: 7/10 Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Bill Gibron DVDTalk.com Frightmare fumbles so many of the standard scare tactics that it's almost impossible to see where it gained such a supercilious legitimacy. Rated: 2/5 Jun 15, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com All fear the deadly ghostly apparition of a recently-dead horror actor! Or not. Rated: 1.5/5 Jul 25, 2002 Full Review Janet Branagan Apollo Guide Rated: 27/100 Dec 29, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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R G Another night where I pick a streaming site and pick a random movie to watch. I didn't know much about Frightmare, but once I saw Jeffrey Combs in it I knew I was watching it. (https://foreverfinalgirl.com/frightmare/) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/03/23 Full Review Audience Member I am not sure I would say it was good but 1980s Jeffery Combs was hot and honestly what else could you ask for in a movie? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member "Berbat" filmlerden özel bir zevk alanlar için kaçırılmaz bir nimet :) Benim pek tahammülüm yok. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a fun, old fashioned horror flick. Even if it's a little rote, it's still a good time. It's the kind of movie you'd expect to see Vincent Price in, in fact I think I did... it was called Madhouse. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/24/19 Full Review Audience Member Another movie I feel I don't have much to say about. It's a strange plot. Drama students steal the corpse of a famous horror actor because... reasons? Haven't they seen Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things? Of course, the actor comes back and starts murdering all of them one by one. Jeffrey Combs is in it (very young) and he gets the best death. It was very fitting too, considering his history as Herbert West. The ending cemetery chase during the day is fun. I really have no idea why, I just like chases that take place in cemeteries, especially sunny Californian cemeteries. The most memorable part of the movie is the horror actor who has risen from the grave (again because... reasons?). His acting is so cheesy, but it's mostly enjoyable. He even does a racist asian thing with his face. You know what I'm talking about, the thing little kids do when asked to make the face of a Chinese person where they pull back their eyelids. Yeah, I'm rambling now. Fun, but very forgettable movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow, I wanted to like this but I must say it sucked, Ferdy Mayne notwithstanding. I was ready for it to be over about a half hour in. After that it's just marking time till the idiot teens get slaughtered. Boring. Watch the 1974 film of the same title by Peter Walker instead, for some REAL chills! As for this, even die-hard slasher fans could do better to find their fix. This is tame, lame, same. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis College movie buffs (Luca Bercovici, Jennifer Starrett) steal a horror-film star's (Ferdinand Mayne) corpse, and a medium brings him back.
Director
Norman Thaddeus Vane
Producer
Callie Wright, Patrick Wright
Screenwriter
Norman Thaddeus Vane
Production Co
Screenwriters
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 9, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 4, 2019
Runtime
1h 26m
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