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FRIGHTMARE

1974 • GB HMDB
November 5, 1974

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.

Directors

Pete Walker

Cast

Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax, Paul Greenwood, Kim Butcher, Leo Genn, Gerald Flood, Fiona Curzon, John Yule, Trisha Mortimer
Horror Thriller

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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Dorothy Yates, after spending the last fifteen years of her life in a psychiatric hospital for committing several atrocious crimes and acts of cannibalism, is released. Now, the woman, once again free, decides to resume, with her daughter, her old "feeding" habits... A weak script and often "improvised" dialogues (even worse in the Italian version) limit the success of a horror film that could have been a small cult of the genre but instead ends up as a bland cannibal movie. Given the subject, one would expect at least rivers of blood and "strong" scenes and yet not even that. Avoidable.