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September 1979 (USA)
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Millions loved him, could someone hate him enough to kill and kill again? See more »
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A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion. | Add synopsis »
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1 win
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Effective but occasionally stodgy chiller
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Jack Jones | ... | Nick Cooper |
 | Pamela Stephenson | ... | Linda Everett |
 | David Doyle | ... | Webster Jones |
| Bill Owen | ... | Mr. B |
| Sheila Keith | ... | Mrs. B |
 | Holly Palance | ... | Gail Cooper |
| Peter Turner | ... | Harry |
 | Richard Johnson | ... | Macauley |
| Patrick Brock | ... | Dr. Paulsen |
 | June Chadwick | ... | Nurse |
| Penny Irving | ... | Girl Singer |
| Jeff Silk | ... | Police Officer |
Directed by | |||
| Pete Walker | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Murray Smith | (screenplay) | |
| Michael Sloan | (additional script material) | |
Produced by | |||
| Pete Walker | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Stanley Myers | |||
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| Peter Jessop | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Alan Brett | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Michael Pickwoad | (as Mike Pickwoad) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| George Partleton | .... | makeup supervisor | |
Production Management | |||
| Denis Johnson Jr. | .... | production manager | |
| Matt McCarthy | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Brian Lawrence | .... | first assistant director | |
| Glynn Purcell | .... | second assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Tony Anscombe | .... | dubbing mixer | |
| Jack Davies | .... | boom operator | |
| Peter O'Connor | .... | sound recordist | |
| John Thurston | .... | boom operator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Frank Bellingham | .... | still photographer | |
| Ted Davis | .... | gaffer | |
| Peter Sinclair | .... | camera operator | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Chris Rodmell | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Stanley Myers | .... | conductor | |
Other crew | |||
| Ginger Corbett | .... | production assistant | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Enterprise Pictures Limited (1978) (UK) (theatrical)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) (2006) (UK) (DVD)
- Enterprise (1978) (UK) (theatrical)
- Frontier Amusements (1982) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) (2005) (UK) (DVD)
- Breien Film (Norway)
- Cinéthèque (unknown) (France) (VHS)
- Derann (1981) (UK) (video)
- Lone Star (1979) (USA)
- Lorimar Home Video (video)
- MacVideo (????) (Sweden) (VHS)
- Sovereign Marketing Ltd. (1998) (UK) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (video)
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Also Known As:
"The Day the Screaming Stopped" - USA (reissue title)
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USA:100 min
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Australia:M | Norway:16 (cut) | UK:18 (video rating) (1998) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted | Iceland:16
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Director Pete Walker initially offered the role of Nick Cooper to Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry and intended to shoot the film in the U.S.See more »
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Jack Jones, the seventies MOR crooner, doesn't disgrace himself with his central performance in this memorably demented chiller. Jones plays a pop singer attempting to record a new album in the surroundings of an apparently haunted country retreat, but he's distracted by the creepy staff (Sheila Keith and Bill Owen), his smarmy, secretly cross-dressing manager, the brutal murders of his ex-wife and trusted colleague, and a burgeoning relationship with groupie Pamela Stephenson. Whilst not as gory as FRIGHTMARE nor as fast-paced or compelling as HOUSE OF WHIPCORD, THE COMEBACK has more than enough touches of eye-popping kinkiness, blood-spattered madness and hallucinatory menace to keep discerning genre fans entertained. Just be warned that Jones's music on the soundtrack isn't his best (it sounds like a particularly wayward Scott Walker solo album), and if you're expecting another nonthreatening pop star movie vehicle, you'd do better to avoid this completely.