Frightmare (1983)

Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the tomb has triggered ... See full summary »

Director:

Norman Thaddeus Vane

Writer:

Norman Thaddeus Vane (screenplay)

Stars:

Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ferdy Mayne	...	Conrad Radzoff (as Ferdinand Mayne)
Luca Bercovici	...	Saint
Nita Talbot	...	Mrs. Rohmer
Leon Askin	...	Wolfgang
Jennifer Starrett	...	Meg
Barbara Pilavin	...	Etta Radzoff
Alan Stock	...	Oscar
Twyla Littleton	...	Actress in Commercial
Joe Witherell	...	Crewman
Janet Lee Orcutt	...	Script Girl
Carlene Olson	...	Eve
Scott Thomson	...	Bobo
Donna McDaniel	...	Donna
Jeffrey Combs	...	Stu
Peter Kastner	...	Commercial Director

Storyline

Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the tomb has triggered powerful black magic, and Conrad hasn't taken his final bows yet.

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Plot Keywords:

electronic music score | actor | funeral | movie star | splatter | 

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Taglines:

There is no escape, not even death...

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Horror Star

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screenwriters

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film scenes which are supposed to show Ferdy Mayne's heyday are actually clips which feature Christopher Lee in relatively early roles.

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Goofs

During a scene towards the end of the movie where Conrad is walking up a staircase towards Stu, a hose can be seen spraying fog on the stairs.

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Connections

Referenced in Dead Teenager Movie (2006)

User Reviews

Good B-Movie

Aaaaahhh, the classic B-movie horror films of the 70's and 80's... they don't make them like that anymore.

I had never heard of this film before my lovely lady bought it for me while she was away. Yesterday I decided to sit down and watch it... I loved it.

Now it has everything you can expect from a cheesy B-movie horror: Cheap gore, Lots of murders, Topless women, Bad acting, Terrible effects.

But the last 2 are not negative remarks... if the acting and the effects were good, it would not feel right.

The film is about an old horror actor, which i believe was an imitation of Christopher Lee, that dies and has his grave made into a crypt where people can go and see his body and see video messages from him. Some teenagers decide to steal his body from the crypt to have a party with it, but little did they know that when they took the body some black magic happened thanks to his widow and he comes back to life to take revenge on his kidnappers...

It is a great film... and it even has a young Jeffrey Combs in. He made this 2 years before he made Re-Animator. The only other face I recognised in this film was Scott Thomson. And I mainly know him for playing Chad Copeland in a couple of the Police Academy movies.

I will give this film 7 out of 10.

A really entertaining film which is comedy gold.

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