Haunting Fear (Video 1990)

A woman has nightmares of being buried alive which somehow awakens a long-repressed enity inside her while her greedy, cheating husband plots to murder her for her money.

Director:

Fred Olen Ray

Writers:

Edgar Allan Poe (story), Fred Olen Ray

Stars:

Brinke Stevens, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jay Richardson

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Brinke Stevens	...	Victoria Munroe
Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Detective James Trent
Jay Richardson	...	Terry Munroe
Delia Sheppard	...	Lisa
Karen Black	...	Dr. Julia Harcourt
Robert Clarke	...	Dr. Carlton
Robert Quarry	...	Visconti
Michael Berryman	...	Mortician
Hoke Howell	...	Father Corpse
Greta Carlson	...	Visconti's Girl (as Sherri Graham)
Mark Thomas McGee	...	Morgue Attendant #1
Jeff Yesko	...	Morgue Attendant #2

Storyline

Victoria can't sleep: she's having bad dreams about being buried alive. Her husband Terry makes her go see Dr. Carlton, who she blames for her father's death. Unable to help her, he asks Dr. Harcourt to try and unlock Victoria's mental block with hypnotism. Meanwhile Terry continues an affair with his secretary, and worries about paying off a huge gambling debt. Terry could pay off his debt and be with his secretary if he could just get his hands on Victoria's money somehow.

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Plot Keywords:

dream | hypnosis | nightmare | infidelity | nudity | 

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Taglines:

Victoria Monro is haunted by the fear of being BURIED ALIVE.

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Genres:

Horror | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Troma

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mania przesladowcza

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$115,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Independent Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Brinke Stevens wrote a screen play called "Buried Nightmares" that was to be a sequel to Haunting Fear, but the movie was never produced.

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Goofs

Obvious fake head when Victoria knifes Terry and decapitates him.

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Connections

Featured in American Nightmare (2002)

User Reviews

Poe little Brinke

The auteur Olen Ray put his heart into this telling tale. It stars All-Century Eye Candy Hall of Fame member Brinke Stevens who can uncork our cask of Amontillado anytime. Ms. Stevens plays a woman with a haunting fear of premature burial. Her evil husband is hoping to usher her fall to gain possession of her house. Pitted against this man, will Ms. Stevens conquer her terrors against her worm of a husband or will the pendulum swing against her, driving her 'raven' mad? We apologize for this descent into the maelstrom and pledge to repeat it nevermore. All that stated, the film is enjoyable even though we can not understand why anyone married to Ms. Stevens would want to be cruel to her. Also, Ms. Stevens takes a bath in the film confirming the old adage that cleanliness is next to goddess-liness.