Frightmare

1983

Action / Comedy / Horror

11
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 20% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 1730 1.7K

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Plot summary

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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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Weirdling_Wolf 8 / 10

'Frightmare' is such an eminently entertaining, deeply creepy, highly camp, old school 80s spook show.

While a generic, gratuitously blood-lashed, lasciviously top-popping slasher can, on occasion, deliver a little bit of what you fancy, it is certainly no less joyous to discover unconventional, genre films that take far greater risks with the material. The sardonic slasher classic 'Frightmare' digs somewhat deeper into the marvellously macabre bag of Gothic horror tropes and rewardingly unearths far less predictable material!

Ably written and directed by, Norman Thaddeus Vane, 'Horror Star' 'Frightmare' aka 'Horror Star' remains a compelling, enjoyably flamboyant Grand guignol gem. Utilizing a theatrical plot not entirely dissimilar to 'Theatre of Blood' or 'The House That Dripped Blood', this full-blooded shocker features an arrogantly twist-headed horror star taking their day job a little too seriously! In lieu of Lee or Price, 'Horror Star' features urbane, Ferdy Mayne, who, entirely to his credit imbues the washed-up horror ham with all the requisite lip-smacking, overcooked glee the barnstorming role demands.

An ill-considered Weekend at Bernies-style prank by boozy members of a collegiate horror society proves fatal. They 'borrow' the recently interred remains of, Conrad Ragzof (Ferdy Mayne) for their increasingly macabre soiree. Not long after they have brought the unlovely corpse of this once venerated actor back to their Adams Family-style mansion/clubhouse, the diabolical repercussions of their morbidly disrespectful jape begins in earnest! On that very same fateful night, monstrously awakened by demonic forces arcane, the devil-possessed, supernaturally endowed Thespian zealously proceeds to chew up more than the scenery! The vengeful, Ragzof luridly dispatching the beleaguered members of 'The Horror Film Society' with theatrically grisly aplomb!

There is a wonderfully visceral pleasure witnessing wickedly unrestrained, Ferdy Mayne gleefully Todd Slaughtering his sadistic way through the shadowy, cobwebbed confines of his immaculately spooky domain. The much neglected 'Horror Star' aka 'Frightmare' remains a high camp, eminently entertaining, readily rewatchable, old school 80s spook show!

Reviewed by BaronBl00d 4 / 10

This Has to Be Christopher Lee's Worst Nightmare!

One of the last surviving horror screen greats - Conrad Radzoff - dies and has his body placed in a mausoleum with televised-before-death snippets of the great Conrad greeting you as you visit. Unfortunately for him and his captors, Conrad's body is "borrowed" by a gang of four boys and three girls and taken to a huge manor where they drink with him, toast him, dance with him, laugh with and at him, and then put him to bed in a casket which just happens to by lying in a room upstairs. News of the missing body reaches Radzoff's widow and her friend(who happens to be proficient in the black arts) and she holds some kind of ceremony that brings Conrad back to life so he can, in his own words, get "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Well, Frightmare is an interesting "bad" film. Sure, it is cheap. The sets look like they were borrowed(which I am sure they were). The special effects and blood and guts are done liberally and with little credibility. The acting is average to below average with a few exceptions. Jeffrey Combs of Re-Animator fame is in tow, but really he does little in this rather thankless role as a horror obsessed teen that needs to steal a dead man's body for kicks. None of the "kids" except the pretty girl playing Meg is any good. Nita Talbot plays the "friend" of the Radzoffs with withering interest. Also, look for the big - I mean big - guy that plays the policeman. That is Porky himself of Porkys fame. But thankfully for all of us, one performance does rise above the material. Ferdy Mayne, an oft overlooked actor from Germany who had Christopher Lee features and did star as a vampire in The Fearless Vampire Killers, does a more than commendable job as the aging horror icon in public life and a real demon of a man in private life. Conrad Radzoff in a bad human being in life, living solely for his own pleasures and we see him kill twice before he is even dead(obviously none of the swinging teens at that point). Mayne is able to look very regal, speak very elegantly, and convey menace with ease. If for no other reason, one should see Frightmare for his performance. I do; however, believe that when they showed black and white clips of Radzoff that they used Christopher Lee footage(anyone have any thoughts?). Anyway, one can guess what happens and it does indeed: Radzoff goes out and goes after the kids that disturbed his peace. Again, the formula is trite and overused. The acting for the most part is anemic, and the direction oh so ridiculous. But Mayne gives a good performance in a sea of ineptitude. Definitely worth a little peek. Watching Mayne keep popping up on screens in his mausoleum brought a wry smile to my lips each time.

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 4 / 10

Promising, but ultimately routine

FRIGHTMARE, a B-movie horror film of 1983, is nothing to write home about. The self-referential nature of the screenplay and the presence of a past-it famous horror star in the character list is reminiscent of FRIGHT NIGHT, but there the similarities end. After an opening that promises more interest than it delivers, this turns into a routine slasher film, with gruesome but cheesy death sequences and a whole lot of time wasted on characters running around aimlessly. Ferdy Mayne does a great job playing the horror star in a role meant for Christopher Lee, but the script is beneath him. Watch out for Jeffrey Combs, pre RE-ANIMATOR, and don't get this mixed up with the excellent Pete Walker cannibal film of the same name.

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