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Ferdinand "Ferdy" Mayne, Carlene Olson, Jesse Ehrlich, Leon Askin, Jeffrey Combs ... see more see more... , Peter Kastner , Donna McDaniel , Chuck Mitchell , Barbara Pilavin Gelber , Jennifer Starret , Alan Stock , Nita Talbot , Scott Thomson , Luca Bercovici , Jack Marston , Ancel Cook , Twyla Littleton , Patrick M. Wright , Janet Lee Orcutt , Jennifer Starrett , Joe Witherell

This uneven attempt at horror parody, direced by Norman Thaddeus Vane, gets off to a fairly promising start with a fun performance from Ferdinand Mayne (the imposing lead vampire in Roman Polanski's F... read more read more...earless Vampire Killers) as the impossibly flamboyant horror superstar Conrad Radzoff -- whose idea of a memorable promotional stunt for his latest film involves the murder of its director. Though this proves a hard act to follow, Radzoff manages to do so by kicking the bucket himself. Then enter the annoying young members of a horror-film society who decide to steal Radzoff's corpse to use as a macabre centerpiece at their next hootenanny. Big mistake. Mrs. Radzoff is none too pleased and consults a spirit medium to reanimate her husband's body and avenge the desecration of his crypt. Sadly, what began as a clever comic nod to horror films of yore (and their die-hard fans in particular) collapses completely into routine slasher formula as Radzoff floats his coffin around the house in pursuit of his enemies, dispatching them in outrageously gory ways. Distributors released a title on video, shortly after the run of this film, entitled 'Frightmare II.' It was in fact a 1974 Pete Walker film all but unrelated to this one and erroneously advertised as the sequel to Vane's film. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Norman T. Vane, Norman Thaddeus Vane

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DVD Release Date: May 31, 2005

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  • ajv2688
    January 16, 2011
    ajv2688
    This slasher flick is so predictable and poorly made, it's just too boring to watch.

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Bill Gibron
June 15, 2005
Bill Gibron, DVDTalk.com

Frightmare fumbles so many of the standard scare tactics that it's almost impossible to see where it gained such a supercilious legitimacy. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

All fear the deadly ghostly apparition of a recently-dead horror actor! Or not.

Janet Branagan
December 29, 2001
Janet Branagan, Apollo Guide

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