Frightmare (1974)
aka
Cover Up
Opening with a shot of the Battersea power station ... "Frightmare" (1974) tells the story of quite a strange human animal indeed. She is Dorothy Yates, who, along with her more normal husband Edmund, had been institutionalized in 1957 for crimes that the sentencing judge called "sickening" and "disturbing." Fifteen years later, the Yateses are released, but unfortunately, Dorothy suffers what Edmund can only call "a very serious relapse"...
As portrayed by Sheila Keith, Dorothy Yates is surely a candidate for the pantheon of all-time-great cinematic nutjobs, right besides such other wackos as Norman Bates, Hannibal Lecter and Leatherface. Matronly sweet one moment and icily psychotic the next, she surely does make for one mighty creepy and intimidating customer. ... There have been many films dealing with devoted husbands and man-hungry wives, but never one quite like this! All fans of intelligent horror should, uh, just eat this one up. (IMDB ferbs54)
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| Andrew Sachs |
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| Noel Johnson |
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| Edward Kalinski |
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| Kim Butcher |
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| Michael Sharvell-Martin |
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| Tommy Wright |
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| Paul Greenwood and Deborah Fairfax |
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| Fiona Curzon |
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| Deborah Fairfax |
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| Kim Butcher |
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| Jack Dagmar |
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| Deborah Fairfax |
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| Rupert Davies |
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| Sheila Keith |
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| Trisha Mortimer |
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| Trisha Mortimer |
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| Sheila Keith |
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| Leo Genn |
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| Victoria Fairbrother |
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| Sheila Keith |
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| Victoria Fairbrother |
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| Sheila Keith |
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| Fridge and Brains |
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| Deborah Fairfax |
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| Deborah Fairfax |
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