Directed by:
Norman Thaddeus VaneScreenplay:
Norman Thaddeus VaneCinematography:
Joel KingComposer:
Jerry MoselyCast:
Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin, Jeffrey Combs, Scott Thomson, Peter Kastner, Alan Stock, Jennifer Starrett, Barbara Pilavin (more)Plots(1)
Also known as The Horror Star, the 1983 cult creeper Frightmare offered audiences postmodern shocks long before Wes Craven gave us his game-changing Scream in 1996! An underrated and underseen gem, Frightmare tells of a celebration for a late, great horror star... only the actor in question might not be entirely dead and soon the participants at his supposed party are being picked off one by one! Highlighting a notable supporting performance Jeffrey Combs and assured direction from Norman Thaddeus Vane (who also worked on the X-rated cult favourite Dracula Sucks), this is one of the most stylish and sublime of all the eighties slice and dice horror-pack. (88 Films)
(more)Cast
Ferdy Mayne
German Empire
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Password is Courage (1962)
Luca Bercovici
USA
Best movies:
Houdini (2014) (TV movie)
American Flyers (1985)
K2 (1991)
Nita Talbot
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Caged (1950)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Leon Askin
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Knock on Wood (1954)
Jeffrey Combs
USA
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013) (TV movie)
Re-Animator (1985)
Scott Thomson
Best movies:
Police Academy (1984)
Blast from the Past (1999)
Greater (2016)
Peter Kastner
Canada
Best movies:
You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
Frightmare (1983)
Alan Stock
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990) (TV movie)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Jennifer Starrett
USA
Best movies:
Frightmare (1983)
Barbara Pilavin
Best movies:
Sweet Jane (1998)
Constantine (2005)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Chuck Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
American Pop (1981)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
Tallie Cochrane
USA
Best movies:
The Centerfold Girls (1974)
Falling in Love Again (1980)
Frightmare (1983)
Patrick Wright
USA
Best movies:
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
Maniac Cop (1988)
Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1977)
David Del Valle
USA
Best movies:
The Offspring (1987)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Frightmare (1983)