Kino Lorber has tabbed
Mar. 18 for the long-awaited Blu-ray release of director Pete Walker’s Frightmare.
Step, by measured step, Brit
filmmaker Pete Walker shifted from sexploitation (School for Sex … The
Flesh and Blood Show … House of Whipcord) to T&A with
horror underpinnings to out-and-out horror arriving at Cover Up in 1974 (Frightmare
in the domestic market the following year).
It is curious that both Cover
Up and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre arrived at about same time on
opposite sides of the pond … opening up theatrically within weeks of each
other.
Both deal with family issues
that blend serial killing, cannibalism and the next level of screen violence …
Walker gives his tale a touch of social commentary with some sly humor, while
Tobe Hooper serves up a more direct “slaughterhouse” of gore. A terrific double-feature to be sure!
No word on bonus goodies
at this time, but the previously released DVD edition included commentary from
filmmaker Pete Walker and director of photography Peter Jessop, with moderation
by author Steven Chibnall (Professor of British Cinema at De Montfort University).
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