Frightmare
Date: 1974
Director: Pete Walker
Production Company: Peter Walker (Heritage)
Stars: Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax, Paul Greenwood, Kim Butcher, Michael Sharvell-Martin, Edward Kalinski, Jack Dagmar, Trisha Mortimer
Location(s): London, Surrey, Sussex
Region(s): London E-G, South East E-L
Storyline:
A group of teenagers are unlucky enough to come across a cannibalistic couple who have been set free from an insane asylum before they are fully reformed.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Steve Randall
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Battersea Power Station, London SW11, sets the scene.
In this wider view contributed by Andy McConn, one can see the extent of building works around the power station in the past 50 years.
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A man (Andrew Sachs) is seen walking though a deserted Battersea Park Funfair.
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He knocks on the door of a trailer at the site and is invited in by a woman. Battersea Park Funfair.
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He enters the trailer where he is brutally murdered and partially eaten. Battersea Park Funfair.
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Dorothy and Edmund Yates are sent to a mental institution for committing murder and cannibalism. Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London EC4.
Yet another angle of this frequent establishing shot. SJ
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At the Toby Jug pub, Alec (Edward Kalinski) starts a fight with a barman (Michael Sharvell-Martin), which leads to the barman's death.
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An old man (Jack Dagmar) sees the fight and threatens to call the police.
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The gang members rush off, but Debbie (Kim Butcher) stays behind saying she will join them later.
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The old man tells a policeman what he saw.
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Edmund and Dorothy Yates have been freed after 15 years and live in an isolated farmhouse. British Horror Film Locations and IMDB identify this as Dawes Farm, Henley Common, Fernhurst, Sussex.
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Edmund (Rupert Davies) rings Jackie as he is concerned about Dorothy. Through the top right corner of the phone box, the twin underground signs of White City Station, Wood Lane, can just be seen.
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Jackie (Deborah Fairfax) arrives to meet Edmund. BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, White City W12, also seen in 'Percy', 'Expresso Bongo' and 'The Statue'.
Looking west with a big lorry parked outside. SJ
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A woman (Trisha Mortimer) arrives at the farm for a tarot reading and is invited in, to become Dorothy's next victim.
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Edmund begs Jackie to come and talk to Dorothy. Shepherds Bush Green W12.
This is from the south side of the green looking north which may be inaccurate. SJ
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Jackie refuses as she has a date. Edmund shows her some grisley remains in the boot of his car. Shepherds Bush Green.
A view of the tower block from the south side. Had I taken it from the west, trees would have obscured the view somewhat. SJ
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On her date with Graham (Paul Greenwood), Jackie leaves the cinema early. The W12 Centre, Shepherds Bush Green.
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Jackie runs off. The W12 Centre, Shepherds Bush Green.
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Jackie runs to her car.
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Having confonted Dorothy, Jackie makes her way home. Gayfere Street SW1. (SR)
In daylight. Slightly off-angle to avoid parked cars. (SR)
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Debbie takes Alec to a lockup where she shows him the body of the barman in the boot of a car.
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Edmund returns to the farm and Dorothy shows him where the bodies of her victims are kept.
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Having discovered what Debbie has done to the barman's body, Jackie and Graham lead police to the lockup.
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Debbie rides off with Alec along the A286 towards the farm.
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Alec waits outside the barn where murder and mayhem are taking place.