Here is an odd one. "Frightmare" is a nasty b-horror offering about a woman who drills into people's skulls and eats their brains, and it boasts one indelibly horrifying image, the perfectly cast oddball actress Sheila Keith dribbling blood while approaching a victim, drill at the ready.
But for most of its length, it's not really like that. It's more of a domestic drama about a woman living with her tearaway half-sister, fifteen years old, who goes around with a biker gang and incites them to beat up any man who displeases her. The elder sibling is seeing a psychiatrist, who may be able to make progress with the girl, or at least would have a chance if this wasn't a shocker.
Stranger still, the movie has barely any exposition. One of the things I disliked about the (still above average) prior Pete Walker flick "The Flesh and Blood Show" was the exposition dump at the end, suddenly filling in all the blanks, many of which I hadn't even noticed. It's like Walker decided to rein in that tendency to the opposite extreme. It's dialogue heavy, mostly in domestic situations, and the psycho killer cannibal plot-line seems to come in as an afterthought.
But for most of its length, it's not really like that. It's more of a domestic drama about a woman living with her tearaway half-sister, fifteen years old, who goes around with a biker gang and incites them to beat up any man who displeases her. The elder sibling is seeing a psychiatrist, who may be able to make progress with the girl, or at least would have a chance if this wasn't a shocker.
Stranger still, the movie has barely any exposition. One of the things I disliked about the (still above average) prior Pete Walker flick "The Flesh and Blood Show" was the exposition dump at the end, suddenly filling in all the blanks, many of which I hadn't even noticed. It's like Walker decided to rein in that tendency to the opposite extreme. It's dialogue heavy, mostly in domestic situations, and the psycho killer cannibal plot-line seems to come in as an afterthought.