Jan 23, 2019
Frightmare (Body Snatchers, 1983)
"Hell is not as bad as you think - it's actually quite pleasant. Maybe the food is a trifle overcooked, and the champagne Californian, but you do meet the most interesting people."
#frightmare#body snatchers#also known as the horror star#1983#american cinema#horror film#slasher film#films i done watched#not to be confused with 1974's british horror also called frightmare#norman thaddeus vane#ferdy mayne#nita talbot#luca bercovici#jennifer starrett#barbara pilavin#leon askin#alan stock#scott thomson#donna mcdaniel#jeffrey combs#carlene olson#the whole horror film star gets caught up in real horror story thing had been done before of course. vincent price did something similar#in madhouse and this also owes a little to prices theatre of blood. apparently chris lee was first choice for this and oddly clips of his#films are used to depict mayne as a young actor. like ppl wouldn't know christopher lee??#most notable for casting combs in his first horror role and for the ever excellent ferdy mayne (credited here as ferdinand which i've#not seen him credited as before). despite a strong cast and some meta commentary on the horror film process#this ends up being a fairly generic stalk and kill style slasher albeit with some supernatural elements woven in#mayne is the best thing in it of course and has enormous fun hamming it up and dropping names (larry olivier! thats sir larry to you!)#the idea of horror fans stealing the corpse of their favourite star might sound a bit far fetched but honestly looking around tumblr#....i wouldn't be entirely shocked yknow
