Frightmare – Alptraum (1983)

Frightmare – Alptraum: Directed by Norman Thaddeus Vane. With Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin. When his loyal fans decide to steal his fresh corpse from the mortuary to party with it all night long, a true horror film star returns from the grave as a ghastly blood-sucker, bent on revenge. At least, will he spare his followers?

“Conrad, a legendary star of classic horror films, is a narcissistic killer as monstrous in reality as he is on the screen. Shortly after his death, his corpse is stolen by a group of young cinemaphiles(among them is horror linchpin Jeffrey Combs in an early role). This prompts his devoted widow to enlist the aid of a mystic in retrieving the evil actoru0026#39;s soul from the fire-pits of Hell. Once reunited with his body, Conrad proceeds to wreak bloody vengeance against the young graverobbers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFRIGHTMARE is a largely unimpressive and routine supernatural slasher with atrocious editing and exanimate characters. To the filmu0026#39;s credit, however, it does manage to serve up sporadic atmospheric moments which are effectively punctuated by the creepy sound of multi-layered echoes and whispers. Itu0026#39;s a prescriptive and nonessential 80s chiller overall, but it might suffice as a tolerable time-filler when nothing better is at hand.n4/10”