This uneven attempt at horror parody, direced by Norman Thaddeus Vane, gets off to a fairly promising start with a fun performance from Ferdinand Mayne (the imposing lead vampire in Roman Polanski's Fearless Vampire Killers) as the impossibly flamboyant horror superstar Conrad Radzoff -- whose idea of a memorable promotional stunt for his latest film involves the murder of its director. Though this proves a hard act to follow, Radzoff manages to do so by kicking the bucket himself. Then enter
May 31, 2005
All Critics (4) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (5) | DVD (5)
Frightmare fumbles so many of the standard scare tactics that it's almost impossible to see where it gained such a supercilious legitimacy.
All fear the deadly ghostly apparition of a recently-dead horror actor! Or not.
This slasher flick is so predictable and poorly made, it's just too boring to watch.
October 11, 2010Super Reviewer
(* 1/2): Just too silly for me! AKA: Horror Star
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