Frozen Scream
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| Directed by | Frank Roach |
| Produced by | Renee Harmon |
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| Music by | H. Kingsley Thurber |
| Cinematography | Roberto A. Quezada |
| Edited by | Matthew Muller |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Frozen Scream is a 1980[1] American horror film directed by Frank Roach. It stars Renee Harmon, who also produced and co-wrote the story.
Plot
A mad scientist tries to create a drug for immortality. Before he manages to test it however he is kidnapped by his fellow scientists who are part of a cult who believe that the drug plus low temperatures will be able to create frozen zombies. The missing scientist's wife calls on her ex-boyfriend, a detective who is on the kidnapping case, to help her.
Cast
- Renee Harmon - Lil Stanhope
- Lynne Kocol - Anne Girard
- Wolf Muser - Tom Girard
- Thomas Gowen - Kevin McGuire
- Wayne Liebman - Father O'Brien
- Lee James - Sven Johnsson
- Sunny Bartholomew - Cathrin
- Bill Oliver - Bob Russell
- Bob Rochelle - Kirk Richard
Release
Frozen Scream was briefly prosecuted in the UK under the "video nasties" but was withdrawn from prosecution.[2]
Critical reception
AllMovie called the film an "unintentionally surreal" and "highly bizarre experience psychotronic devotees should enjoy enduring."[2] Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called it a "dismal and homely backyard effort".[3]
See also
References
- ↑ New York Times
- 1 2 Beldin, Fred. "Frozen Scream (1980)". AllMovie. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.