Frozen Scream
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| Directed by | Frank Roach |
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| Produced by | Renee Harmon |
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| Cinematography | Roberto A. Quezada |
| Edited by | Matthew Muller |
| Music by | H. Kingsley Thurber |
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Running time | 85 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Frozen Scream is a 1980[1] American horror film produced by Renee Harmon and directed by Frank Roach. It stars Harmon, Lynne Kocol and Thomas Gowan. Harmon also co-wrote the story with Doug Ferrin. The film achieved a degree of notoriety when it was released on video in the UK in 1983 and became one of the films on the government's video nasty list. The movie follows the story of two scientists whose experiments in unlocking the secrets of immortality result instead in the creation of black-robed zombies who must be preserved at very low temperatures to continue functioning.
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
- Ben Moase - Man at Party
Release
Frozen Scream was briefly prosecuted in the UK under the "video nasties" but was withdrawn from prosecution.[1]
Critical reception
AllMovie called the film an "unintentionally surreal" and "highly bizarre experience psychotronic devotees should enjoy enduring."[1] Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called it a "dismal and homely backyard effort".[2]
References
- ^ a b c d 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.
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