10 Horror Films That Aren't Talked About Enough

A seemingly rehabilitated former cannibal, Dorothy Yates (the awesome Sheila Keith), lives removed from society with her doting husband, Edmund. Their eldest daughter Jackie visits nightly, keeping her parents' existence a secret from her wilful teenage sister, Debbie. When Dorothy begins giving tarot readings to lonely, desperate strangers in her home, Jackie fears that her mother's cannibalistic urges may have resurfaced.

Frightmare has one of those bold movie posters that leads people to think they're in for a wild, full-blown gore-fest, and if you go into this film anticipating a gratuitous and unrelenting 'bloodthirsty granny' flick, you'll be disappointed. It's not the wild ride that the marketing suggests; admittedly, the cannibal aspect of the plot is so negligible and unimportant to the story that it could've been omitted entirely (it was probably only included to pull in the audiences on false promises).

This being said, Frightmare is a relatively undiscovered gem of 70s British horror cinema, and that's largely owing to Sheila Keith note-perfect performance.