‘A scream is not a scream… unless it’s heard!’
The Comeback is a 1978 British horror psycho thriller horror film directed by Pete Walker (Schizo; Frightmare; House of Whipcord) from a screenplay written by Murray Smith.
The movie stars singer Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson (Bloodbath at the House of Death), Bill Owen, Sheila Keith (Frightmare) and Richard Johnson (Zombie Flesh Eaters; The Haunting).
Walker originally wanted to shoot the film in the US and unsuccessfully approached Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music to play the lead. It has also been released as The Day the Screaming Stopped and Encore.
A once successful American singer, Nick Cooper (Jack Jones), relocates to a country manor in England, leaving L.A. and a failed marriage behind him, to begin work on his career comeback. But instead, he finds himself embroiled in a mystery involving the murder of his ex-wife.
His nights are haunted by strange noises. His ex-wife’s ghost appears and tries to provide clues to her death. Is he going crazy, or is something horrifyingly real going on?
Harsh reality sets in as the mystery killer begins to emerge from the shadows…
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Cast and characters:
Jack Jones as Nick Cooper
Pamela Stephenson as Linda Everett
David Doyle as Webster Jones
Bill Owen as Mr B
Sheila Keith as Mrs B
Richard Johnson as Macauley
Holly Palance as Gail Cooper
June Chadwick as Nurse
Penny Irving as Girl Singer
Peter Turner as Harry
Filming locations:
Brighton, East Sussex, England (beach)
Foxwarren Park Estate, near Cobham, Surrey, England
Heathrow Airport
London, on the River Thames, England (restaurant)
London docklands, England (penthouse)
Filming dates:
12th April 1977
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