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Fright (1971)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
7/12
7/12:
To put it nicely, Fright is a constant race between Brian losing his mind and Susan George getting naked.
The former happened, but the latter never did, much to the disappointment of her fans. At least, for the majority of the
time, they can see the white panties through George's somewhat skimpy yet tight velvet dress. No wonder why she was
cast for this film, fresh off from her sexy performance in Straw Dogs.
Lost in the confusion, Fright is a lot of screaming, fancy camera work, and foreboding of what I had anticipated all
along. Let me just give you the gist of the film as taken from TCM: "A baby sitter and her young charge are terrorized
by an escaped mental patient." Yeah, it sounds like pre-Halloween but worse.
Speaking of ineptitude, how about these cops? Why not distract the guy and go around the back to sneak into the house?
Or why not the babysitter leave through the front door by undoing the locks one at a time while the lunatic is peering through
the window? Worst of all, why does she have a gun? Not only that, but why will the cop also give her a gun? What for? Let
the pros do the work.
All in all, Fright is another British horror snore.