The Comeback (1978)
Millions loved him, could someone hate him enough to kill and kill again?
A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. His ex-wife is brutally murdered, and the killer may be stalking him next.
- Date of release
- 1978-06-16
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (40)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Director
- Pete Walker
Casting
- Jack Jones — Nick Cooper
- Pamela Stephenson — Linda Everett
- David Doyle — Webster Jones
- Richard Johnson — Psychiatrist
- Holly Palance — Gail
- Sheila Keith — Mrs. B
- Bill Owen — Mr. B
- Peter Turner — Harry Cunningham
- June Chadwick — Nurse
- Penny Irving
- Patrick Brock — Dr Paulsen
- Jeff Silk — Police Officer
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography
The Comeback is a 1978 British psychological horror slasher film directed and produced by Pete Walker and starring Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, and David Doyle. Its plot follows Nick Cooper, a successful but dormant American singer who retreats to a remote manor in Surrey to record an album; there, he is followed by a psychopath—donning a hag mask—who murdered his ex-wife Gail.
Production
The film was shot on location in London, Sussex and Surrey, England. Nick Cooper (Jack Jones)'s manor in the film was Foxwarren Park, Wisley, Surrey.
The film was the last of five Pete Walker films with music composed and conducted by Stanley Myers.
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