The Comeback [HD]

"Looks like the sort of place where you drive up and find Lon Chaney playing the organ for you."
From Media Blasters/Shriek Show comes another entry in The Pete Walker Collection in the film The Comeback (1979) aka The Day the Screaming Stopped, which was both produced and directed by Pete Walker (House of Whipcord, Frightmare, Schizo). Starring in the film is popular, Grammy winning crooner Jack Jones (Juke Box Rhythm, Airplane II: The Sequel) in one of his few, silver screen roles. Also appearing is Pamela Stephenson (Superman III), Bill Owen (The Secret of Blood Island), Sheila Keith (Frightmare), Holly Palance (The Best of Times), daughter of legendary actor Jack Palance, Peter Turner (The Krays), and David Doyle, probably best known for his role as `Bosley' on the late 1970s television series "Charlie's Angels".

As the film begins two things happen, the first being the arrival of American pop singer Nick Cooper (Jones) in England and the second being the brutal murder of his ex-wife Gail (Palance) in his English penthouse apartment (she was viciously hacked to...

Cheesy+campy= Great Fun
I grew up watching all those movies of the week on TV. Most of them had a horror tone to them, and I loved it. This movie started out rolling. Sure it was cheesy with the blood being a bright tomato red, but it was exactly what I expected. The special effects were exactly what I remembered from my childhood TV viewing. I think the best line in this movie was, "It was her maggotty head you found in the basement." Perfect. Then when I googled the star, Jack Jones, and found out he sang the "Love Boat" theme song, it just tied everything together with a nice big bow. I loved it.

devoid of spooky
No i did not watch it to the end. Quite a few films establish a direction, wether that is opening music or character behaviour and there is no way they can recover because it would be too drastic a change for type of film. In this respect the colour of blood as a reality check in the first 10 minutes. It dates the film as 70ish because it is pinkish, which is strange as usually it is too orange.I dont get why early films couldn't match the colour. If they can colour co-ordinate applying blusher over her foundation, why not blood its distinctive colour?. This means any ghoulish visages of his wife will looked silly in this film
The guy is a musicien who composes pop music. The first inkling of ghostiness was when his wife starts talking exactly as if alive and unviolated, whilst sounding as cliched as his music. Not spooky.

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