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ACTOR
Jack JonesPamela StephensonDavid DoyleBill Owen
DIRECTOR
Pete Walker
SYNOPSICS
The Comeback (1978) is a English movie. Pete Walker has directed this movie. Jack Jones,Pamela Stephenson,David Doyle,Bill Owen are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1978. The Comeback (1978) is considered one of the best Horror,Mystery,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.
The Comeback (1978) Reviews
Effective but occasionally stodgy chiller
Jack Jones, the seventies MOR crooner, doesn't disgrace himself with his central performance in this memorably demented chiller. Jones plays a pop singer attempting to record a new album in the surroundings of an apparently haunted country retreat, but he's distracted by the creepy staff (Sheila Keith and Bill Owen), his smarmy, secretly cross-dressing manager, the brutal murders of his ex-wife and trusted colleague, and a burgeoning relationship with groupie Pamela Stephenson. Whilst not as gory as FRIGHTMARE nor as fast-paced or compelling as HOUSE OF WHIPCORD, THE COMEBACK has more than enough touches of eye-popping kinkiness, blood-spattered madness and hallucinatory menace to keep discerning genre fans entertained. Just be warned that Jones's music on the soundtrack isn't his best (it sounds like a particularly wayward Scott Walker solo album), and if you're expecting another nonthreatening pop star movie vehicle, you'd do better to avoid this completely.
Keeps you guessing.....
True, this is rather more pedestrian than Walker's infamous horror trilogy and this clearly would have benefited from a McGillivray script. This is much more one dimensional and at times rather plodding with the fabulous Sheila Keith unfortunately sidelined. However, this is nothing like as bad as has been made out, has vigorous kills a most eerie atmosphere and decent performances from both Jack Jones and Pamela Stevenson, not to mention a restrained but most effective one from the aforementioned Ms Keith. Keeps you guessing but by the end there is nobody else it could be. Despite comments I have seen elsewhere, both leads do disrobe even if the flesh is carefully shot. Enjoyable.
Creepy UK slasher with plausible, solid storyline.
I haven't seen The Comeback since 1980 or 81. I was ten when I caught this one on cable television and a few of the more horrific scenes have stayed in my mind ever since. Just a few days ago I rediscovered this great 70s slasher and bought it on DVD (a copy). For fans of this genre, the killer's appearance/costume and murdering style will definitely please. While there's not a ton of carnage to be found, the slayings are frantic and brutal and bloody. The film arguably keeps a creepy atmospheric setting from start to finish. The dreary warehouse penthouse and its gated levels and gear-crunching elevator, the minacious manor house and its two curious elderly keepers, are both good examples. As well as gore, the film also provides a few psychological jolts. Jack Jones and the rest of the cast deliver believable performances with good material. The dialogue is perfect and there's a plausible, solid storyline with a few interesting subplots, to boot. As with similar films the ending here is not so predictable. Pamela Stephenson in the role of Linda Everett is total eye candy, and I kept thinking how much she looks like a younger Pamela Anderson. And how can anyone pass up seeing Charlie's Angels' Bosley in full drag, tearful over the secret crush he has on his number-one male recording artist. Humorously, until just now discovering this film again, I'd always confused Jack Jones for Skip Stephenson of the TV series Real People. In summation I really think this UK slasher is much better than many of the Italian giallos I've seen. It's just a creepy flick that I highly recommend; Pete Walker did a hell of a job. The rating should be much higher.
tongue in cheek with a scream in the throat
There are certainly are a few (so called)well made, big budget horror films that are not as entertaining as this one. Jack Jones gives it all he's got as an actor and looks like he is having a ball. All in all IMHO an enjoyable piece of late night hokum.
Enjoyable British Slasher romp
I had recently viewed this along with another Pete Walker movie, not knowing that they were both directed by the same person, and well I can say that I was pleasantly surprised by this, as I have only viewed one of his movie's "The Flesh And Blood Show" which I didn't enjoy, but this one I did. The storyline I found particularly interesting, a singer Nick Cooper travels back to England to work on his new album, where soon as he arrives strange things begin to happen, like strange noises heard in the night at the creepy mansion at which he is staying and people start getting butchered. It seems as if someone is out to get him but who could it possibly be. "The Comeback" is a very decent horror movie, which I really enjoyed, the suspense and tension is there along with interesting characters and various red herrings shown throughout. Although there could have been a few more murders to pad out the running time, but when they do come they are done very well and pretty brutal and the gore effects are very nicely done. The acting is also rather good the lead Jack Jones did really well and his cheesy singing is also a highlight and quite funny. Pamela Stephenson is very beautiful in this role and plays a rather laid back performance wise. David Doyle plays the selfish manager very well and his bizarre cross dressing scene was really strange and Shelia Keith gives an outstanding performance as the sinister housekeeper especially towards the end. All in all "The Comeback " is an enjoyable British slasher which could have done with a few more murders but otherwise a really good mystery and a highlight in director Pete Walkers back catalogue.