A passable and acceptable English Terror that keeps you intriguing , suspenseful and guessing . It deals with singer (Jack Jones) holes up at a sinister and isolated state run by an elderly marriage (Bill Owen , Sheila Keith) to write new songs for his career . But a ghost starts to haunt him . He hears screams and a disfigured woman shows up at the mansion. But then things go wrong , going on a criminal spree . A scream is not a scream...Unless it's heard! More haunting than any melody... Is she the victim of a bizarre murder... or will she be back? If you like this , have you brain examined ! ..more than a bad dream ! World than you most shocking nightmare ! Daré you see the film that shocked the critics ? Far beyond a nightmare . What terrifying craving made her kill ... and kill..and kill... Millions loved him, could someone hate him enough to kill and kill again?.
Scary slasher movie with disturbing chills , eerie intrigue , twisted suspense and violent events with gory , bloody scenes . It is far better written and played than you might expect , if the first part results to be slow-moving as well as boring , lacking exposition, but when appears the creepy marriage : Sheila Keith and Bill Irwin things get better . This chiller packs a simple and basic formula , with neither deep exploration of characters , no analysis of environment or circumstances , but massacres without much sense . Main and support cast provide functional interpretations . Stars Jack Jones giving a so-so acting as a famous singer . Accompanied by a good cast with plenty of familiar faces , such as : Pamela Stephenson , David Doyle , Holly Palance and brief appearances from Richard Johnson as a doctor and June Chadwick as a nurse . While Sheila Keith gives a nice acting as the housekeeper and Bill Irwin is fine as her faithfully hubby .
It contains adequate cinematography by Peter Jessop , adding frightening musical score by composer Stanley Myers who composed the classic soundtrack for ¨Deer Hunter¨. This gory picture was professionally directed by Pete Walker , though it has some flaws , gaps and failures. He was an expert on Terror movies , though he also made other genres and TV series . As Pete Walter directed the following ones : " House of the long shadows¨, ¨Home before Midnight¨ , ¨The Comeback¨ , ¨Schizo¨ , ¨House of Mortal Sin¨, ¨House of Whipcord¨ , ¨Frightmare¨ , ¨Tiffany Jones". With "Frightmare" following on "House of Whipcord" , David McGillivray's scriptwriting undoubtedly having a marked effect on Pete Walker's pictures . Pete Waker's "Nightmare" filmmaking is on another level , altogether from " Cool it Carol ¡" or "The Flesh and Blood Show". Most his films made in exploitation style and used to settle for routine or run-of-the-mill storylines ; however , nowadays , being better considered than in the 70s past . Rating The Comeback (1978) : 5,5/10 . Regular but passable , though it tends to leave a highly unpleasant aftertaste .
