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Fright (1956)

1956 · Feature film · 87 min · dir. W. Lee Wilder

Get out of her life if you want to stay alive!

  • Thriller

Synopsis

A low-budget thriller about hypnosis and reincarnation, made to cash in on the 1950s reincarnation craze and shot on New York locations. Produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder. Also known as Spell of the Hypnotist.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Director
W. Lee Wilder
Writer
Myles Wilder
Composer
Lew Davies
Cinematography
J. Burgi Contner
Studio
Planet Filmplays Ltd.
Released
1956-09-01
Running time
87 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · IMBD CAN STICK IT! · The Spanman · 2022-07-21

Don’t let a bunch of disgruntled acting failures dissuade you from seeing this film.

★★ · Well... · Shadows_Girl · 2020-09-05

First: Eric Fleming was the star of the TV series RAWHIDE (a series that also featured an up and coming actor named Clint Eastwood as "Rowdy Yates"---wonder whatever happened to him?) Eric also did a couple of B Movie favorites of fans of the genre: QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE with the legend that was Zsa Zsa Gabor) and CURSE OF THE UNDEAD in which he plays a small town preacher who faces off against a gun slinging vampire played by Michael Pate (perhaps best remembered for his roles in THE COMANCHEROS with John Wayne and his portrayal of Felix Leiter in the CLIMAX! television presentation of Ian…

★★ · Big name actor · hoosier101 · 2025-05-26

I don't know his name, but the only person in this movie I EVER saw in anything else is the murderer, and he played a newspaper reporter interviewing Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton in 'The Honeymooners'.

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