The Comeback 1978  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror
aka: The Day the Screaming Stopped
Director: Pete Walker
Cast: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen, Sheila Keith, Holly Palance, Peter Turner, Richard Johnson, June Chadwick, Patrick Brock
While American pop star Nick Cooper (Jack Jones) writes new songs, he retreats to a country manor for peace and quiet. Instead of quiet, he becomes immersed in details about his wife's (Holly Palance) murder when her ghost reveals things to him that could help him solve her murder.
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The Tempest 1979  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Derek Jarman
Cast: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Richard Warwick, Karl Johnson, Jack Birkett, Christopher Biggins, Peter Turner, Ken Campbell, Claire Davenport, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Elisabeth Welch, Kate Temple
Loosely based on Shakespeare's play, this film version focuses on what ensues after the King of Naples (Peter Bull) and his family are shipwrecked by a tempest at sea and washed ashore on an island occupied by his exiled son Prospero (Heathcote Williams) and Prospero's daughter Miranda (Toyah Willcox). Prospero is a sorcerer and uses the help of the airy spirit Arial (Karl Johnson) to turn his world into an idyllic place. Now, Prospero's existence is threatened with the arrival of the shipwrecked survivors and those who seek revenge.
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| 1. The Comeback (1978)
aka: The Day the Screaming Stopped
2. The Tempest (1979)
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