Frozen Scream
Scientists searching for immortality create a group of frozen, zombie-like killers who can only function under carefully controlled conditions. The film's strange pseudo-science, low-budget atmosphere and stop-start production history helped turn it into one of the oddest titles connected with the DPP list.
Film details
| Original / alt title | Frozen Scream |
| Year | 1975 |
| Director | Frank Roach |
| Country | USA |
| Runtime | Approx. 85 min |
| Main cast | Renee Harmon, Lynne Yeaman, Wolf Muser |
UK status
One of the films that appeared on the DPP's 72-title list but was dropped rather than remaining among the final 39 successful prosecutions.
Still primarily a cult collector title and one of the more obscure films associated with the nasty panic.
Why it caused controversy
UK censorship / Video Nasties history
A quick status check first, followed by the film’s censorship timeline. A DPP prosecution was an obscenity case against a particular video publication — it was not automatically the same thing as a permanent nationwide “ban”.
Detailed censorship timeline & facts
FACTS & TRIVIA
- The production began years before the film finally found wider release.
- Renee Harmon both stars in the film and was involved in producing and writing the story.
- The plot combines immortality experiments with zombie-style horror.
- Wolf Muser later became a familiar television character actor.
- Its obscure release history is part of the reason exact dates and runtimes vary between sources.
- The film is remembered far more because of the Video Nasty phenomenon than because of mainstream theatrical success.
- The HHO-style UK artwork is a particularly distinctive collector image.
Distributor / VHS label
Intervision / Home Video Productions-era sleeve (cover shown).
Trailer
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