---
title: 'The Comeback (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pete Walker'
released: '1978-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-comeback-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077357/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Comeback (1978)

1978 · 93 min · Horror, Mystery · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Comeback is a 1978 British psychological horror slasher film directed and produced by Pete Walker and starring Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, and David Doyle. Its plot follows Nick Cooper, a successful but dormant American singer who retreats to a remote manor in Surrey to record an album; there, he is followed by a psychopath—donning a hag mask—who murdered his ex-wife Gail.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pete Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-walker)
- **Producer:** [Pete Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-walker)
- **Screenplay:** [Murray Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-smith), [Michael Sloan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-sloan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-myers)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Jessop](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jessop-2)

## Cast

- [Jack Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-jones)
- [David Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-doyle)
- [Pamela Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-stephenson)
- [Holly Palance](https://cinepixo.com/people/holly-palance)
- [Bill Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-owen)

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