Psychomania

Psychomania

Year: 1973

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Don Sharp

HorrorHorror the undead and monster classicsTerrifying haunted and supernatural horrorCreepy chilling and terrifying horrorGothic and eerie haunting horror

The Dead Still Ride… the Living Howl in Terror! A gang of youngsters calling themselves the Living Dead terrorize their small town. They strike a pact with the devil, convinced that suicide performed with absolute belief will grant them eternal life. One after another, urged by their leader, they so kill themselves, to find immortality never comes.

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1

Tom Latham forms The Living Dead and embraces occult power

Tom Latham becomes the charismatic leader of the violent youth gang The Living Dead, with Abby by his side. He spends much of his time at The Seven Witches, a ruin in the Surrey countryside, where he dabbles in black magic. This occult obsession sets the stage for the gang's brutal actions and the town's fear.

early The Seven Witches, Surrey countryside
2

Tom enters the mysterious room and meets the Frog God

On his eighteenth birthday Tom enters a mysterious room connected to his birth and witnesses the Frog God. The encounter seeds a dark pact that will shape his fate. The supernatural vision foreshadows the transformation to come.

Tom's eighteenth birthday the mysterious room
3

Tom dies and is resurrected as an undead

Tom commits suicide and, with his mother's help, returns from the dead. He becomes undead, gaining superhuman strength and immunity to death. The resurrection marks the beginning of his tyrannical reign over the gang and the town.

after eighteenth birthday The room
4

Tom massacres people at a local pub

The undead Tom reveals his power by massacring people at a local pub. His immortality allows him to survive all resistance, and the carnage demonstrates the scale of his brutality. The act triggers fear and panic throughout the community.

soon after the resurrection Local pub
5

The Living Dead seek to recruit more undead from the gang

One by one, members of The Living Dead die by suicide to join the undead, and the group gathers at The Seven Witches to plot their terror campaign. The ritualistic deaths cement their allegiance to dark forces and intensify the threat to locals. Abby watches with growing unease as the plan unfolds without her.

following the pub massacre The Seven Witches
6

Abby refuses to join the undead

Abby refuses to participate in the undead campaign, resisting Tom's push for domination. Her stance creates tension within the gang and positions her as a potential counterpoint to Tom's power. The refusal foreshadows a final confrontation.

during the buildup The Seven Witches
7

Hesseltine links the crimes to undead activity

Police Chief Inspector Hesseltine is overwhelmed by the crime wave and suspects something supernatural at work. He theorizes corpse theft and eventually releases a false report that Abby has died to lure out the killer. The investigation tightens the net around the town's terror.

during the crime wave Police HQ
8

The Living Dead capture Abby and kill police

The Living Dead kill police officers and seize Abby when the trap goes down. The violence demonstrates how far the undead have spread and escalates the confrontation. The capture sets the stage for the final showdown.

during the attempt to claim Abby Around the police precinct
9

The mother breaks her bargain and reverses the curse

Disgusted by her son's crimes, Tom's mother decides to break her bargain with the Frog God. She performs a ritual that disrupts the pact and signals a shift in the supernatural balance. This act paves the way for the downfall of the undead army.

climax home
10

The ritual turns the undead to stone, the frog is born

As Tom prepares to kill Abby, his mother completes the ritual. The undead bikers are turned into stone statues at The Seven Witches, while Tom is left mortal but the threat is neutralized. The mother transforms into a frog, ending the magical influence over the town.

climax The Seven Witches
11

Abby survives but is left alone

Abby is left alone among the stone statues and the transformed mother. The town quiets, but the sense of loss lingers after the chaotic events. She confronts the lonely aftermath of the gang's downfall.

after the ritual The Seven Witches

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