This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

I had not seen this movie since the early 1980's (shortly after it came out and hit the cable networks) until this past week. Unlike many movies and TV shows that I remember as being "great" and then upon seeing them again after 30 years realizing that they were not as great as I thought they had been, "The Comeback" did NOT disappoint! Jack Jones, for some reason, looked and sounded and...for the most part...acted like Robert Redford! I kept hearing Robert as Jack talked throughout the whole movie! And aside from the one moment of "could have done without that and it would have been just as gruesome" gore at the beginning when Gail is killed (some fake limbs fly off), the movie held up REALLY well. If you have never seen this great little thriller, you need to.

Pete Walker's The Comeback sees the director entering slasher/giallo territory with the story of a successful pop singer, Nick Cooper (Jack Jones), who moves into an old mansion to begin recording his first album in six years, only to be disturbed by a series of strange, nightmarish occurrences. Meanwhile, a crazed killer dressed as a granny (complete with old hag rubber mask) is busy bumping off his nearest and dearest.The film opens in great style with the gruesome murder of Nick's beautiful ex-wife Gail (Holly Palance), who is savagely hacked to death with a sickle by the movie's masked maniac; sadly, excessively bloody moments like this are few and far between (the only other gory murder being that of Nick's perverted pal Harry played by Peter Turner), the majority of the film being surprisingly uneventful and frustratingly repetitive, with Nick investigating strange sounds at night and romancing sexy blonde secretary Linda Everett (Not The Nine O'Clock News star Pamela Stephenson) during the day.After much hunting high and low in the creepy house, a little hanky panky with Linda in his Lotus Elite, and a brief stint in hospital for nervous fatigue (the result of finding his wife's decomposing head in a hat-box!), Nick finally finds out which of the film's suspects are responsible for his frightful experiences. Die-hard Walker fans shouldn't be too surprised by the revelation, although exactly why he is being tortured may not be so easy to guess.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.

Being famous can have its drawbacks. Famous singer Jack Jones plays Nick Cooper, a well-known pop singer who relocates to a London estate to start recording music again following his divorce from his wife Gail(Holly Palance). Little does he know while he was flying to England, his ex-wife is brutally murdered. While he was trying to reclaim his past fame, the people he is staying with have a secret that is even well- hidden from Nick. The stay at the estate was not very pleasant to him. He would hear moans, sobbing, and crying from within, and the caretakers take his complaints very lightly. Not only that his wife gets killed, his friend Harry (Peter Turner) gets stabbed as well. So when Nick began to start losing his mind, the insanity points out to the people he is staying with. To me, that estate was nothing more than tourist trap. Jack Jones has put a performance on both music and the big screen. David Doyle has been well known as John Bosley on "Charlie's Angels". This movie is quite subtle, and not too violent. Has plenty of suspense though. This one is great for the music buffs. 2 out of 5 stars

True, this is rather more pedestrian than Walker's infamous horror trilogy and this clearly would have benefited from a McGillivray script. This is much more one dimensional and at times rather plodding with the fabulous Sheila Keith unfortunately sidelined. However, this is nothing like as bad as has been made out, has vigorous kills a most eerie atmosphere and decent performances from both Jack Jones and Pamela Stevenson, not to mention a restrained but most effective one from the aforementioned Ms Keith. Keeps you guessing but by the end there is nobody else it could be. Despite comments I have seen elsewhere, both leads do disrobe even if the flesh is carefully shot. Enjoyable.