Frenzy Frenzy Frenzy is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer was based on the novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square" by Arthur La Bern. The film stars Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, and Barry Foster and features Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins and Vivien Merchant. The original music score was composed by Ron Goodwin. The plot centres on a serial killer in contemporary London and the ex-RAF serviceman he implicates. In a very early scene there is dialogue that mentions two
The Man Who Was Thursday story ever written plus every story dreamed of but never written. Among the latter is "The Man Who Was October" by G. K. Chesterton, which is supposedly a sequel to his "Thursday". Also, the metaphysical being known as "Fiddler's Green" manifests in a physical form resembling Chesterton. In Kim Newman's "", the Council of Days, led by Sunday, exists and is plotting to overthrow Dracula during the tenth anniversary of his rule over Britain. The Council includes Gabriel Syme, Peter the Painter (Friday), and Newman's recurring character Kate Reed. The Man Who Was Thursday The Man Who Was Thursday: A