Frightmare (1974)

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Throughout his career, director Pete Walker was no stranger to controversy, but his 1974 film Frightmare sparked a firestorm of criticism from the protectors of public morals, who deemed it "despicable" (London Observer). In spite of the condemnation - or more likely, because of it - Frightmare has achieved almost legendary status in British horror history. Sheila Keith stars as a former patient of a mental institution, who has settled down in a remote farmhouse, where she tells fortunes in her spare time. But the kind, maternal exterior conceals a dreadful monster, which the asylum, it seems, was unable to cure.

from master of cult horror pete walker (house of whipcord, the flesh and blood show) comes this ghastly tale of dark secrets and bizarre appetites.
the judge pronounced edmund and dorothy yates sane after they spent 18 years in a mental hospital for a series of gory cannibal killings. now, after their release, edmund's daughter, jackie occasionally checks in on them at their secluded farmhouse and everything seems fine..until jackie's psychiatrist boyfriend, graham, stars poking around and uncovers the blood-splatterd truth. dorothy is crazier than ever, luring unsuspecting victims to her home for tarot card readings and then massacring them with fireplace pokers, elctric drills and pitchforks! what's more, this grisly craving apparently runs in the family...