American actress known for roles in films like Re-Animator, Chopping Mall, From Beyond, Body Double, Space Truckers and soaps The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless. A 1999 LA Times article mentioned
"Crampton, who stands 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds"
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Miss Sandy Cowell said on 19/Mar/22
Eek! I knew the tiny print would bite me on the bum sooner or later!
The film is actually called’ Castle Freak.
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 18/Mar/22
Good grief, Barbara! When you produce a film, you really go the extra mile! That ‘Caste Freak’ had everything that offends in droves! Excruciating violence? Tick! Sex? Yup. complete with bondage and unnatural ways of reproduction. Drugs? Of course, and not just pot smoking.
The plot centred round an ancient, other worldly ‘religion’, so it seemed interesting. Progress was slow. but there were plenty of goings-on to keep the viewer entertained until the spectacular visual climax.
It was deserving of the three stars my TV guide gave it, but a 15 certificate? I’d give it a 25! 😲
5ft4.
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 3/Feb/21
I saw the film I talked about last year yesterday. Called 'Road Games', it is based in France. I didn't notice Barbara's name pop up at the beginning, but I stayed with it because I swear I heard German Band Tangerine Dream doing the soundtrack!
As soon as I saw Barbara, I remembered the film. If she's only 5ft4, how tiny was the redheaded French girl?
JustJohnny said on 21/Aug/20
Can’t we give her 5’5” flat?
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 5/Jul/20
I'm watching Barbara in the Sunday Night thriller on the Horror Channel. She's married to a Frenchman with a strange outlook on life, which includes picking up road kill.
The Frenchman picks up a hitchhiking couple and Barbara is so relieved to see other people that she throws her arms round the young guy. Then she warns the couple to keep their door locked at night.
Barbara speaks excellent French and I've understood every word she's said. She's still an extremely attractive woman, and the fact that she starred in so many early horrors can be somewhat hard to digest.
5ft4 👱♀️💐
Nik said on 14/Mar/20
She's at least 5'4"!
Sandy Cowell said on 22/Jul/18
Oh yes, Barbara belongs here on the Horror Page!
She hasn't changed enormously from her days of comedy horror 'Re-Animator', wherein she played someone I DEFINITELY didn't envy! Right from then, you could see she was fairly small for an actress who stars with huge, nasty-looking horror monstrosities who prey on vulnerable women!
The film they are showing frequently on the Horror Channel is a 2015 offering called 'We Are Still Here', about a bereaved couple who have lost their son.
Well, they move into a new home, which turns out to be sold at a bargain price for good reason, a bit like the house in 'Amityville Horror', for it has an appalling history. It once was a funeral home - and no ordinary, peaceful one either! I do thoroughly recommend this film for those of you who like a good storyline with a touch of humour thrown in, complete with truly excellent special effects. Also, you will see a recent film starring Barbara. She isn't the smallest woman; there is a woman from the townsfolk who makes her look positively tall, though on the whole you can see that she can still pull of a very decent 5ft4.
As I said - Barbara belongs on this page. I have even seen her interviewed for the Horror Channel, a very rare occurrence indeed!