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54 years old โ a genuine piece of film history.
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Fear in the Night
1972 1h 34m EN
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5.8
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5.8TMDB ยท 70
MysteryThrillerHorror
Synopsis
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It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?
โSome stories are better left unspoiled.โ
Cast
Joan Collins
Molly Carmichael
Peter Cushing
Michael Carmichael
Judy Geeson
Peggy Heller
Ralph Bates
Robert Heller
James Cossins
The Doctor
Gillian Lind
Mrs. Beamish
Brian Grellis
2nd Policeman
John Bown
1st Policeman
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jimmy Sangster
- Writers
- Michael Syson, Jimmy Sangster
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Directed by Jimmy Sangster, shot by Arthur Grant. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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Original score by John McCabe. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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Editor Peter Weatherley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Joan Collins and Peter Cushing and Judy Geeson carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0068577 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Only 70 TMDB ratings โ you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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The take
Jimmy Sangster directs. Arthur Grant behind the camera. John McCabe scores. Peter Weatherley cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 154 years old โ a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Directed by Jimmy Sangster, shot by Arthur Grant. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by John McCabe. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Peter Weatherley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Joan Collins and Peter Cushing and Judy Geeson carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0068577 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 70 TMDB ratings โ you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Arthur Grant
- Original score
- John McCabe
- Editing
- Peter Weatherley
- Makeup / hair
- W.T. Partleton
- Runtime
- 94 min ยท 1h 34m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Also by
Jimmy Sangster
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What people are saying
- John Chardโ 5/10
Brainstorm! One of Hammer Films' ventures into the psychological horror realm, Fear in the Night is more fun than frightening. Plot has Judy Geeson as a young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown who moves with her husband to a boys' school. Once there she appears to be once again terrorized by a man with an artificial arm, but nobody believes her. Peter Cushing, Ralph Bates and Joan Collins also star, in what has to be a candidate for weakest of the Hammer psychological series of films. Things are not helped by it coming off as a cheap knock off of Hammer's own superlative "Taste of Fear 1961", a picture that firmly delivered on its promise. Fear in the Night starts off promisingly, with a genuinely scary set-up, and once Geeson and Bates arrive at the boys school it's ripe for chills and suggestion. Unfortunately, the premise of Geeson being menaced in what is essentially a four character piece quickly wears thin - with Cushing badly under used in the process. Atmosphere is fine, director and co-writer Jimmy Sangster always had a good eye and ear for uneasy dread. While the small cast give it a good whirl to make the modest intentions shine brighter. But ultimately it's only a diversion piece that homages better films of its type instead of making its own mark. 5/10
Production companies
Who made it
Hammer Film Productions
GB
Key crew
- ProducerJimmy Sangster
- Art DirectionDon Picton
- EditorPeter Weatherley
- CastingJames Liggat
- Production SupervisorRoy Skeggs
- Makeup ArtistW.T. Partleton
- Production ManagerChristopher Neame
- HairstylistHelen Lennox
- Music SupervisorPhilip Martell
- Assistant DirectorTed Morley
- Construction ManagerBill Greene
- Set DresserPenny Struthers
- PainterMichael Finlay
- Sound RecordistClaude Hitchcock
- Sound EditorRoy Hyde
- Recording SupervisionA.W. Lumkin
- ADR & DubbingDennis Whitlock
- Sound AssistantChris Munro
- Camera OperatorNeil Binney
- Clapper LoaderRoderick Barron
- Focus PullerBob Jordan
- Wardrobe SupervisorRosemary Burrows
- ContinuityGladys Goldsmith
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- murder
- psychological thriller
- nervous breakdown
- newlywed
- schoolhouse
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- Theatrical1974-10-01PG
Also known as
International titles
- Nachts kommt die AngstDE
- Furcht in der NachtDE
- ๅๅค้ฉ้ญHK
- Das Haus des SchreckensDE
- Terror hora ceroES
- Fear in the Night - Furcht in der NachtDE
- The Fear - Angst in der NachtDE
- Honeymoon of FearUS
