TV series

Escape Into Night

1972 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling dream where a child's drawings come alive, blurring reality with a quiet, growing dread.

Overview: Escape Into Night is a six-part 1972 British children's fantasy horror television serial produced by Associated Television for ITV. Bedridden young Marianne doodles an imaginary house in her notepad — and soon the line between dreams and reality blurs.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, fate, immigration
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
fate
immigration
family
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: kids, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Catherine Storr
Written by: Ruth Boswell
Starring: Vikki Chambers, Steven Jones, Sonia Graham, Patricia Maynard, Edmund Pegge
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 25 min each
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English