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Nothing But the Night

1973 · 90 min

A slow, unsettling British mystery that creeps under your skin with its eerie island setting and mounting sense of dread.

Directed by: Peter Sasdy
Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors

Tagline: This nightmare has already killed five people - now it's yours to live!
Overview: When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Mark, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.

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Directed by: Peter Sasdy
Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
death
conspiracy
isolation
memory
Places: small town
hospital
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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