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Fear in the Night

1972 · 94 min

A slow-burning psychological thriller that keeps you on edge with its eerie atmosphere and unreliable perceptions.

Directed by: Jimmy Sangster
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson

Overview: 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?

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Directed by: Jimmy Sangster
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
madness
betrayal
deception
trauma
Places: single country house
school
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: mystery, thriller, horror
Directed by: Jimmy Sangster
Written by: Jimmy Sangster, Michael Syson
Starring: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, James Cossins, Gillian Lind, Brian Grellis, John Bown
Music: John McCabe
Cinematography: Arthur Grant
Runtime: 94 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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