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And Soon the Darkness

1970 · 99 min

A slow-burning, sunlit nightmare of foreign isolation, where every stranger feels like a threat and the tension coils tighter with each passing minute.

Directed by: Robert Fuest
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès

Tagline: Remember the way Hitchcock kept you on the edge of your seat...?
Overview: Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?

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Directed by: Robert Fuest
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès

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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
fate
deception
violence
survival
Places: countryside
small town
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, mystery, crime, horror
Directed by: Robert Fuest
Written by: Brian Clemens, Terry Nation
Starring: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès, John Nettleton, Clare Kelly, Hana Maria Pravda, John Franklyn, Claude Bertrand
Music: Laurie Johnson
Cinematography: Ian Wilson
Runtime: 99 min
Country: France, United Kingdom
Languages: French, English

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