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Fear in the Night
(1972)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 85 mins
Length: 8468 ft
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Hammer Films
Producer: Jimmy
Sangster
Production Manager: Christopher Neame
Production Supervisor: Roy Skeggs
SCRIPT
Script: Jimmy Sangster,
Michael Syson
DIRECTION
Director: Jimmy
Sangster
Assistant Director: Ted Morley
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Grant
Camera Operator: Neil Binney
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Weatherley
MUSIC
Musical Supervisor: Philip Martell
Music: John McCabe
SOUND
Recording Director: Tony Lumkin
Sound Recording: Claude Hitchcock
Sound Editor: Roy Hyde
Dubbing Recording: Dennis Whitlock
Sound System: RCA Sound System
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Bill Partleton
Hair: Helen Lennox
Wardrobe Supervisor: Rosemary Burrows
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Don Picton
Set Dresser: Penny Struthers
Construction Manager: Bill Greene
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith
LOCATIONS
Locations: Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, England, UK
CASTING
Casting Director: James Liggat
CAST
Judy Geeson
(Peggy)
Joan Collins (Molly)
Ralph Bates (Robert)
Peter Cushing
(Michael, the headmaster)
Gillian Lind (Mrs Beamish)
James Cossins (doctor)
John Bown (1st policeman)
Brian Grellis (2nd policeman)
PLOT SUMMARY
Shortly before her new husband takes up a position as a teacher at
a boy's school, Peggy is attacked by a one-armed man. When she arrives
at the virtually deserted school, she is horrified to find that the
sinister headmaster has only one arm...
CAPSULE REVIEW
Another in the Hammer "psycho
chiller" archetype though made long after the others (the script
had been kicking around for ages). Once again its actually a direct
steal from Les diaboliques (1955). A bit ho hum but
the leads are excellent and the claustrophobic setting is handled well.
Hardly original but simple and enjoyable. One good shock if you haven't
seen too many photos from the movie.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Limited
USA
Theatrical Distributor: International Coproductions
Video Distributor: Home Box Office Home Video; Magnum Video; Republic
Pictures Corporation
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: X
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1972
February
24: UK - rated X by the BBFC (for theatrical release)
July
9: UK - theatrical release
September
8: Finland - theatrical release
October
23: Sweden - theatrical release
1979
March
8: UK - television broadcast (on Thames Television)
1987
August
16: UK - television broadcast (on Thames Television)
1997
August
9: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)
1999
May
22: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Dynasty of Fear - re-release title
Honeymoon of Fear - alternative title
Ihmisvampyyrit - Finnish title
Miedo en la noche - Spanish title
Nachts kommt die Angst - German title
Nocne leki - Polish title
Paura nella notte - Italian title
Skräckens hus - Swedish title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
CinemaTV Today no.9960 (18 December 1971)
p.14 (UK)
credits
CinemaTV Today no.9988 (8 July 1972)
p.22 (UK)
review
Dark Terrors no.11 (December 1995) pp.36-41
(UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, production notes
Flesh and Blood no.3 (1994) pp.16, 17
(UK)
note
The House That Hammer Built no.8 (April
1998) pp.437-439 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.39 no.463 (August
1972) pp.16-161 (UK)
synopsis, credits, review
BOOKS
English Gothic (2nd edition) pp.188,
197
notes
Ten Years of Terror pp.147-148
illustrated credits, review (by Harvey Fenton)
KEYWORDS disabilities, paranoia, schools, teachers
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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