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Fright (1971)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 87 mins
Length: 7863 ft
Format: Eastmancolor
35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Fantale Films
Producers: Harry Fine,
Michael Style
Production Manager: Tom Sachs
SCRIPT
Script: Tudor Gates
DIRECTION
Director: Peter
Collinson
Assistant Director: Scott Wodehouse
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ian Wilson
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Raymond Poulton
MUSIC
Music / Music Director: Harry Robinson
Song: Harry Robinson, Bob Barrett (Ladybird)
Song Performed By: Nanette (Ladybird)
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Ken Ritchie
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: George Blackler
Costume Designer: Jean Fairlie
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Disley Jones
Art Director: Scott Wodehouse
CAST
Susan George (Amanda)
Honor Blackman (Helen)
Ian Bannen (Brian)
John Gregson (Dr Cordell)
George Cole (Jim)
Dennis Waterman (Chris)
Tara Collinson (Tara)
Maurice Kaufmann (Police Inspector)
Michael Brennan (Police Sergeant)
Roger Lloyd-Pack (Constable)
PLOT SUMMARY
Babysitter Amanda arrives at the home of a rather jumpy Mrs Lloyd and
settles down to look after her three-year-old son. But her young ward's
father has escaped from a nearby psychiatric hospital and is lurking
outside the house...
CAPSULE REVIEW
A surprisingly prescient film that anticipates the plot of John Carpenter's
Halloween
(1978) by some seven years, Fright is a well-cast,
tautly directed horror thriller that has sadly been rather overlooked
over the years and which certainly lives up to its title.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: British Lion
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Video Distributor: Republic Pictures Corporation
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: banned
Norway
Rating: 18; 15
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: X
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1972
May
30: USA - theatrical release
October
12: Norway - theatrical release
1973
January
20: Sweden - theatrical release
May
7: Denmark - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Acosadas por el pánico - Spanish title
L'allucinante notte di una baby sitter
- Italian title
Die Fratze - German title
Den galne hämnaren - Swedish title
Night Legs
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Angst (1976)
Halloween (1978)
Trick or Treats (1982)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.38 no.454 (November
1971) p.218 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by David Pirie)
BOOKS
Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II p.143
credits
KEYWORDS babysitters, psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric patients, psychopaths
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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