Fear In The Night details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, Christopher Lee, Joan Collins |
| Director: | Jimmy Sangster |
| Genre: | Thriller - General |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Fear In The Night |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 08 Jan 2007 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Gentle, well paced horror from Hammer
By a customer from Surrey, England , 16 Feb 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
Fear in the Night is one of the least well known Hammer films. But if, like me, you are not a great fan of gore and prefer your horror more psychological than bloody then this may be for you.
Peggy, 22 years old and recovering from a nervous breakdown meets and marries school teacher Robert in record time. She finds herself living in a cottage next to the boys' boarding school that he teaches at, assuming that the school will soon fill up with 'happy little boys'. But it doesn't take long for her to realise that all is not what it seems and she starts to wonder if she has recovered at all.
Fear in the Night has a close knit feel, there being really only four cast members. Peter Cushing and Joan Colins make relatively brief appearances; Cushing unfortunately in only one – but very effective – scene and Collins playing…well, her usual self really. The show really belongs to Ralph Bates and Judy Geeson. As usual, Bates plays his role quietly but with great skill, changing character without you really noticing, which of course is the point. Judy Geeson shines as the vulnerable Peggy, desperately trying to piece her life back together and move on with her life, only to be held back by cirumstances and other people’s intervention.
All in all, a deceptive little story with a slower pace that maybe the modern viewer is unused to (but I prefer) but a series of satisfying twists that make the wait worthwhile.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(4)one armed man hammer style
By juradino (813 reviews) from London , 19 Jan 2013No Lee as far as I could see but otherwise quite efficient tale of woman who is set up to be insane murderer. Logical plot unfolds at slow pace, and it is more murder mystery than horror.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not Hammer's best
By JohhH (6 reviews) from London , 20 Dec 2011Hope you're not going to feel as let down as I was after the long wait for the film to arrive. This is pretty feeble and the more you think about it, the less sense it makes. What do Cushing's broken glasses have to do with anything, other than to provide a striking image for the poster? The alleged surprises are very predictable. True, Halliwell is quite benign in his review of this film, but 'an air of general competence' is not much of an endorsement.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Rip off
By a customer from uk , 24 Apr 2007NOT the version I saw when I was a kid. A lot missing from this version, beware. If you're looking for the bathroom scene toward the end, forget it. It's all been cut out and a rubbishy neat and tidy ending is slammed into place instead. Absolutely fuming as I was expecting the scary ending I remembered. Utter rubbish!!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Gentle, well paced horror from Hammer
By a customer from Surrey, England , 16 Feb 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
Fear in the Night is one of the least well known Hammer films. But if, like me, you are not a great fan of gore and prefer your horror more psychological than bloody then this may be for you.
Peggy, 22 years old and recovering from a nervous breakdown meets and marries school teacher Robert in record time. She finds herself living in a cottage next to the boys' boarding school that he teaches at, assuming that the school will soon fill up with 'happy little boys'. But it doesn't take long for her to realise that all is not what it seems and she starts to wonder if she has recovered at all.
Fear in the Night has a close knit feel, there being really only four cast members. Peter Cushing and Joan Colins make relatively brief appearances; Cushing unfortunately in only one – but very effective – scene and Collins playing…well, her usual self really. The show really belongs to Ralph Bates and Judy Geeson. As usual, Bates plays his role quietly but with great skill, changing character without you really noticing, which of course is the point. Judy Geeson shines as the vulnerable Peggy, desperately trying to piece her life back together and move on with her life, only to be held back by cirumstances and other people’s intervention.
All in all, a deceptive little story with a slower pace that maybe the modern viewer is unused to (but I prefer) but a series of satisfying twists that make the wait worthwhile.- Was this review helpful to you?
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