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Fear in the Night

1972

Jimmy Sangster
Director
Hammer Films
Production Company

Emotionally fragile Geeson moves with teacher husband Bates to an isolated boarding school. Here she is tormented by a mysterious one-armed man, complete with scary prosthetic hook. No one believes her, though. Is she going crazy, or is something more sinister afoot?

Well-acted but slightly mechanical late Hammer offering. For a similar but superior effort, see the previous year's Let's Scare Jessica to Death.

-Dave W.

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9th July 1972
Cinema



94 mins
1.85:1


18th October 1974
Cinema



94 mins
1.85:1


27th August 2019
Blu-Ray





Judy Geeson
Peggy Heller
Judy Geeson
Peggy Heller
Joan Collins
Molly Carmichael
Joan Collins
Molly Carmichael
Ralph Bates
Robert Heller
Ralph Bates
Robert Heller
Peter Cushing
The Headmaster - Michael Carmichael
Peter Cushing
The Headmaster - Michael Carmichael
James Cossins
Doctor
Gillian Lind
Mrs. Beamish
Brian Grellis
2nd Policeman
John Bown
1st Policeman

History

Thursday, 6th July 1972 - Wednesday, 12th July 1972ABC Edgware RoadUK
Thursday, 6th July 1972 - Wednesday, 12th July 1972ABC Fulham RoadUK
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