Fear in the Night

Fear in the Night

1972 · 94 min · EN · PG · 5.9 (48 votes)
Dir. Jimmy Sangster · Starring Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, James Cossins, Gillian Lind · Music John McCabe
MysteryThriller

It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Penny is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?

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A suffocating sense of dread permeates this unsettling thriller. As paranoia mounts, the line between reality and delusion blurs, leaving the viewer questioning everything alongside the protagonist. It's a masterclass in building psychological tension.

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