Fear in the Night (1972 film)
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Fear in the Night (also known as Dynasty of Fear and Honeymoon of Fear[2]) is a 1972 British psychological horror film directed, produced, and co-written by Jimmy Sangster and produced by Hammer Film Productions. The film stars Judy Geeson as a psychologically-fragile woman who, upon relocating to a rural boarding school where her husband has taken a job, finds herself being tormented by a mysterious figure with a prosthetic arm. Peter Cushing and Joan Collins, respectively, also star as the school's mysterious headmaster and his wife.
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Directed by | Jimmy Sangster |
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Produced by | Jimmy Sangster |
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Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
Edited by | Peter Weatherley |
Music by | John McCabe |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £141,000[1] |
Box office | £835,000 |
Like many horror films of its era, Fear in the Night has been noted for its usage of female hysteria as a central narrative motif, and was released as a double bill in the United Kingdom with Straight on Till Morning, another Hammer film featuring similar themes. In the United States, the film was released as part of a double bill with Demons of the Mind.[3]