Is Fear in the Night scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fear in the Night sad?

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Fear in the Night end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fear in the Night violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fear in the Night easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Fear in the Night

Name: Fear in the Night
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: 1972
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, James Cossins

Directed by Jimmy Sangster

Produced by Hammer Film Productions

197294 min5.8 / 10

A psychological thriller that weaponizes a trauma survivor's fragile mental state, blurring the line between genuine threat and paranoid delusion.

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 Peggy 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?

Clusters

Doomed Romantic Obsession Betrayal By Insiders Suspicion, Guilt, and Fractured Trust Weddings and Marriage Murder And Assassination

Genres

Mystery Thriller Horror

Keywords

Murder Psychological Thriller Nervous Breakdown Newlywed Schoolhouse

Questions people ask

Is Fear in the Night scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Fear in the Night sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Does Fear in the Night end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.
Is Fear in the Night violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Fear in the Night easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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