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53% Critic Match
Night of the Big Heat
“Searing Terror! Burning In Its Intensity!”
5.3 / 10• 1967• 1h 34m•NR• English
Science FictionHorrorThriller
Storyline
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
Cast & Crew
Christopher Lee
Godfrey Hanson
Lead
Patrick Allen
Jeff Callum
Peter Cushing
Dr. Vernon Stone
Jane Merrow
Angela Roberts
Sarah Lawson
Frankie Callum
William Lucas
Ken Stanley
Kenneth Cope
Tinker Mason
Percy Herbert
Gerald Foster
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Terence Fisher's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Night of the Big Heat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
