Movie# 20 Fear in the Night 1972

Fear in the Night was another dvd in my collection which I had never gotten around to watching. This film was put out from Anchor Bay and is currently OOP. 

Movie #20 Fear in the Night 1972

Murder and madness looms after a  young woman (Judy Geeson) suffers a nervous break down and moves to a boarding school with her husband run by Peter Cushing. What is reality and what is imagined in this psychological thriller. 

Hammer in the late sixties through the seventies had already exhausted there stable of monsters and were going more with psychologically driven horror like "Peeping Tom" and "Repulsion" Fear of the Night is sadly the writing on the cinematic wall when it comes to Hammers sharp decline in quality. I think what I disliked most was that its just plain boring. I`m all about a slow build but its pointless, terribly predictable and the "twists" seem hap haphazardly shoved in there with out any fore thought. Its basically Hammers take on Gas Light but not good. Peter Cushing is the only bright spot but he is sorely under used as is the queen diva herself Joan Collins who also has a tiny role.