Fear in the Night (1972 film)

Fear in the Night also known as Dynasty of Fear and Honeymoon of Fear is a 1972 British psychological horror film directed, produced, and cowritten by Jimmy Sangster and produced by Hammer Film Productions. The film stars Judy Geeson as a psychologicallyfragile woman who finds herself being tormented by a mysterious figure with a prosthetic arm upon relocating to a rural boarding school where her husband has taken a job. Peter Cushing and Joan Collins, respectively, also star as the schools mysterious headmaster and his wife.

Peggy Judy Geeson, an unassuming twentytwo year old caregiver, has recently married Robert Heller Ralph Bates, and is scheduled to move with him to a secluded boys boarding school south of London for his work. The night before she is to meet Robert to leave the city, she is attacked in her home by a onearmed man with a prosthetic hand who strangles her until she falls unconscious. Rattled by the attack, she leaves with Robert the following morning to the boarding school, which is run by headmaster Michael Carmichael Peter Cushing.Robert and Peggy arrive at the school, and settle into their chalet across the road from the main school building. They make plans to meet the Carmichaels for dinner that evening, but Peggy is again attacked inside the chalet, and Robert worries for her mental state. The next day, as Peggy explores the empty school, she hears the voices of boys chatting, but finds the classrooms to be mysteriously empty. She runs into the headmaster Michael, who shows her the building. ........

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