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Night of the Big Heat

1967 ·1h 34m · ★ 5.3 (56)

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.

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13 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
0
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
0
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
55
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
0
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
17
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Setting

Island

Content Warnings

Animal Harm
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TMDB Keywords

heatwavescientistscotlandsheep

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