

Night of the Big Heat
Searing Terror! Burning In Its Intensity!
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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- English
- sheep
- island
- scotland
- alien
- scientist
- heatwave
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical8 Dec 1971
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1 May 1967
GermanyDE
- Physical121 Jan 1985
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Night of the Big Heat was released on 1 May 1967.
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2- W6/10
Wuchak
4/2/2020
_**Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and a “slut” are burning up off the coast of Britain**_ A sultry woman (Jane Merrow) travels to Fara, an Island in Northern UK, to work as the secretary of an author (Patrick Allen). The latter’s naïve wife (Sarah Lawson) runs the Inn where everyone stays, including a polite man (Peter Cushing) and a standoffish scientist (Christopher Lee). It’s the middle of the winter yet tempe…
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CinemaSerf
12/8/2024
Or perhaps it ought to be called "Night of the Slow Burn"? It's all set on a sweltering island whose residents can't quite figure out why it's so hot there yet snowing on the adjacent mainland. That question might be answered by visiting, and rather grumpy, scientist "Hanson" (Christopher Lee) who is staying at the local pub owned by writer "Jeff" (Patrick Allen) and his wife "Frankie" (Sarah Lawson). Just to add to …
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