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      Night Must Fall

      Released Mar 18, 1964 1h 41m Horror List
      Reviews 57% Audience Score 100+ Ratings An English widow (Mona Washbourne) and her niece (Susan Hampshire) are charmed by a working-class ax killer (Albert Finney) who keeps a head in a box. Read More Read Less

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      Judith Crist New York Herald Tribune "Psychological" thriller? Psycho is the word -- and sodden the art. Aug 15, 2022 Full Review Merl Edelman Los Angeles Free Press If you're thinking of Psycho, this is much, much better. Jan 24, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member creaky mystery. 1936 Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/22/21 Full Review Audience Member Night Must Fall gives viewers solid acting (especially from psychotic Albert Finney) but a rather slow story that creeps to a unsettling finale. Night Must Fall is not great cinema but a valid entry into the 60s horror genre. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Bloody amazing and very scary. Would definetly recommend Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting small film with a creepy performance by Albert Finney. This was shot by Freddie Francis who directed many f the Hammer horror films. Haven't seen the original but I liked this one. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member By no means a masterpiece but a very good little thriller from the 60s. Albert Finney plays the psychotic axe murderer Danny, who along the way tries to seduce his wealthy employer's daughter. Finney puts in a very good performance and shows that he can tackle the darker roles too (the year prior ...(read more)to Night Must Fall he starred in the surprise hit Tom Jones). Some say that Finney overacted in this film which is somewhat true, but I still found his performance intriguing. Being said though his Welsh accent was pretty hard to make out at times. The supporting cast also put in top performances, most noticable being Mona Washbourne as the elderly employer fighting for Danny's attention, and Susan Hampshire as her daughter who falls for Danny only for him later to murder her mother. Visually the film is beautiful all thanks to Freddie Francis. Overall a fairly entertaining pschological thriller with a dash of the British new Wave style thrown in. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member By no means a masterpiece but a very good little thriller from the 60s. Albert Finney plays the psychotic axe murderer Danny, who along the way tries to seduce his wealthy employer's daughter. Finney puts in a very good performance and shows that he can tackle the darker roles too (the year prior to Night Must Fall he starred in the surprise hit Tom Jones). Some say that Finney overacted in this film which is somewhat true, but I still found his performance intriguing. Being said though his Welsh accent was pretty hard to make out at times. The supporting cast also put in top performances, most noticable being Mona Washbourne as the elderly employer fighting for Danny's attention, and Susan Hampshire as her daughter who falls for Danny only for him later to murder her mother. Visually the film is beautiful all thanks to Freddie Francis. Overall a fairly entertaining pschological thriller with a dash of the British new Wave style thrown in. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An English widow (Mona Washbourne) and her niece (Susan Hampshire) are charmed by a working-class ax killer (Albert Finney) who keeps a head in a box.
      Director
      Karel Reisz
      Screenwriter
      Clive Exton
      Distributor
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Metro Goldwyn Mayer
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 18, 1964, Wide
      Release Date (DVD)
      Nov 4, 2014
      Runtime
      1h 41m