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The film was released theatrically in the United States in the winter of 1971 by Maron Films as Island of the Burning Damned where it was paired on a nationwide double bill with Godzilla's Revenge (1969), but the poster art confused it with Island of Terror (1966) which also starred Peter Cushing.
Night of the Big Heat: Directed by Terence Fisher. With Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, Peter Cushing, Jane Merrow. While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.
- (2.3K)
- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Terence Fisher
- 1971
Jun 18, 2021 · 25K views 3 years ago. Somewhere off the English coast, the remote island of Fara is experiencing a stifling and inexplicable heat wave. It has become so hot that cars stall, beer bottles shatter...
- 90 min
- 25.8K
- Classic British Horror Films
Britons (Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Patrick Allen) sweat out a winter inferno caused by malignant alien protoplasm.
- (13)
- Dennis Schwartz
- PG
- Terence Fisher
The film was released theatrically in the United States in the winter of 1971 by Maron Films as Island of the Burning Damned, where it was paired up nationwide on a double bill with Godzilla's Revenge.
- Terence Fisher
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.
Night of the Big Heat is a 1967 British science fiction film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring Patrick Allen, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Jane Merrow. It was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by John Lymington, and was released in the UK by Planet Film Productions.
