UK, 1967
94m, 2578.61 metres
35mm film, Eastmancolor
mono, English
A British science fiction/horror film directed by Terence Fisher.
Plot Summary
An autumnal heatwave gripping the Scottish island of Fara turns out to be caused by a covert invasion by protoplasmic aliens seeking energy of any kind, primarily heat. Islanders and their animals are burnt to a crisp as they struggle to find a way to stop the invaders before they can escape to the wider world.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Terence Fisher
© MCMLXVII [1967] by Planet Film Productions Ltd.
Planet Film Productions present. Distributed throughout the world by Planet Film Distributors Ltd.
Produced by: Tom Blakeley
Associate Producer: Ronald Liles
Screen Play by: Ronald Liles
Additional Scenes and Dialogue by : Pip and Jane Baker
Based on a Novel by: John Lymington
Assistant Director: Ray Frift
Continuity: Joy Mercer
Photographed in Eastmancolour by: Reginald Wyer
Camera Operator: Frank Drake
Editor: Rod Keys
Processed by: Humphries Laboratories, London, England
Music Composed and Conducted by: Malcolm Lockyer
Sound Recording: Dudley Messenger, E. Karnon
Dubbing Editor: Norman A. Cole
Westrex Recording System
Wardrobe: Kathleen More
Make Up: Geoffrey Rodway
Hairdresser: Stella Rivers
Special Effects: Trading Post Ltd *
Special Effects Supervisor: Martin Gutteridge *
Special Effects Camera Operator: Frank Drake *
Art Director: Alex Vetchinsky
Made at: Pinewood Studios, London, England
Cast
Christopher Lee (Godfrey Hanson)
Patrick Allen (Jeff Callum)
Peter Cushing (Dr Vernon Stone)
Jane Merrow (Angela Roberts)
Sarah Lawson (Frankie Callum)
William Lucas (Ken Stanley)
Kenneth Cope (Tinker Mason)
Percy Herbert (Gerald Foster)
Tom Heathcote (Bob Hayward)
Anna Turner (Stella Hayward)
Jack Bligh (Ben Siddle)
Sydney Bromley (old tramp)
Barry Halliday (radar operator)
Alternative Titles
Brennender Tod – Germany
Demoni di fuoco – Italy
Island of the Burning Damned – USA
Island of the Burning Doomed – USA (television)
La nuit de la grande chaleur – France
Links
Remake of
Play of the Week: The Night of the Big Heat (1960)
References
Periodicals
- The British National Film Catalogue vol.6 (1968) – credits
- The Daily Cinema no.9445 (10 November 1967) p.6 – review
- Filmfacts vol.15 no.24 (1972) p.660-661 – reviews
- Kine Weekly vol.596 no.3098 (25 February 1967) – note (Shooting now)
- Kine Weekly no.3136 (18 November 1967) p.19 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.34 no.407 (December 1967) p.190 – credits, synopsis, review
- Science Fiction Film and Television vol.2 no.1 (Spring 2009) pp.77-90 – illustrated article (Terence Fisher and British science fiction cinema by Robert Shail)
- Video Review April 1983 – review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.265
- The Charm of Evil: The Life and Films of Terence Fisher by Wheeler Winston Dixon pp.361-362; 539-541 – notes; credits
- Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema (2nd edition) by Mark A. Miller and David J. Hogan pp.165-181; 361
- Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema: A Filmography of Their 22 Collaborations by Mark A. Miller pp.189-205
- The Christopher Lee Filmography by Tom Johnson and Mark A. Miller pp.168-170
- Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History by Jonathan Rigby pp.116, 117
- The Cult Films of Christopher Lee by Jonathan Sothcott pp.112-118
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.137-38, 354
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.225
- The Films of Christopher Lee by Robert W. Pohle and Douglas C. Hart pp.119-120
- The Films of Terence Fisher: Hammer Horror and Beyond by Wheeler Winston Dixon pp.296-298
- Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1991 p.193 – credits, review
- Island of Terror: A Book of 60 Great* British SF and Fantasy Movies from 1936-1984 *And not so Great by Keith Topping pp.372-379
- Kine Yearbook 1969 p.117
- Lord of Misrule (new edition) by Christopher Lee pp.226-227
- Peter Cushing: The Gentle Man of Horror and His 91 Films by Deborah Del Vecchio and Tom Johnson pp.211-215
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.224 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.242-243
- Terence Fisher by Peter Hutchings pp.10, 82, 126-133, 134 – notes
- Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth and Religion by Paul Leggett p.33 – notes
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith p.165
- X-Cert: The British Independent Horror Film: 1951-1970 by John Hamilton pp.162-167 *; 235-236
