Night of the Big Heat (1967)
- Directed by
- Terence Fisher
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 60 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A remote British island experiences a strange heat wave that causes chaos and death. The residents must figure out what is causing the unnatural weather and how to stop it.
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What happens
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 in May, 1967 by Planet Film Productions. The film was released much later in the United States in the winter of 1971 by Maron Films, retitled 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. The title was changed again years later to Island of the Burning Doomed for American television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Vortex (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.