Christopher Lee

Patrick Allen

Peter Cushing

Jane Merrow

Sarah Lawson

William Lucas

Kenneth Cope

Percy Herbert

Thomas Heathcote

Anna Turner

Jack Bligh

Sydney Bromley

Barry Halliday

Terence Fisher

Reginald H. Wyer

Pip Baker

Tom Blakeley

Jane Baker

Ronald Liles

Malcolm Lockyer

Alex Vetchinsky

Rod Nelson-Keys

John Lymington

Dudley Messenger

Stella Rivera

Ray Frift

Kathleen Moore

Geoffrey Rodway

E. Karnon

Science Fiction

Horror

Thriller

Night of the Big Heat

Planet Film Productions

United Kingdom

English

_**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 temperatures are rising to well over 100 degrees and people are turning up dead. What’s going on?

“Island of the Burning Damned,” aka “Night of the Big Heat” (1967) was made by the same short-lived company that released the similar “Island of Terror” a year earlier, both featuring Peter Cushing and director Terence Fisher. It walks the balance beam between sci-fi and horror and should be appreciated by fans of Lee, Cushing, Hammer, Amicus, Tigon and American International. It helps that some human interest is offered with a tense triangle. Interestingly, the secretary is overtly called a “slut” by the author, which is a little surprising for such seemingly “refined” people. 

The story maintains your interest as suspense slowly builds, especially concerning what’s causing the heat and the deaths. There’s a deus ex machina but, hey, the story had to end. Merrow is pretty stunning, but her character needs slapped.

The film runs about 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot at The Swan Inn and Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England, as well as Dorset.

GRADE: B-/B

Night of the Big Heat

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