Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
After a landsman in 18th century England discovers a corpse covered in fur buried in a field, the town becomes infected by "the devil's skin," leading the local children to engage in demonic rituals and criminal behavior.
- rape
- sacrifice
- england
- village
- satanism
- murder
- devil
- witchcraft
- occult
- mutilation
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Wendy Padbury — Cathy Vespers
- Anthony Ainley — Reverend Fallowfield
- Charlotte Mitchell — Ellen Vespers
- Tamara Ustinov — Rosalind Barton
- Simon Williams — Peter Edmonton
- James Hayter — Squire Middleton
- Howard Goorney — The Doctor
- Avice Landone — Isobel Banham
- Roberta Tovey — Ann
- Robin Davies — Mark Vespers
- Geoffrey Hughes — Drinking Villager
- Directed
- Piers Haggard
- Written
- Robert Wynne-Simmons
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 170 ratings
- Studio
- Tigon British Film Productions, Chilton Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
