The Fatal Night
mild scary scenes, violence, injury detail
Director(s)Mario Zampi
Production year1948
Genre(s)Drama, Horror, Thriller
Approx. running minutes50m
CastLester Ferguson, Jean Short, Leslie Armstrong
The Fatal Night
mild scary scenes, violence, injury detail
In this horror thriller short film from 1948, an American in London accepts a bet to spend a night in a supposedly haunt ...
In this horror thriller short film from 1948, an American in London accepts a bet to spend a night in a supposedly haunted house.
violence
There is a mild fist fight scene, during which one man attempts to strangle another. Shadows on a wall show a home invader grabbing a screaming woman, who then dies from injuries inflicted off screen.
threat and horror
Scary and suspenseful scenes occur in a story-within-a-story in which two frightened young women are menaced by a murderous intruder in their home. In another scene, a man is approached by a ghostly figure and fires his gun at it in panic.
injury detail
A small amount of blood is seen on a man’s face after a fight. An off-screen attack is followed by a glimpse of bloody detail and subsequent sight of a dead body with no visible wounds.
additional issues
A man sings an opera song with lyrics describing women as ‘fickle’ and ‘changeable’. There are also outdated references to ‘homicidal maniacs’ in an asylum.
Classified Date:
09/02/1948
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anglo Films Ltd
mild scary scenes, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
13/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
There is a mild fist fight scene, during which one man attempts to strangle another. Shadows on a wall show a home invader grabbing a screaming woman, who then dies from injuries inflicted off screen.
threat and horror
Scary and suspenseful scenes occur in a story-within-a-story in which two frightened young women are menaced by a murderous intruder in their home. In another scene, a man is approached by a ghostly figure and fires his gun at it in panic.
injury detail
A small amount of blood is seen on a man’s face after a fight. An off-screen attack is followed by a glimpse of bloody detail and subsequent sight of a dead body with no visible wounds.
additional issues
A man sings an opera song with lyrics describing women as ‘fickle’ and ‘changeable’. There are also outdated references to ‘homicidal maniacs’ in an asylum.
violence
There is a mild fist fight scene, during which one man attempts to strangle another. Shadows on a wall show a home invader grabbing a screaming woman, who then dies from injuries inflicted off screen.
threat and horror
Scary and suspenseful scenes occur in a story-within-a-story in which two frightened young women are menaced by a murderous intruder in their home. In another scene, a man is approached by a ghostly figure and fires his gun at it in panic.
injury detail
A small amount of blood is seen on a man’s face after a fight. An off-screen attack is followed by a glimpse of bloody detail and subsequent sight of a dead body with no visible wounds.
additional issues
A man sings an opera song with lyrics describing women as ‘fickle’ and ‘changeable’. There are also outdated references to ‘homicidal maniacs’ in an asylum.
Director(s)Mario Zampi
Production year1948
Genre(s)Drama, Horror, Thriller
Approx. running minutes50m
CastLester Ferguson, Jean Short, Leslie Armstrong
Classified Date:
09/02/1948
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anglo Films Ltd
mild scary scenes, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
13/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
There is a mild fist fight scene, during which one man attempts to strangle another. Shadows on a wall show a home invader grabbing a screaming woman, who then dies from injuries inflicted off screen.
threat and horror
Scary and suspenseful scenes occur in a story-within-a-story in which two frightened young women are menaced by a murderous intruder in their home. In another scene, a man is approached by a ghostly figure and fires his gun at it in panic.
injury detail
A small amount of blood is seen on a man’s face after a fight. An off-screen attack is followed by a glimpse of bloody detail and subsequent sight of a dead body with no visible wounds.
additional issues
A man sings an opera song with lyrics describing women as ‘fickle’ and ‘changeable’. There are also outdated references to ‘homicidal maniacs’ in an asylum.
