The taut pulp story, dreamy atmospheric settings and brooding mood throughout, all serve the film well. Cinematographer Greenhalgh's shadowy black and white photography gives it a film noir look. More recently, film critic Dennis Schwartz was more positive and liked the film, writing, "An excellent low-budget psychological thriller directed and written by Maxwell Shane that is based on the story "Nightmare" by Cornell Woolrich. DeForest Kelley is dopey as the fall guy and Paul Kelly is brisk as his detective friend." When the film was released the film critic for The New York Times panned the film, writing, " Fear in the Night, a minor shocker which opened at the Rialto yesterday, is just about as ridiculous as any that comes in this line.
They realize that the hypnotist is actually Mr. The detective uncovers clues that point to an evil hypnotist (Robert Emmett Keane) manipulating Vince. Overcome with remorse, he attempts suicide, but is rescued by Cliff. Belknap, who was run over by a car, gave the police a description matching Vince before she died.Īt first Vince is hopeful that he is innocent because he does not know how to drive, but he recognizes the victims from his dream. They discover that the police found two bodies in the house, one in the mirrored room and one run over in the driveway.
Cliff Herlihy (Paul Kelly), his police officer brother-in-law, tries to convince him it was just a dream.Ī few days later, while trying to find cover from the rain, the pair finds themselves taking shelter in the strange house from Vince's dream, which is owned by a Mr. When he wakes up, he discovers marks on his throat, a strange key and a button in his pocket, and blood on his cuff. Bank teller Vince Grayson (DeForest Kelley) dreams that he stabs a man in an octagonal room of mirrors and locks the body in a closet.
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