--- title: 'Fright (1971)' type: 'film' director: 'Peter Collinson' released: '1971-09-18' runtime_minutes: 87 genres: - 'Horror' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fright-1971' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067119/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Fright (1971) 1971 · 87 min · Horror · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Fright is a 1971 British thriller film starring Susan George, Ian Bannen, Honor Blackman, and John Gregson. The film follows a babysitter who is terrorized one evening by her employer's deranged ex-husband. Its original working titles were The Baby Minder and Girl in the Dark before it was titled Fright. It is said by many horror fans and commentators to be one of or even the first film in which an isolated babysitter is stalked by an unrelenting and psychopathic antagonist, rendering it the forerunner of dozens of movies to use similar premises over the following decades. ## Credits - **Director:** [Peter Collinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-collinson) - **Screenplay:** [Tudor Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/tudor-gates) - **Original Music Composer:** [Harry Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-robertson) - **Director of Photography:** [Ian Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wilson-2) - **Editor:** [Raymond Poulton](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-poulton) ## Cast - [Roger Lloyd-Pack](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-lloyd-pack) - [Dennis Waterman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-waterman) - [Susan George](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-george) - [Michael Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-brennan) - [George Cole](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-cole) - [Maurice Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-kaufmann) - [John Gregson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gregson) - [Ian Bannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-bannen) - [Honor Blackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/honor-blackman) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fright-1971 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1212537); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.