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And Soon the Darkness (1970) · CriticCrunch

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And Soon the Darkness

Movie1970·99 min

And Soon the Darkness

Directed by Robert Fuest

Mystery Thriller Crime

A mystery thriller film directed by Robert Fuest.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 52%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.5/10

129 ratings

About And Soon the Darkness

Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Tense, Unsettling
Story Tags: isolation loneliness, survival of spirit, international, wilderness, close friendship, strangers forced together, everyman, outsider misfit, fish out of water, kidnapping hostage, mystery disappearance, serial killer

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Details

Director: Robert Fuest
Language: English

Cast

Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès

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How And Soon the Darkness Ranks

All movies

Top 52%

1970s movies

Top 70%

Mystery movies

Top 41%

★Robert Fuest films#2 of 3

Among the best films we track.

Second-best Robert Fuest film, behind The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

the vibe

And Soon the Darkness Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintenseapproachableseriousintimatehaunting

tense

unsettling

What it's about

fish out of waterkidnapping hostagemystery disappearanceisolation lonelinesssurvival of spiriteverymanoutsider misfitclose friendshipstrangers forced togetherserial killerinternationalwilderness

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

tensetense