The third of three science fiction movies made by Terence Fisher for a company called Planet was the only one to feature Christopher Lee, playing a sort of 20th Century Van Helsing who carried a camera and a walkie-talkie rather than a crucifix and a mallet.
Unlike the rather picturesque Nineteenth Century backdrop of Fisher's work for Hammer this time the story is very 20th Century in its anticipation of global warming, and whereas 'Island of Terror' was obviously shot in the deep of winter, 'Night of the Big Heat' lives up to it's title although you only have to look at the trees to tell it was also shot in winter.
The giant robots in 'The Earth Dies Screaming' were probably the most formidable aliens of the trio, and the addition of colour doesn't add very much, but some of it is pretty strong meat, with a couple of gory deaths, an attempted rape and a raw depiction of an adulterous affair.
Unlike the rather picturesque Nineteenth Century backdrop of Fisher's work for Hammer this time the story is very 20th Century in its anticipation of global warming, and whereas 'Island of Terror' was obviously shot in the deep of winter, 'Night of the Big Heat' lives up to it's title although you only have to look at the trees to tell it was also shot in winter.
The giant robots in 'The Earth Dies Screaming' were probably the most formidable aliens of the trio, and the addition of colour doesn't add very much, but some of it is pretty strong meat, with a couple of gory deaths, an attempted rape and a raw depiction of an adulterous affair.