The print title is Night Of the Big Heat and it's not too bad of quality at all.
The island of Fara is a northern British Island and during mid winter they are experiencing a heat wave. The temperature has been constantly going up. A scientist named Godfrey Hanson (Christopher Lee) is investigating and soon discovers the terrifying truth.
Aliens have made the island a testing ground for an invasion. These blob-like monsters can only survive in extreme heat and they are nearing the end of their experiment.
The local population is being slowly driven mad by the heat and this leads to a lot of problems. The local bar owner, Jeff Callum (Patrick Allen) and his wife Frankie (Sarah Lawson) help a local doctor Vernon Stone (Peter Cushing) fight the aliens along with Hanson.
Jeff's secretary, the gorgeous Angela Roberts (Jane Merrow) causes nothing but trouble between Jeff and his wife until she is brought down a peg or two.
The aliens are quite a sight when we finally get to see them and the movie ends rather abruptly, but it still is an entertaining show. I have always loved this film and haven't seen it since it aired on TNT many years ago. I received my copy on Halloween night and so I made a double feature out of this and Island Of Terror.
I read a lot of complaining from "film fans" about the fact this came from Cheezy Films and that they wouldn't buy it because it's a bootleg and the quality isn't perfect. Well as usual, they are really bitching about nothing. I don't consider this a bootleg, and as I stated earlier, the quality is pretty damn good. No, it isn't remastered, but it looks fine, and as far as I am concerned, people should be happy with what they can get.
This is a top release of the year and I was VERY happy to see it finally released.
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