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When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Special Branch chief Col. Bingham (Lee) and his pathologist friend, Sir Mark Ashley (Cushing), begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with Mary Valley (Gwyneth Strong), one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
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When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Special Branch chief Col. Bingham (Lee) and his pathologist friend, Sir Mark Ashley (Cushing), begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with Mary Valley (Gwyneth Strong), (Creator/GwynethStrong), one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
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When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Special Branch chief Col. Bingham (Lee) and his pathologist friend, Sir Mark Ashley, Ashley (Cushing), begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with Mary Valley (Gwyneth Strong), one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
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* ManOnFire: The downwash from the helicopter blows the flames from the bonfire on to [[spoiler:Mary Valley]], setting her alight and causing her to throw herself off the cliff into the sea.
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* WomanOnFire: The downwash from the helicopter blows the flames from the bonfire on to [[spoiler:Mary Valley]], setting her alight and causing her to throw herself off the cliff into the sea.
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* CombatHaircomb: Dr. Haynes is murdered by being stabbed through the temple with one of Anna Harb's hatpins.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While in the hospital, Mary Valley suffers nightmares about being trapped in a fire; a fear that she does not have when she is awake. The reason for is [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe Mrs Van Traylen has transferred her soul into Mary]] and she has phobia regarding after seeing her husband die in a fire in which was badly burned]].
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While in the hospital, Mary Valley suffers nightmares about being trapped in a fire; a fear that she does not have when she is awake. The reason for is [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe Mrs Van Traylen has transferred her soul into Mary]] and she has had a phobia regarding after seeing her husband die in a fire in which was badly burned]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: The conspirators murder one of the children at the orphanage who gets [[HeKnowsTooMuch too close to learning the truth]], and then dump his body in the woods covered in occult symbols to make it look like the work of Satanists.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While in the hospital, Mary Valley suffers nightmares about being trapped in a fire; a fear that she does not have when she is awake. The reason for is [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe Mrs Van Traylen has transferred her soul into Mary Mary]] and she has phobia regarding after seeing her husband die in a fire in which was badly burned]].
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While in the hospital, Mary Valley suffers nightmares about being trapped in a fire; a fear that she does not have when she is awake. The reason for is [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe Mrs Van Traylen has transferred her soul into Mary and she has phobia regarding after seeing her husband die in a fire in which was badly burned]].
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* OrphanageOfLove: Oddly enough, despite being an orphanage in a horror film, Iver House seems to be an extremely well run institution, and all the children there appear very happy. Of course, they do not know what is going one behind the scenes...
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* OrphanageOfLove: Oddly enough, despite being an orphanage in a horror film, Iver House seems to be an extremely well run institution, and all the children there appear very happy. Of course, they do not know what is going one on behind the scenes...
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* ImmortalityImmorality: The secret behind the murder of the trustees of the orphanage is that [[spoiler:the trustees have been transferring their personalities and knowledge into orphans and then destroying their old bodies to disguise the real cause of death]].
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* WomanOnFire: The downwash from the helicopter blows the flames from the bonfire on to [[spoiler:Mary Valley]], setting her alight and causing her to throw herself off the cliff into the sea.
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* WomanOnFire: The downwash from the helicopter blows the flames from the bonfire on to [[spoiler:Mary Valley]], setting her alight and causing her to throw herself off the cliff into the sea.sea.
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* ClothingConcealedInjury: Mrs Van Traylen always wore long gloves to conceal scars she received in a fire years earlier.
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* OrphanageOfLove: Oddly enough, despite being an orphanage in a horror film, Iver House seems to be an extremely well run institution, and all the children their appear very happy. Of course, they do not know what is going one behind the scenes...
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* OrphanageOfLove: Oddly enough, despite being an orphanage in a horror film, Iver House seems to be an extremely well run institution, and all the children their there appear very happy. Of course, they do not know what is going one behind the scenes...
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* OrphanageOfLove: Oddly enough, despite being an orphanage in a horror film, Iver House seems to be an extremely well run institution, and all the children their appear very happy. Of course, they do not know what is going one behind the scenes...
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The climax of the film happens on Guy Fawkes Night.
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* PsychicAssistedSuicide: When [[spoiler:Mary]] throws herself off the cliff, the [[spoiler:other trustees]] who have had [[spoiler:their personalities transferred into children]], immediately follow her and throw themselves off as well.
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* GrandTheftMe: The ultimate secret of Iver House is that [[spoiler:Mrs Van Traylen]] has worked out how to transfer her personality into a new body and has placed herself into the body of [[spoiler:Mary Valley]]. She has done the same to the other [[spoiler:dead trustees]], placing them in the bodies of [[spoiler:other orphans]].
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* WeaponizedHeadgear: Dr. Haynes is murdered by being stabbed through the temple with one of Anna Harb's hatpins.
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* BurnTheWitch: [[spoiler:Anna Harb]] is dressed up as the guy and then dropped on to the bonfire during Guy Fawkes night.
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* ExternalCombustion: Five trustees are killed when their yacht explodes: dynamite stolen from the quarry rigged to explode when the engine switched over to the reserve fuel tank.
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* IntrepidReporter: Joan Foster is a tabloid journalist who is contacted by Anna Harb in an attempt to gain access to her daughter. After Dr. Haynes is murdered and Anna goes on the run, Joan stays on the story and follows it to Scotland; determined to see it through to the very end.
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When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Special Branch chief Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Sir Mark Ashcroft, Ashley, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: When the car containing one of the trustees rolls over the cliff in the opening montage of deaths, it explodes the moment it leaves the cliff when it is not remotely close to hitting anything.
* HandbagOfHurt: When Joan Foster attempts to pull Mary away from Anna Harb in the hospital, Anna whacks her with her handbag.
* NeverSuicide: Three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last few months in deaths looking like suicides. However, after a mysterious bus accident involving the last three trustees and thirty orphan kids, Colonel Bingham of Special Branch starts investigating.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: Dr. Haynes is murdered by being stabbed through the temple with one of Anna Harb's hatpins.
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''Nothing but the Night'' is a 1973 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing.
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Special Branch chief Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Sir Mark Ashcroft, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
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''Nothing but the Night'' is a 1973 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing.
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Special Branch chief Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Sir Mark Ashcroft, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
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