# Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)

> A Christmas inheritance draws a wary young man into an abandoned asylum-house where an escaped killer revives an old family mystery.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/18456

## Facts

- Runtime: 85 min
- Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
- Director: Theodore Gershuny
- Cast: Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov, Astrid Heeren, John Carradine, Walter Abel, Fran Stevens, Walter Klavun
- TMDB rating: 5.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070694/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: moody, surreal, foreboding, christmas horror marathon, late night cult movie viewing

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- [Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/16504)
- [Dementia 13 (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/17433)
- [Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/132418)
- [Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/280890)
- [Nightmare at Shadow Woods (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/17230)
- [Silent Night (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/88304)
- [Christmas Evil (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/16357)
- [Asylum (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/15468)
- [The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/25479)
- [Burnt Offerings (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/7858)

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