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''And Soon The Darkness'' is a 1970 British movie directed by Robert Fuest and starring Pamela Franklin, Michelle Dotrice and Sandor Eles.

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''And Soon The the Darkness'' is a 1970 British movie directed by Robert Fuest and starring Pamela Franklin, Michelle Dotrice and Sandor Eles.






* BilingualBonus: The French in the movie is unsubtitled, but if you speak the language you might catch references to the fact that the road is considered a 'mauvaise route' (bad road) and something horrible happened before.

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* BilingualBonus: The French in the movie is unsubtitled, but if you speak the language you might catch references to the fact that the road is considered a 'mauvaise route' "mauvaise route" (bad road) and something horrible happened before.



* DaylightHorror: One of the biggest examples, what with the dark, in the form of rain, only arriving at the end.



* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Paul.]]

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* %%* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Paul.]]



* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Michael, the Paul equivalent]] in the remake.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Ellie, the Cathy equivalent]] is rescued by Stephanie, the Jane equivalent, in the remake. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she ends up dead anyway while escaping from the kidnappers]].

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* %%* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Michael, [[spoiler:Michael, the Paul equivalent]] in the remake.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Ellie, the Cathy equivalent]] is rescued by Stephanie, the Jane equivalent, in the remake. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] {{Subverted|Trope}} when she ends up dead anyway while escaping from the kidnappers]].kidnappers]].
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It was remade in 2010, with the leads becoming two American girls (played by Creator/OdetteAnnable and Creator/AmberHeard respectively) and the setting switched to Argentina.

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It was remade in 2010, with the leads becoming two American girls (played played by Creator/OdetteAnnable as Ellie (the Cathy analogue) and Creator/AmberHeard respectively) as Stephanie (the Jane analogue) and the setting switched to Argentina.
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It was remade in 2010, with the leads becoming two American girls and the setting switched to Argentina.

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It was remade in 2010, with the leads becoming two American girls (played by Creator/OdetteAnnable and Creator/AmberHeard respectively) and the setting switched to Argentina.
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* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler:How Paul saves Jane at the end.]]


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* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The whole movie takes place in less than a day, beginning in the morning and ending in late afternoon.
* HairContrastDuo: Jane is a sensible brunette while Cathy is an impulsive blonde.


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* PeekABooCorpse: [[spoiler:The gendarme put Cathy's body in the closet where Jane hides from Paul.]]


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* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler:The gendarme for Paul. Both are police officers, but while Paul is obsessed with the killer, the gendarme ''is'' the killer.]]
* SexEqualsDeath: Cathy keeps talking about how much she wants to meet men and has an instant crush on Paul. [[spoiler:She's kidnapped and murdered.]]

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!!This film provides examples of:

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!!This !!The 1970 film provides examples of:



* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Michael, the Paul equivalent]] in the remake.



* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Paul]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Ellie, the Cathy equivalent]] is rescued by Stephanie, the Jane equivalent, in the remake. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she ends up dead anyway while escaping from the kidnappers]].
* SoundtrackDissonance: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkVWHLaEIU main theme]] sounds like it belongs in a cheery comedy movie.

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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Paul.]]
* SoundtrackDissonance: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkVWHLaEIU main theme]] sounds like it belongs in a cheery comedy movie.

!! The 2010 remake:
* DeathByAdaptation:
[[spoiler: Paul]].
Michael, the Paul equivalent]] in the remake.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Ellie, the Cathy equivalent]] is rescued by Stephanie, the Jane equivalent, in the remake. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she ends up dead anyway while escaping from the kidnappers]].
* SoundtrackDissonance: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkVWHLaEIU main theme]] sounds like it belongs in a cheery comedy movie.
kidnappers]].

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The story is about two young British nurses, Cathy (Dotrice) and Jane (Franklin) who are having a cycling vacation through the north of France, one of whom goes missing after they briefly separate and leaves the other in fear for her on for her own safety, while she catches sightings of a mysterious man (Eles).

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The story is about two young British nurses, Cathy (Dotrice) and Jane (Franklin) who are having a cycling vacation through the north of France, one of whom goes missing after they briefly separate and leaves the other in fear for her on for her own safety, while she catches sightings of a mysterious man named Paul (Eles).


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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Paul]].
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''And Soon The Darkness'' is a 1970 British movie directed by Robert Fuest and starring Pamela Franklin, Michelle Dotrice and Sandor Eles.

The story is about two young British nurses, Cathy (Dotrice) and Jane (Franklin) who are having a cycling vacation through the north of France, one of whom goes missing after they briefly separate and leaves the other in fear for her on for her own safety, while she catches sightings of a mysterious man (Eles).

It was remade in 2010, with the leads becoming two American girls and the setting switched to Argentina.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* BilingualBonus: The French in the movie is unsubtitled, but if you speak the language you might catch references to the fact that the road is considered a 'mauvaise route' (bad road) and something horrible happened before.
* DaylightHorror: One of the biggest examples, what with the dark, in the form of rain, only arriving at the end.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Michael, the Paul equivalent]] in the remake.
* NothingIsScarier: The film leaves the murderer's crimes, including [[spoiler: Cathy's murder]], off screen.
* PoliceAreUseless: It's no use to call the gendarme for help [[spoiler: because he's the killer]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Ellie, the Cathy equivalent]] is rescued by Stephanie, the Jane equivalent, in the remake. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she ends up dead anyway while escaping from the kidnappers]].
* SoundtrackDissonance: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkVWHLaEIU main theme]] sounds like it belongs in a cheery comedy movie.

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