night of the big heat may not rank among the best sci fi effort by critic and but for this fan and it really do deliver the good . local on the island of fera find themselves in the midst of a searing heat wave while the rest of the mainland of the uk be in the middle of a normal cold snap in november . a body begin to pile up and find burnt to a crisp and a scientist struggle to convince the local that they may be the victim of an invasion from space . a great cast that include and patrick allen and jane merrow and sarah lawson and in guest role and christopher lee and peter cushing . direct by the great and terence fisher and this be another triumph in fisher library of film and to this viewer and rank right up there with his hammer horror film as well a the underrated and island of terror . certainly not as bad a some would have you believe and probably not as good a i think it be and it be definitely worth a look for fan of 60 british sci fi film .