Its theme and style bears a resemblance to the horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, released two years later.

The man then goes outside, pulls a secret handle hidden in the power box, then shoots and dismembers the horse.

The woman drives along the back road for a while before crashing in a large ditch and being knocked unconscious.

She takes shelter in the car as the deranged man attacks her eventually smashing the windscreen with a shovel.

She enters and explores the cabin before falling unconscious and into a nightmare in which the man appears before her holding a human skull over his genitals.

As with the beginning of the film, we again witness the man pull a secret handle hidden in the power box, but now we see its effect.

The Australian Broadcasting Commission provided a crew and 35mm production facilities in exchange for television rights.

[6] AllMovie wrote, "Night of Fear is a potent, no-frills little shocker that is likely to delight fans of vintage horror", complimenting its "excellent use of whiplash-speed editing, bizarre camera angles and a densely layered soundtrack to create a consistently unnerving atmosphere.