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vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">A Thief in the Night</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Thief_in_the_Night_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/A_Thief_in_the_Night_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="364" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="364" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Thompson" title="Donald W. Thompson">Donald W. Thompson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Jim Grant</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Donald W. Thompson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Patty Dunning</li> <li>Mike Niday</li> <li>Colleen Niday</li> <li>Maryann Rachford</li> <li>Thom Rachford</li> <li>Duane Coller</li> <li>Russell S. Doughten Jr.</li> <li>Clarence Balmer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">John P. Leiendecker Jr.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Wes Phillippi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Mark IV Pictures</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark IV Pictures</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>March 22, 1973<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1973-03-22</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">69 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$68,000</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>A Thief in the Night</b></i> is a 1973 American <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelical</a> <a href="/wiki/Christian_film_industry" title="Christian film industry">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror film</a> written by Jim Grant, and directed and produced by <a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Thompson" title="Donald W. Thompson">Donald W. Thompson</a>. The film stars Patty Dunning, with Thom Rachford, Colleen Niday and Mike Niday in supporting roles. The first installment in the <i><a href="/wiki/A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film_series)" title="A Thief in the Night (film series)">Thief in the Night</a></i> series about the <a href="/wiki/Rapture" title="Rapture">Rapture</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Tribulation" title="Great Tribulation">Tribulation</a>, the plot is set during the near future, focusing on a young woman who, after being left behind, struggles to decide what to do in the face of the Tribulation. </p><p>Three <a href="/wiki/Sequel" title="Sequel">sequels</a> were produced: <i>A Distant Thunder</i> (1978), <i>Image of the Beast</i> (1981), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Planet" title="The Prodigal Planet">The Prodigal Planet</a></i> (1983). An additional three follow-ups were planned but ultimately unproduced. </p><p>The film has been highly influential in the evangelical film industry and American evangelical youth culture.<sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/In_medias_res" title="In medias res">In medias res</a></i>, Patty Myers awakens to a radio broadcast announcing the disappearance of millions around the world. The radio announcer suggests that this might be the <a href="/wiki/Rapture" title="Rapture">rapture of the Church</a> spoken of in the Bible. Patty, a member of a liberal church, finds that her husband, a <a href="/wiki/Born-again_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Born-again Christian">born-again Christian</a>, has also disappeared. The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> sets up an emergency government system called the United Nations Imperium of Total Emergency (UNITE) and declares that anyone who does not receive the <a href="/wiki/Number_of_the_beast" title="Number of the beast">mark of the beast</a> identifying them with UNITE will be arrested. </p><p>Several flashbacks occur to times in Patty's life before the Rapture. The story begins with Patty and her two friends, who all have different destinies. Her friend Jenny considers Jesus Christ her Savior; her other friend Diane is more worldly-minded. Patty considers herself a Christian because she occasionally reads her Bible and goes to church regularly; however, her pastor is shown to be an unbeliever. She refuses to believe the warnings of her friends and family that she will go through the <a href="/wiki/Great_Tribulation" title="Great Tribulation">Great Tribulation</a> if she does not put her faith in Christ. Meanwhile, her husband has been attending another church and has accepted Jesus. The next morning, Patty awakens to find that her husband and millions of others have suddenly disappeared. </p><p>Patty is conflicted: she refuses to trust Christ, yet she also refuses to take the Mark. She desperately tries to avoid UNITE and the Mark but is eventually captured. She escapes, but after a chase she is cornered by UNITE on a bridge and falls from the bridge to her death. </p><p>Patty awakens and realizes it has all been a dream. She is relieved, but her relief is short-lived when the radio announces that millions of people have in fact disappeared. Horrified, Patty frantically searches for her husband only to find he is missing too. Patty realizes that the Rapture has actually occurred and she has been left behind. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Patty Dunning as Patty Myers</li> <li>Mike Niday as Jim Wright</li> <li>Colleen Niday as Jenny</li> <li>Maryann Rachford as Diane Bradford</li> <li>Thom Rachford as Jerry Bradford</li> <li>Duane Coller as Duane</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Doughten" title="Russell Doughten">Russell Doughten</a> as Rev. Matthew Turner</li> <li>Clarence Balmer as Pastor Balmer</li> <li>Gareld L Jackson as UNITE Leader</li> <li>Herb Brown as UNITE Officer</li> <li>Herb Brown, Jr as UNITE Officer</li> <li>Betty D. Jackson as Wedding Guest</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film's title is taken from <a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_the_Thessalonians" title="First Epistle to the Thessalonians">1 Thessalonians</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Thessalonians#5:2" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/1 Thessalonians">5:2</a>, in which <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul</a> warns his readers that "<a href="/wiki/The_day_of_the_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="The day of the Lord">the day of the Lord</a> so cometh as a thief in the night." </p><p><i>A Thief in the Night</i> presents a pre-tribulational <a href="/wiki/Dispensationalism" title="Dispensationalism">dispensational</a> <a href="/wiki/Futurism_(Christianity)" title="Futurism (Christianity)">futurist</a> interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Eschatology#Christianity" title="Eschatology">Christian eschatology</a> and the rapture popular among <a href="/wiki/U.S._Evangelical_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Evangelical movement">U.S. evangelicals</a>, but is generally rejected by <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholics</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guinan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guinan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christians</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Coniaras_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coniaras-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutherans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Christianity" title="Reformed Christianity">Reformed Christians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Schwertley_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwertley-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Dean Anderson of <i><a href="/wiki/Christianity_Today" title="Christianity Today">Christianity Today</a></i>, "the film brings to life the dispensational view of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#24:36" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/Matthew">24:36-44</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-CT12_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Casual connections to Christianity and liberal theological beliefs are depicted as insufficient forms of the faith, with Patty's born-again Christian husband being raptured and Patty, herself part of a liberal church, left behind.<sup id="cite_ref-Clark_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the film, everyone must receive the mark of the beast on their forehead or right hand in order to buy or sell.<sup id="cite_ref-Hendershot_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendershot-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 185">: 185 </span></sup> Producers used three rows of a <a href="/wiki/Binary_number" title="Binary number">binary number</a> six ("0110") to represent the number <a href="/wiki/Number_of_the_beast" title="Number of the beast">666</a>, an interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Revelation</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Revelation#13:16" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/Revelation">13:11-18</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Edwards_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edwards-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 207">: 207 </span></sup> The locusts from Revelation 9 with human faces, ready for battle – to torment those without the seal of God – are represented in the film as attack helicopters, taken from Christian writer Hal Lindsey's understanding of the end times.<sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mollett_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mollett-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Globalist_conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Globalist conspiracy">Fears of globalism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_government" title="Big government">big government</a> are prominent themes in the film, with "the <a href="/wiki/Antichrist" title="Antichrist">Antichrist</a>...literally a branch of the United Nations claiming control over the entire world."<sup id="cite_ref-Burton_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, Iowa-based filmmakers <a href="/wiki/Russell_Doughten" title="Russell Doughten">Russell Doughten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Thompson" title="Donald W. Thompson">Donald W. Thompson</a> formed Mark IV Pictures to produce <i>A Thief in the Night</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Balmer2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balmer2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 577-578">: 577-578 </span></sup> Thompson had been working in radio,<sup id="cite_ref-Balmer_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balmer-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 69">: 69 </span></sup> and Doughten had worked with Good News Productions on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blob" title="The Blob">The Blob</a></i> in 1958,<sup id="cite_ref-Albright_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Albright-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had produced other films in Iowa through his production company Heartland Productions.<sup id="cite_ref-Knepper_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knepper-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 7-8">: 7-8 </span></sup> The film's actors had little to no previous professional acting experience.<sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> took place entirely on location in Iowa, with scenes being shot in <a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Iowa" title="Carlisle, Iowa">Carlisle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Fair" title="Iowa State Fair">Iowa State Fair</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/Red_Rock_Dam_(Iowa)" title="Red Rock Dam (Iowa)">Red Rock dam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Knepper_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knepper-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 83">: 83 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film's title track "I Wish We'd All Been Ready", composed by singer and musician <a href="/wiki/Larry_Norman" title="Larry Norman">Larry Norman</a>, is performed in the film by The Fishmarket Combo, a band made up of local student volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-CT12_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song went on to become the anthem of the <a href="/wiki/Jesus_movement" title="Jesus movement">Jesus movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Balmer_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balmer-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 411">: 411 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Influences">Influences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christian writer <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lindsey" title="Hal Lindsey">Hal Lindsey</a>'s 1970 non-fiction book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Great_Planet_Earth" title="The Late Great Planet Earth">The Late Great Planet Earth</a></i> was an influence on the film and its Rapture depictions; <i>Thief</i> has been described as complementing Lindsey's book.<sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mollett_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mollett-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Produced on a $68,000 budget, <i>A Thief in the Night</i> earned an estimated $4.2 million during its first decade of release, the majority of which came from audience donations. It was "one of the first films to take on <a href="/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism" title="Christian fundamentalism">fundamentalist</a> apocalyptic narratives within a fictional motif."<sup id="cite_ref-Edwards_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edwards-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 92">: 92 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film has been translated into three languages and subtitled in others. In 1989, historian of religion <a href="/wiki/Randall_Balmer" title="Randall Balmer">Randall Balmer</a> wrote that producer Doughten estimated that 100 million people had seen the film.<sup id="cite_ref-Balmer_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balmer-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 62">: 62 </span></sup> More recently, Dean Anderson writing for <i>Christianity Today</i> says it has been seen by an estimated 300 million.<sup id="cite_ref-CT12_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Christian Bookstore Journal</i> listed it as the top-selling Christian video from 1990 to 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-Clark_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A pioneer in the genre of <a href="/wiki/Christian_film_industry" title="Christian film industry">Christian film</a>, the film brought <a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">rock music</a> and elements of <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror</a> to a genre then-dominated by family-friendly evangelicalism.<sup id="cite_ref-CT12_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balmer has stated that "It is only a slight exaggeration to say that <i>A Thief in the Night</i> affected the evangelical film industry the way that sound or color affected Hollywood."<sup id="cite_ref-Balmer_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balmer-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 65">: 65 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/MIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT">MIT</a> professor of film and media Heather Hendershot says, "Today, many teen evangelicals have not seen <i>A Thief in the Night</i>, but virtually every evangelical over thirty I've talked to is familiar with it, and most have seen it... I have found that <i>A Thief in the Night</i> is the only evangelical film that viewers cite directly and repeatedly as provoking a conversion experience."<sup id="cite_ref-Hendershot_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendershot-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 187-188">: 187-188 </span></sup> The film has been described by religion scholar <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Beal" title="Timothy Beal">Timothy Beal</a> as having "tremendous influence on the emergence of evangelical horror"; Beal also compares aspects of <i>Thief</i>, such as UNITE and the zombie-like characters who have taken the mark, to <i><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead" title="Night of the Living Dead">Night of the Living Dead</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has been described as traumatic for children, who comprised a significant percentage of its original audience, and criticized for using <a href="/wiki/Scare_tactics" class="mw-redirect" title="Scare tactics">scare tactics</a> to produce religious <a href="/wiki/Conversion_to_Christianity" title="Conversion to Christianity">conversions</a>. A prayer to <a href="/wiki/Asking_Jesus_into_one%27s_heart" title="Asking Jesus into one's heart">ask Jesus into one's heart</a> depicted in the film serves as a template for viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-ipr_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ipr-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Hendershot, "Evangelicals who grew up in the 1970s or early 1980s often cite <i>Thief</i> as a source of childhood terror." This is partly due to depictions in the film of characters who believe themselves to be saved but are not, and are instead left behind.<sup id="cite_ref-Hendershot_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendershot-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 187">: 187 </span></sup> The film has been mentioned in online discourse of <a href="/wiki/Rapture_anxiety" title="Rapture anxiety">Rapture anxiety</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burton_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A quarter century later, the authors of the <i><a href="/wiki/Left_Behind" title="Left Behind">Left Behind</a></i> franchise have acknowledged their debt to <i>Thief</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Beal_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, even the title <i>Left Behind</i> echoes the refrain of Norman's theme song for <i>A Thief in the Night</i>, "I Wish We'd All Been Ready": "There's no time to change your mind, the Son has come and you've been left behind."<sup id="cite_ref-CT12_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sequels">Sequels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sequels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>A Distant Thunder</i> (<a href="/wiki/1978_in_film" title="1978 in film">1978</a>)</li> <li><i>Image of the Beast</i> (<a href="/wiki/1981_in_film" title="1981 in film">1981</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Planet" title="The Prodigal Planet">The Prodigal Planet</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/1983_in_film" title="1983 in film">1983</a>)</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film_series)" title="A Thief in the Night (film series)">A Thief in the Night (film series)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Thief_in_the_Night_(film)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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