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Dead Of Night
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Dead of Night
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Theatrical Release: 1946-02-15 DVD Release: 2009-01-27 Torrent Release: 27-06-2014 by user
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Movie Genre:
Drama, Horror
Runtime:
77 min.
Parental Rating:
Approved
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination.
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DESCRIPTION
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.
Sinopsis by IMDB
Still the greatest multi-story ghost/horror picture.
Absolutely one of the spookiest films ever made.
A pioneering horror classic, and still one of the most successful anthologies to date, with five episodes directed by four different directors
Horror anthologies hardly ever work since the episodic structure rarely allows for the convincing development of character and suspense. This is a rare and terrifically frightening exception - five tales wrapped in one eerie package and made by four top directors of the era, Alberto Cavalcanti ('Christmas Party' and 'The Ventriloquist's Dummy'), Charles Crichton ('Golfing Story'), Basil Dearden ('Hearse Driver', as well as the linking sections) and Robert Hamer ('The Haunted Mirror'). Staying at a ghostly Victorian mansion, Walter Craig (Johns) realises that his recurring nightmare is coming true. Likewise, each of the other guests have had their own bad dreams, and they take it in turns to relate their creepy visions. Cavalcanti steals top prize with the closing sequence starring Redgrave as Maxwell Frere, a loopy ventriloquist being taken over by his dummy, an idea that would be expanded in Dickie Attenborough's Magic, starring Anthony Hopkins. The chills are briefly interrupted by Chrichton's 'Golfing Story', a darkly comic skit in which Basil Radford's George Parratt and Naunton Wayne's Larry Potter compete for the hand of the same girl.
One of the finest products of the renowned Ealing studios. Each episode is an audacious piece of craftsmanship, and each one is devilishly entertaining.
Unforgettable Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford.
Often cited as the first and finest horror film made in Britain, Dead of Night is also one of the best - if not the best - example of the anthology film. Unlike many films of its kind, the various pieces of the film - five short tales set within a linking narrative - fit together perfectly, and the overall effect is both compelling and chilling, and also darkly com
