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- HorrorThrillerMystery
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40s
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Dead of Night, 1945
English, French
UK
Profile of Dead of Night
Dead of Night can be described as atmospheric, scary, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around ghosts, obsession, and supernatural abilities. The main genres are thriller, horror, and mystery. In terms of style, Dead of Night is episodic. In approach, it is serious. It takes place in the 20th century. Dead of Night has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Dead of Night
On seeing Eliot Foley's house, Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) pauses querulously. Meeting the assembled guests, he falls into numbed silence. Although Craig has never visited Foley (Roland Culver), the experience is eerily familiar. He has seen this place before and has met these people--in a recurring nightmare.
One guest, psychiatrist Dr. Van Straaten (Frederick Valk), thinks Craig is irrational. Others support Craig, telling of a curious forewarning of death; describing a ghostly encounter at a children's Christmas party. Joan Cortland (Googie Withers) recounts the chilling events that occur when she gives her fiancé (Ralph Michael) an antique mirror. Trying to break the darkening mood, Foley contributes a light-hearted tale. But Van Straaten provides the grim case history of a disturbed ventriloquist. And everything spirals out of control as Craig's nightmare comes to fruition.
Dead of Night is a classic horror film with different directors handling different parts of the story. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, and Basil Dearden all contribute to this wickedly fun fright night.
Details
| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 28 June 1946 |
| Runtime: | 103 min |
Cast and Crew
as Maxwell Frere
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