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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Robert Hamer |
| Stars: |
Michael Redgrave |
| Actors: |
Sally Ann Howes |
| Genre: |
Horror/Suspense |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Recommended · Ghosts · Psychic Forces · Classic · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
026359105630 |
| Release Date: |
1945 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 44min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD
UPC: 644827653522 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS
UPC: 017153583236 |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/01/2005, p.101, Adam Sweeting): "DEAD OF NIGHT still packs a potent chill factor..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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. <br> <br> 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 fianci (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. <br> <br> DEAD OF NIGHT is a classic horror film with different directors handling different parts of the story. Al... |
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