Ealing Studio's DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)
 

A good (b&w) horror anthology from 1945 starring Googie Withers & Michael Redgrave. The best story has got to the be the last one starring Redgrave as the ventriloquist. Hugo the dummy is scary as hell.

It's still an effective horror film today - quite chilling. It must have been really quite frightening for 40s audiences...

The ending is a knockout.

Anyone here seen it? If you have, what did you think?

An excellent film. I have the R1 Anchor Bay set with Queen of Spades (a good film too but very slow).

My favourite section is the dummy one too. Very atmospheric.

Another one on the ' to watch' pile.... :rolleyes:

Yes a fine early british anthology film.Very well cast as well.

One of my favourites of all time, Proud owner of a copy myself.


Out of interest looking at the date of your post Reaps, have you seen this baby yet?. If not I recomend separating your pile into a "Too Watch" and a "Recomended to watch" and put this Gem on the latter :D

Yeah,pretty damn good,although the golf story,with its humorous aspects did nothing for me im afraid.
Im in the majority here,with the final story of the dummy being my fave. :)

I just watched this the other night,saw it years ago on late night telly and it really creeped me out,after watching it the other night I realised the ending of Lenzi`s Nightmare City is pretty much the same.

Yes it's a great film. Still among the all-time horror anthology classics. :nod:

Great film. I really enjoy the 'haunted mirror' segment here, although I agree the ventriloquist's dummy is the standout story. Fantastic ending too.

A fine, fine British Horror movie with a strange doomed atmosphere.

Another absolute classic and would easily agree that the final ventriloquist dummy section is the crowning glory of the film. Tall Dude is spot on about the humourous segment, it dosn't sit well with the film as a whole at all, although as a self contained little story it is enjoyable in itself.

I'm guessing it was the first British horror compendium film? I certainly can't think of an earlier one.

I love the golfing story! Wayne and Radford are superb!

I find it rather charming too.

Though I'd say that the odd segment about the Children's Games is my favourite.

I don't dislike it, but for me it makes the film lose the tension that has been building up and it has to start again. Wayne and Radford are confirmed favourites of mine and they play off each other marvellously - it would have made a great final chapter to their Charters and Caldicott films!

I agree with you there. The Michael Redgrave segment is superb though.

I'm going to have to watch this again now...

My Blu Ray of this arrived earlier this week.
Tomorrow afternoon's viewing sorted then.:cool: