Dead of Night
1945 · Movie · NR · 103 min · ★ 7.2 · 88% critics
A man arrives at an English country house and is unsettled to find the guests and setting match a recurring nightmare. As the group trades eerie accounts of strange omens, hauntings, and unsettling objects, the evening takes on a growing sense of dread and déjà vu.
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Details
- Years
- 1945
- Release date
- 1945-09-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (305 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic, story-within-a-story chill ride that mixes mystery, humor, and creeping dread; Not for you if you need nonstop scares, gore, or a consistently serious tone like Tales from the Crypt.
Pros: clever framing story; genuinely creepy highlights; memorable supernatural tales | Cons: uneven pacing; comic segment feels off; some parts feel dated
Themes
- dreams
- nightmare
- insanity
- anthology
- ventriloquist
- evil doll
- black and white
- ventriloquist's dummy
- recurring dream
- future vision
- dream about the future
Cast & crew
Mervyn Johns
as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Roland Culver
as Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Mary Merrall
as Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Googie Withers
as Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
Frederick Valk
as Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Anthony Baird
as Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Sally Ann Howes
as Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Robert Wyndham
as Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")
Judy Kelly
as Joyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Miles Malleson
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden +1 more