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Kuolema saapuu yöllä

Original title: Dead of Night
  • 19451945
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
13K
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Kuolema saapuu yöllä (1945)
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The guests invited to weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig , who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reali... Read allThe guests invited to weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig , who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.The guests invited to weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig , who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.

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13K
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  • Directors
    • Alberto Cavalcanti
    • Charles Crichton
    • Basil Dearden
  • Writers
    • John Baines(screen play)
    • Angus MacPhail(screen play)
    • T.E.B. Clarke(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Mervyn Johns
    • Michael Redgrave
    • Roland Culver
  • Directors
    • Alberto Cavalcanti
    • Charles Crichton
    • Basil Dearden
  • Writers
    • John Baines(screen play)
    • Angus MacPhail(screen play)
    • T.E.B. Clarke(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Mervyn Johns
    • Michael Redgrave
    • Roland Culver
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 158User reviews
    • 116Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Mervyn Johns
    Mervyn Johns
    • Walter Craig
    Michael Redgrave
    Michael Redgrave
    • Maxwell Frere
    Roland Culver
    Roland Culver
    • Eliot Foley
    Mary Merrall
    Mary Merrall
    • Mrs. Foley
    Googie Withers
    Googie Withers
    • Joan Cortland
    Frederick Valk
    • Dr. Van Straaten
    Anthony Baird
    • Hugh Grainger
    • (as Antony Baird)
    Sally Ann Howes
    Sally Ann Howes
    • Sally O'Hara
    Robert Wyndham
    • Dr. Albury
    Judy Kelly
    Judy Kelly
    • Joyce Grainger
    Miles Malleson
    Miles Malleson
    • Hearse Driver
    Michael Allan
    • Jimmy Watson
    Barbara Leake
    Barbara Leake
    • Mrs. O'Hara
    Ralph Michael
    • Peter Cortland
    Esme Percy
    Esme Percy
    • Antique Dealer
    • (as Esmé Percy)
    Basil Radford
    Basil Radford
    • George Parratt
    Naunton Wayne
    Naunton Wayne
    • Larry Potter
    Peggy Bryan
    Peggy Bryan
    • Mary Lee
    • Directors
      • Alberto Cavalcanti
      • Charles Crichton
      • Basil Dearden
    • Writers
      • John Baines(screen play) (original story)
      • Angus MacPhail(screen play) (original story)
      • T.E.B. Clarke(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      U.S. distributors thought that the original print of the movie was too long. Therefore, the golfing tale and the Christmas ghost tale were cut. This confused American audiences who could not understand what Michael Allen, from the Christmas ghost tale, was doing in the nightmare montage at the end.
    • Goofs
      As Peter Cortland stands looking into the mirror his wife-to-be has bought him, the stripes on his tie run from his left side, down to his right. A reverse shot shows the stripes on his tie running in the same direction; obviously not a mirror image.
    • Quotes

      Hearse Driver: Just room for one inside, sir.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK release is 105 minutes long and features five stories (The Hearse Driver, The Christmas Party, The Haunted Mirror, The Golfing Story, and The Ventriloquist's Dummy). When originally released in the USA, two of the stories (The Christmas Party and The Golfing Story), were removed to shorten the film to 77-minutes. Later reissues and television version reinstated the missing segments.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hackers (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      The Hullalooba
      Music by Anna Marly

      Lyrics by Anna Marly

      Played by Frank Weir and his Sextet

      Sung by Elisabeth Welch

      [Beulah sings the son at the club]

    User reviews158

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    A prime example of a well-made horror-anthology
    Anthology n.: a collection of selected literary pieces or passages of works of art or music.

    This classic horror-anthology from Britain's Ealing Studios is composed of four separate stories, composed around a group of strangers that is mysteriously gathered at a country estate where each reveals their chilling tale of the supernatural. But even after these frightening tales are told, does one final nightmare await them all?

    The horror-anthology has proved a difficult sub-genre, usually made with only limited success, because it's notoriously difficult to get it right. If only one of the stories fails to deliver, the whole piece is dragged down. But this multi-part horror effort from Britain's Ealing Studios still proves to be very effective and justifiably still is one of the most revered and successful horror anthologies ever made. It features appearances by many of the best British actors of it's day, including Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, Basil Radford and Michael Redgrave. With four different directors at the helm, not all four segments are equally effective and are quite different in tone, but they are all good in their own right. The standout for me, not judged in terms of the best, but certainly the most frightening story of the four, is "The Ventriloquist Dummy" by Brazilian born Alberto Cavalcanti (he's simply billed as Cavalcanti), the only non-British director involved in DEAD OF NIGHT. Michael Redgrave plays a renowned ventriloquist who descends into an abyss of madness and murder, when his dummy takes on a life of his own. One of the most unsettling stories I've ever seen.

    The somewhat less effective (if only slightly) mirror sequence by Robert Hamer shows something very scary can be achieved with very basic means. When Ralph Michael looks in the mirror, to his horror he keeps seeing the reflection of a dark Gothic room lit with candles, completely different from the room he's standing in and slowly, he begins to loose his mind. Ultimately, it is the extremely unsettling music score that makes it work. Basic but very effective.

    As with most anthologies, it's difficult to keep track of the main interwoven storyline, because between the different stories we're told, your mind is still very much trying to grasp what you've just seen. This is probably why the genre became increasingly unpopular over the years. With the exception of "The Ventriloquist Dummy", don't expect anything particularly scary, but it did leave me quietly disturbed. The peerless British cast and the witty, slightly old-fashioned tongue-in-cheek dialog makes this very pleasant and appropriately unsettling viewing.

    Camera Obscura --- 8/10 --- 10/10 for "The Ventriloquist Dummy"
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    • Release date
      • February 15, 1946 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Dead of Night
    • Filming locations
      • Turville, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Ealing Studios
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,919
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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