A Dive into Mystery: ‘Dead of Night’ (Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer, 1945)

Yesterday, we celebrated Halloween! Oooooohhh! (that’s the sound of a classic film ghost). And isn’t there a better occasion to talk about spooky movies? Those who make you shiver down your spine, make you worried about looking at a dark corner in your house or have to be followed by bin... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)

Long before The Twilight Zone came the 1945 British anthology film, Dead of Night, which weaves together a collection of eerie tales within a framework that gathers a small group of people in an English country house. While it's not exactly a horror movie, it does offer plenty of weird and even dist... Read full article

DEAD OF NIGHT On Blu-ray From Kino

The 1945 British film DEAD OF NIGHT is the granddaddy of all modern horror anthology films. The five tales presented in it have influenced numerous other movies and television episodes. The influence of DEAD OF NIGHT has been so pervasive that those now who see it for the first time may feel that it... Read full article

“All We Are And All We Seem…” – Dead Of Night (1945)

Dead of Night was something of an aberration when it was produced by Michael Balcon for the Ealing Studios in 1945. Not only was it one of the few horror films produced by British studios in the 1940s, but it was also what is known as a portmanteau or anthology movie. It was , however, an aberration... Read full article

10 to See in 2014: Dead of Night (1945)

In January of this year, I picked 10 films that I planned to see for the first time in 2014. With this series of posts, I'll share my impressions of those movies. Horror movies were generally frowned upon in World War II era Britain, and even banned from production for a time, but as the world cr... Read full article