Dead of Night (1945)—Architect, Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns), goes to Pilgrim’s Farm to see a potential client. Once there, he meets a group of people who seem oddly familiar. Craig tells them he has dreamt about each one of them and recounts events that occurred in his dream. His revelations ignite a conversation amongst the group, where each admits to having experienced strange events, in stories which they, in turn, tell.
Welcome to the first of three anthology films we’re covering this season. Dead of Night (1945) is the perfect place to start, considering that it is the first mainstream horror anthology film out there and set the bar for any that follows. Join us, as we discuss the various writers and directors that created the film, its cast, and the weighty influence it has on films even today. Listen as Johnny Has the Keys encounters a pursuant hearse, a haunted mirror, and an evil ventriloquist dummy, knowing the outcomes but helplessly trapped to live them over and over again.
SHOW LINKS
- Dead of Night (1945)
- Original trailer
- Amicus Productions
- Magic (1978)
- Burnt Offerings (1976)
- The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- Creepshow (1982)
- The Three Stooges
- The Little Rascals
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Psycho (1960)
- Final Destination (2000)
- The Changeling (1980)
- The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Puppet Show (1997)
- Annabelle (2014)
- Dallas (1978)
- Newhart (1982)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
- EC Comics
- Blythe Spirit (1945)
- Triangle (2009)
- The Steady-State Model
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