Movie

Dead of Night

1945 · 103 min

A quietly unsettling anthology that draws you into a web of eerie tales, building dread through atmosphere and a clever, looping structure.

Tagline: The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic...
Overview: An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Madness, fate, memory, deception
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
fate
memory
deception
death
Places: single country house
hospital
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Mervyn JohnsWalter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Roland CulverEliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Mary MerrallMrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Googie WithersJoan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
Frederick ValkDr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Anthony BairdHugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Sally Ann HowesSally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Robert WyndhamDr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")
Judy KellyJoyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Miles MallesonHearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Michael AllanJimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")
Barbara LeakeMrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Ralph MichaelPeter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Esme PercyAntiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Basil RadfordGeorge Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")