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Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 2, 2023
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
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The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 20, 2019
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
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Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Apr 2, 2016
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
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 5, 2014
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 wor
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