

Dead of Night
The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic...
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.
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7.2/10
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- Released
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- Language
- French
- dreams
- nightmare
- insanity
- anthology
- ventriloquist
- evil doll
- black and white
- ventriloquist's dummy
- recurring dream
- future vision
- dream about the future
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR28 Jun 1946
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPGLondon9 Sept 1945
FranceFR
- Theatrical8 May 1946
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD17 Sept 2009
SwedenSE
- Theatrical2 Dec 1946
XCXC
- Theatrical27 Dec 1946
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Dead of Night was released on 9 September 1945.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
8/17/2018
A weekend in the country? I should go. Architect Walter Craig arrives at Pilgrim's Farm for a weekend party held by what he hopes is a prospective client. Upon entering the farm house, Walter amazes everyone by telling them that he has a recurring nightmare about the house, the weekend and everyone in it. This sets off talk about the supernatural and each guest takes it in turn to recount their own strange tale...…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/10/2023
Ever since I was a small child I have loathed ventriloquist's dummies. They put the fear of death into me - and I am fairly certain that seeing this film in the 1970s is to blame. It's a compendium of four stories told by guests at a farmhouse, and is all kicked off by Mervyn Johns ("Craig") who has a recurring - and rather menacing - dream that predicts doom and gloom. Before he can finish his story, though, we hear…
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