DEAD OF NIGHT

DEAD OF NIGHT, 1945

UK | Blu-ray, Black & White, 104’ | English
Directors: Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Alberto Cavalcanti
Cast: Robert Wyndham, Anthony Baird, Mervyn Johns

During the time he works at a country farmhouse, architect Walter Craig realizes that the nightmare he has had every night is gradually turning into reality. He knows how it will end and starts waiting in suspense while he is forced to listen to the other house guests and their own hair-raising tales of the supernatural. Comprising five dark and terrifying stories, “Dead of Night” offers a nightmare in which dream and reality, science and the supernatural, and reason and hysteria mingle. The film was the first post-war production released by Ealing Studios, who are best known for their comedies, and its tales of neurosis and obsession seem to be the perfect response to the trauma of the war years.