Dead Of Night (Vintage Classics) (Blu-ray 4K)

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer

Starring: Roland Culver, Mary Merrall, Frederick Valk, Sally Ann Howes, Judy Kelly, Miles Malleson, Ralph Michael, Esme Percy, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Allan Jeayes, Elisabeth Welch, Hartley Power, Garry Marsh, Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Barbara Leake, Anthony Baird
Contributors: Michael Balcon, John Baines, Angus MacPhail, Georges Auric
Studio: StudioCanal
Genre: Horror/Occult
Main Language: English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 20 Oct 2025
Originally Issued: 1945
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 103 minutes

Description

Supernatural horror anthology starring Mervyn Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave. When architect Walter Craig (Johns) arrives at the home of Elliot Foley (Roland Culver), he believes he has been invited there to discuss renovations. However, he finds the house strangely familiar and discovers that he recognises all of the other guests from a nightmare he previously experienced.

One by one, the guests recount their own encounters with the supernatural: Hugh Grainger (Anthony Baird) dreams about recuperating in hospital after an accident and narrowly avoiding a second fatal crash; Sally O'Hara (Howes) met the ghost of a murdered boy at a Christmas party; Joan Cortland (Withers) bought an antique mirror with links to a murder; Foley recounts the story of two golfers who vied murderously for the attention of a young lady; and Dr. van Straaten (Frederick Valk) recalls his meeting with ventriloquist Maxwell Frere (Redgrave) whose dummy Hugo came to life and drove him mad.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Interviews: John Llewelyn Probert (author); Dr. David Huckvale (author).
• Commentary: Pamela Hutchinson (critic/film historian).
• Other Documentary: ''Dead of Night': Dreams and Duality With Alice Lowe'; 'Marketing Galore! The Art of Ealing With Nathalie Morris'; 'Remembering 'Dead of Night''.