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Dead of Night

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

1977
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
TV Movie
1h 16m
This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she bargained for. (imdb)

Directed by:

Dan Curtis
Dan-Curtis
31 total credits
Dan Curtis has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror, The Night Strangler and Dracula

Writer:

Richard Matheson
Richard-Matheson
57 total credits
Richard Matheson has 57 credits at Criticker, including: I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Real Steel, Duel and Stir of Echoes

Starring:

Ed Begley Jr.
Ed-Begley-Jr
113 total credits
Edward James "Ed" Begley, Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmentalist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, on the television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations, and his current reality show about green living called Living With Ed on Planet Green with his wife, actress Rachelle Carson-Begley...(Wikipedia)
,
Patrick Macnee
Patrick-Macnee
41 total credits
Patrick Macnee has 41 credits at Criticker, including: A View to a Kill, The Avengers, The Howling, A Christmas Carol and Pygmalion
,
Anjanette Comer
Anjanette-Comer
21 total credits
Anjanette Comer has 21 credits at Criticker, including: The Baby, The Underneath, The Loved One, Étude in Black and The Appaloosa
,
Horst Buchholz
Horst-Buchholz
41 total credits
Horst Buchholz has 41 credits at Criticker, including: Life Is Beautiful, The Magnificent Seven, One, Two, Three, Faraway, So Close! and Tiger Bay
,
Joan Hackett
Joan-Hackett
20 total credits
Joan Hackett has 20 credits at Criticker, including: The Last of Sheila, Support Your Local Sheriff!, The Terminal Man, Dead of Night and The Group
,
E.J. André
EJ-Andr
7 total credits
E.J. André has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Magic, Dead of Night, The Lawyer, The Day the Earth Moved and Battle at Bloody Beach

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Dead of Night

1977
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
TV Movie
1h 16m
Avg Percentile 45.56% from 40 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(40)
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Rated 13 May 2023
69
22nd
Disappointing, I expected better from Matheson. In addition to the sluggish 70s tv-movie pacing, 2 of the 3 tales have little impact. To be fair, it's hard to be surprised after seeing decades of these kinds of anthologies, but the 1st story feels like a time travel trifle -w/ an idea from Matheson's superior Somewhere in Time. The 2nd has a twist "stinger" but the overly elaborate ruse is built on the wife being too credulous. The 3rd has suspense, but tips its hand early w/ "accidentally".
Rated 26 Jun 2021
60
51st
This plays out just like you'd expect an anthology film or TV show would at the time. And just as expected each story is better than the last.
Rated 07 Jun 2017
40
19th
Passes the time.
Rated 12 Jun 2013
80
67th
Surprisingly good. Not your average made-for-TV movie.
Rated 23 Dec 2010
75
57th
The Jack Finney story was good. Didn't really see much point at all to the second one. The last one was cool, and probably could've been a full feature by itself, with more backstory and exploration of Hackett's motives and so on. Have no idea why she uses a Satanic ceremony and then promptly forgets about that when it works; then again, I guess she was that sort of character. Anyway, the phone call (and final shot) were a lot of fun.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Dan Curtis
Dan-Curtis
31 total credits
Dan Curtis has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror, The Night Strangler and Dracula

Writer:

Richard Matheson
Richard-Matheson
57 total credits
Richard Matheson has 57 credits at Criticker, including: I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Real Steel, Duel and Stir of Echoes

Starring:

Ed Begley Jr.
Ed-Begley-Jr
113 total credits
Edward James "Ed" Begley, Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmentalist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, on the television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations, and his current reality show about green living called Living With Ed on Planet Green with his wife, actress Rachelle Carson-Begley...(Wikipedia)
,
Patrick Macnee
Patrick-Macnee
41 total credits
Patrick Macnee has 41 credits at Criticker, including: A View to a Kill, The Avengers, The Howling, A Christmas Carol and Pygmalion
,
Anjanette Comer
Anjanette-Comer
21 total credits
Anjanette Comer has 21 credits at Criticker, including: The Baby, The Underneath, The Loved One, Étude in Black and The Appaloosa
,
Horst Buchholz
Horst-Buchholz
41 total credits
Horst Buchholz has 41 credits at Criticker, including: Life Is Beautiful, The Magnificent Seven, One, Two, Three, Faraway, So Close! and Tiger Bay
,
Joan Hackett
Joan-Hackett
20 total credits
Joan Hackett has 20 credits at Criticker, including: The Last of Sheila, Support Your Local Sheriff!, The Terminal Man, Dead of Night and The Group
,
E.J. André
EJ-Andr
7 total credits
E.J. André has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Magic, Dead of Night, The Lawyer, The Day the Earth Moved and Battle at Bloody Beach

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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