Dead of Night
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Dead of Night is a 1945 British anthology horror film renowned for its influential blend of psychological terror and supernatural tales, including the famous ventriloquist dummy segment.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Night of the Demon | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthology horror film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
stories by E. F. Benson
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stories by H. G. Wells ⓘ stories by John Baines ⓘ |
| castMember |
Basil Radford
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Frederick Valk NERFINISHED ⓘ Googie Withers NERFINISHED ⓘ Mervyn Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Redgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Naunton Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Culver NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally Ann Howes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Stanley Pavey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director |
Alberto Cavalcanti
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Basil Dearden NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Charles Hasse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Ealing Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
anthology film
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horror film ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Christmas Party segment
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The Golfing Story segment ⓘ The Haunted Mirror segment ⓘ The Hearse Driver segment NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later anthology horror films
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psychological horror cinema ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | PG (later home media classifications) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | framing story with multiple embedded tales ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of psychological terror and supernatural elements
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circular nightmare narrative structure ⓘ influential ventriloquist dummy story ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| runningTime | 103 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Angus MacPhail
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John Baines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1940s England ⓘ |
| title | Dead of Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon
this entity surface form:
Night of the Demon
this entity surface form:
Night of the Demon