7.4.10

dead of night (1945)

"That story is totally incredible and decidedly improper!"
Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns), an architect, visits a prospective client's house on a farm. Once there he announces that he believes he has been here before, and recognised everyone in the room, even though they've never met him before. He goes on to explain that he has a recurring dream of these people, then the party one by one reveal that each has at some time undergone an "inexplicable" experience similar to Craig's. Cue a number of individual stories of horror.
A portmanteau film that has some real moments that are spine chilling. As with most compilations some stories are better than others, but here we have a consistently high grade of chills, that will leave you with a growing sense of unease rather than shocks. A classic.

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