Art House Film Wire is celebrating Halloween with 31 scary movies in 31 days, and Day 2 means Review #2, about the influential and stylish, “Dead of Night”! “Dead of Night” (1945) – This feature film finds its footing within an episodic format, as four directors – Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer – contribute their talents to spin five weird stories of the supernatural that baffle the on-screen characters. “Dead of Night” was way ahead of its time, and it feels like an out-of-sorts combination of…
31 Scary Movies: ‘Dead of Night’
