Dead of Night

1h 17m • Horror, Drama • 1945

AroView: This model of the horror portmanteau film remains unsurpassed by modern all-comers, with five strong, scary short stories that converge quite miraculously as a more satisfying whole than the sum of its parts.

Highlights are ‘The Haunted Mirror’ and ‘The Ventriloquist’s Dummy’, and even the much-maligned comic segment ‘The Golfer’, more typical of Ealing Studios style, doesn’t detract from its cumulative spell.