The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Dead of Night
Horror · Thriller · Science Fiction · 1977
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.
Movie details
Dead of Night
“Three tales of mystery, imagination and suspense.”
1977 Horror · Thriller · Science Fiction 1h 16m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Dead of Night?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Dead of Night
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Dan Curtis
Written by
Richard Matheson
Ed Begley Jr.
Frank
E.J. André
Mr. McCauley
Ann Doran
Mrs. McCauley
Christina Hart
Helen
O
Orin Cannon
Old Farmer
J
Jean Le Bouvier
Mrs. Cantrell
D
Dick McGarvin
Mr. Dorset
Court is in session
Put Dead of Night on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.