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<i>Dead of Night</i> (1977 film)

Dead of Night (1977 film)

1977 American TV series or program

This article is about the 1977 American anthology horror television film. For the 1945 British anthology horror film of the same name, see Dead of Night.

Dead of Night is a 1977 American made-for-television anthology horror film starring Ed Begley Jr., Anjanette Comer, Patrick Macnee, Horst Buchholz and Joan Hackett. Directed by Dan Curtis, the film consists of three stories written by Richard Matheson[1] (although the first segment, "Second Chance", was adapted from a story by Jack Finney[2]) much like the earlier Trilogy of Terror. The film originally premiered on NBC on March 29, 1977.

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Plot

"Second Chance"

The first segment features Ed Begley Jr. as a man who restores a 1926 roadster and finds himself transported back in time.

Cast

"No Such Thing as a Vampire"

The second segment features Anjanette Comer as a woman who seems to be actively terrorized by a vampire. Patrick Macnee plays her husband who attempts to deal with her terror by engaging the services of a friend, Michael (Horst Buchholz).

Cast

"Bobby"

The third and final segment deals with the grieving feelings of a mother (Joan Hackett) for her drowned son, Bobby (Lee H. Montgomery) and the lengths she will go to see him again. This story, an original script written for Dead of Night, was later remade for the Dan Curtis omnibus movie Trilogy of Terror II with different actors.

Cast

Home video

Dead of Night was released on DVD by Dark Sky Films in 2009. The DVD includes a 1969 TV episode, "A Darkness at Blaisedon" written by Dan Curtis and Sam Hall and directed by Lela Swift, which was the pilot for a Dead of Night television series that was never picked up.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    New Triolgy Of Terror On DVD: Dead Of Night!, Paper, January 29, 2009
  2. [2]
    McKendry, Rebekah (October 20, 2014), 30 for 31: "DEAD OF NIGHT" (1977), Fangoria, archived from the original on March 24, 2017, retrieved November 23, 2016
  3. [3]
    Carman, Keith (January 25, 2009), Dead Of Night, Exclaim!


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