Dead of Night

TV Movie
1977
1h 16m

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Three tales of mystery, imagination and terror.Three tales of mystery, imagination and terror.Three tales of mystery, imagination and terror.

Director
- Dan Curtis
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Jack Finney
Stars

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6.2/10

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Director
- Dan Curtis
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Jack Finney
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Ed Begley Jr.

Frank Cantrell (segment "Second Chance")

E.J. André

Mr. McCauley (segment "Second Chance")
(as E.J. Andre)

Ann Doran

Mrs. McCauley (segment "Second Chance")

Christina Hart

Helen McCauley (segment "Second Chance")
(as Christine Hart)

Orin Cannon

Old Farmer (segment "Second Chance")

Jean Le Bouvier

Mrs. Cantrell (segment "Second Chance")
(as Jean LeVouvier)

Dick McGarvin

Mr. Dorset (segment "Second Chance")

Karen Hurley

Mrs. Dorset (segment "Second Chance")

Patrick Macnee

Dr. Gheria (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire")
(as Patrick MacNee)

Anjanette Comer

Alexis (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire")

Elisha Cook Jr.

Karel (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire")
(as Elisha Cook)

Horst Buchholz

Michael (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire")
(as Horst Bucholz)

Joan Hackett

Alma (segment "Bobby")

Lee Montgomery

Bobby (segment "Bobby")
(as Lee H. Montgomery)

Gail Bowman

Maria (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire")
(uncredited)

John Dehner

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Lars Green

Dwarf (segment "Bobby")
(uncredited)

Joan Lemmo

Eva (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire")
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The film's third segment, "Bobby", was later remade as the second segment of Trilogie de la terreur II (1996), another horror anthology film that was directed by Dan Curtis just as this film was and the first film in the series, Trilogie de la terreur (1975), had been 22 years earlier (with that first film originally released two years before this one).

Goofs
Despite the fact that the film's second segment, "No Such Thing as a Vampire", takes place in the late Victorian era, quite modern electric light switches can be seen in the interior of the house. While electric lighting does date back to the 1880s, the switches in use at that time looked nothing like the switches seen in this house; toggle light switches (which are seen in the segment) had not been invented yet.

Quotes
[last lines]
Bobby: You lied, Mommy. Bobby didn't drown by accident. You knew that. Bobby drowned himself to get away from you. You see, Bobby didn't want to come back, Mommy. No... Bobby hates you, Mommy. So he sent *me* instead.
[Bobby turns into a monster and Bobby's mother screams]

Connections
Featured in Cineficción Radio: Horror antológico (2020)

"Bobby" is the best of the three

I saw this movie when it originally aired in 1977. I was only a little intrigued with the first two stories, but it was the third, "Bobby," that gave me nightmares for years. Joan Hackett is excellent (as usual) as Bobby's mother, and Lee Montgomery is equally good as a boy who goes from sweet victim to hellish tormenter. When I saw it again in '82, I was older of course and more cynical, but I found the ending just as frightening as it was the first time I watched it. Damn scary for a T.V. movie, and worth watching when Halloween rolls around!