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Dead of Night (1977)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1977
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 76 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Dan Curtis Productions Inc
Producer: Dan Curtis

SCRIPT
Script: Richard Matheson

DIRECTION
Director: Dan Curtis

CAST
SECOND CHANCE
Ed Begley Jr (Frank)
Orin Cannon (old farmer)
Jean Le Bouvier (Mrs Cantrell)
Jeff Reese (young man)
Michael Talbott (Vinnie McCauley)
Dick McGarvin (Mr Dorset)
Karen Hurley (Mrs Dorset)
Christina Hart (Helen)

NO SUCH THING AS A VAMPIRE
Patrick Macnee (Gheria)
Anjanette Comer (Alexis)
Horst Buchholz (Michael)
Elisha Cook (Karel)
Gail Bowman (Maria)
Joan Lemmo (Eva)

BOBBY
Joan Hackett (Alma)
Lee Montgomery (Bobby)
Larry Green (dwarf)

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology of three short horror stories: a man's new car turns out to be a time machine; a jealous husband seeks revenge on his wife's lover – a vampire; a grieving mother asks for her drowned son to be returned to her with horrific consequences.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Video Distributors: Elvira Merchandizing Inc; Thriller Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Norway
Rating: 15

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Døden om natten – Norwegian video title
Mit der Nacht kommt der Tod – German title
Pimeän tarinoita - Finnish title

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.93
credits, review

The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide p.70
credits, review

KEYWORDS

anthologies, cars, demons, the occult, pentagrams, rituals, the supernatural, time travel, time warps, vampires


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