A spooky, atmospheric, fun and chilling B horror movie. Dead of Night is the perfect popcorn flick for a Halloween night viewing. Directed by Bob Clark, the man who brought us Black Christmas, Dead of Night tells an eerie tale of a deceased soldier who returns from Vietnam as a z...( read more)
Henderson Forsythe, Jacqueline Lovell, James Farentino
Directed by: Bob Clark (III), Henderson Forsythe, John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus, Zalman King
Release Date: January 1, 1972
DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
Stats: 85 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (85)
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October 21, 2008
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March 15, 2008
After being informed by the army that their son had died in Vietnam, the boy suddenly shows up at the family's door, a little bit changed... Original premise at the time, but has been done better since; not sure how Vietnam vets will feel about being depicted as soulless killing...( read more)
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September 16, 2007
It's all about the boiling build up. A great zombie revisionist film and also comment on the vietnam war, or any war, making it all the more appropriate for the present.
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October 5, 2009
Andy returns from Vietnam & just quite isn't himself; in fact he's a zombie. Bob Clark was truly an under rated director giving us this, Black Christmas & Children Shouldn't Play w/ Dead Things. This one is a slow burner & only adds to his catalog;; see good things do come out ...( read more)
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July 8, 2009
Moody and suspenseful horror thriller with social commentary, good actors and for the first time make-up effects from Tom Savini.
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June 21, 2009
Based on The Monkey's Paw, it tells the story of a family trying to cope after they are informed their son was killed in Vietnam, but he shows up quite changed. When they tell him they were told he died he replies "I did" and his behavior becomes more bizarre from there.
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June 5, 2009
I heard there making a remake of this movie but it's not going to be called Deathdream its going to be called Zero Dark Thirty and it's coming in 2010
Plot A young Soldier is killed in the line of duty in Vietnam. That same night, the soldier returns home...( read more) -
October 22, 2008
Every night a young woman broadcasts from a traveling pirate radio station, telling stories of lust, betrayal, and revenge. Her stories are of a lawyer, a comedian, an heiress, all drawn together
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