Dead of Night (1977 TV Movie)
4/10
Dead of Night: Below average horror anthology
1 April 2019
From Dan Curtis the creator of the Trilogy of Terror movies comes another horror anthology movie and it's best anthology (Of what I've seen) that he did, though that's not saying much.

The first tale stars Ed Begley Jr in a car themed time travel effort which is perfectly charming but certainly isn't a horror therefore out of place here.

The second stars Avengers (1961) leading man Patrick Macnee in a tale called "No Such Thing as a Vampire" but is there? Fairly clever stuff, though nothing to write home about.

The third tells the story of a woman who using the dark arts resurrects her dead son, but he doesn't come back quite the same. Interestingly Curtis remade this for Trilogy of Terror 2 scene for scene and unless I'm too much mistaken used the same audio track for the kid.

If you like the Trilogy of Terror films you may enjoy this, for me I found it very underwhelming.

The Good:

First story is charming

The Bad:

First story isn't a horror

Ridiculous blood color
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