In my opinion this is the BEST horror movie ever made.
I have this release and would recommend it to anyone who has never seen it.

GREAT idea to make an analysis documentary about one of the best horror movies I've ever seen (living in Germany). And I only saw it on German TV by a coincidence many decades ago.

Although I like all the stories, including the golf one, for me, the haunted mirror was the spookiest. Especially when she sees it, the room with the fire, brilliantly done.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Rod Serling got his idea for Twilight Zone from this film.

This is my favourite film. And for all the reasons discussed in this documentary, I think the golf story is an integral part of the whole.

Great film. It certainly has influenced my life. I still have numerous numinous nightmares based upon the film. Great acting and atmosphere.

A few years ago, a comedian made a 'phone conversation' skit where he said: 'Can't come over tonight, I've turned into a ventriloquist's doll...    ...no the scary forties kind...  Yeah.'  

That's how much effect this film has made in Britain.

This is one of those rare films that will literally haunt you from the lasting artistic impact it impresses on your psyche.  I even had a "Hugo" ventriloquist dummy replicated for me. Enjoyed this documentary. Thank you!

Dead of night is a great film, not a fan of the golfing story but the others are very good, very atmospheric

The reference at 1:01:43 to Fred Hoyle's steady state theory is intriguing.  On 1st January 1943 Fred Hoyle moved to rural Dunsfold and rented an old rambling remote house with two scientist colleagues. The house was under the take-off path of the runway of the nearby RAF Dunsfold aerodrome.  All three men were working at the nearby Experimental Research Naval Station in Witley 6 miles away.  Dead of Night was released 2 years later in 1945. Their Steady-State theory was formulated in 1947

I really enjoyed these insights into a truly great film. I think the whole film is wonderful: golfing and Xmas parties included. These are anecdotes within the whole narrative. The group is made up of individuals, some having had less scary experiences than others and perhaps being less sophisticated story tellers, or being slightly cynical. The creeping unease is still working on us.

I bloody love this movie. Saw it as a kid on late night tv originally. It knew what it was doing. Regarding the ending, I have always presumed it was a premonition, rather than a cycle he’s stuck in

My favourite film of all time, must have seen it thirty odd times, along with The Halfway House, Mervyn Johns is superb in both. Michael Redgrave of course was Barnes Wallis in "The Dambusters". The only weak link (imo) is the rather silly golf story.

This film is the epitome of creepyness...Watched this first as a child, the scene where Hugo gets up off the chair and walks over to an imoble Mervin...then proceeds to clamp his neck...was absolutely hair raising. The stuff of pure nightmares.

I didn't realise it was actually from 1945, but it still looks good now.

I've loved this picture for decades.  Here in the States I have tried to foist that opinion on as many unsuspecting persons as possible, lol.  People that I have shown Dead of Night and Kind Hearts and Coronets, to name a couple, have generally liked them too.

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If that isn't a Henry Moore drawing, it certainly looks like one.

Interesting documentary. I am disappointed that the strongest unifying element that connects the episodes and the frame story was not mentioned at all, namely the fabulous score by Georges Auric. From the principal themes introduced in the opening credits (in the classic style of an "overture") to the hair raising musical collage of the final nightmare montage, absolutely brilliant music. It is the music that introduces the very first creepy atmospheric audience expectations, as Craig becomes aware that he has been to the house before... Also, the overall sound design is wonderful. The moment of departing reality in the Hearse segment is the cessation of the clock ticking. The "mirror" theme is built up so that each time the room in the mirror is shown, the theme is orchestrally more elaborate, added layers of counterpoint deepening the viewers' sense of fear and threat. Etc. An expressive, intricate, structured and colourful score, that is indispensable to a discussion about why this film is still so effective, nearly 80 years after it was first shown.

what a great documentary!

I finally got to watch this last night on Film4 decades after first hearing about it in some horror documentary thing. Really good anthology. The haunted mirror  was on of my favourites & the Ventriloquist Dummy Story, absolute masterpiece.