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Originally posted by Supernova Pilbeam View Post
Well, I always need that breather. You do have a point about its placement, it could have gone a little earlier. Incidentally, when I was younger, I always used to confuse this film with Halfway House (Basil Dearden)...it has many similarities and the two seem to give each other more resonance, if you know what I mean.
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I always wondered especially going by the content and poster if these films were promoted as "horror" films in the first place. With the Halfway house it falls neatly into the fantasy realm whereas Dead of Night is plainly horror and has some shocking moments. Just to add I love these films and when I come across a rarity I've never heard off I'm delighted, much like The House on Marsh Road which I only knew about until a few years ago.
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Originally posted by tv horror View PostI always wondered especially going by the content and poster if these films were promoted as "horror" films in the first place.
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Originally posted by googiefan View PostI love the story with Michael Redgrave and Hugo, the ventriloquist. Wouldn’t I, wouldn’t I wouldn’t I. A great few words from Hugo.
A failed magician finds sudden stardom as a ventriloquist when he comes across a foul-mouthed dummy named Fats. But as the pressures of stardom mount, something strange begins to happen as the dummy takes control of his human.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077889/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt
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Originally posted by Seaton View PostGood question. I may be mistaken but I seem to remember that horror films as such were banned during WWII, for the sake of public spirits. So would that make Ealing or whoever more likely to herald the film as “horror”, or less, when it came out just after the war, I wonder?
clearly shows it to be originally advertised as of a 'horror' nature, but note it was given the lesser 'A' rating (children under 12 had to be accompanied by an adult) rather then the horror specific 'H' rating (only 16 or above allowed entry). Apparently the advertising tag-line was "Even GREATER than Seventh Veil", Britain's no.1 film of the year, and famous for another of James Mason's sadistic brute roles, but not exactly a horror film.
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Thanks for that agutter. I regularly show this film to young and old students as a British classic, around Halloween or Christmas, and it always gets a good discussion going. And there’s no general agreement about which bit is best, which is nice.
I don’t get on here as much as I did, so while I’m here let me just say that I really hope you’re all well. Strange times - hopefully we’re turning a corner.
Cheers.
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TPTV are showing this on New Year's Eve @ 6.50pm. Quite early, but it'll give the kids a chance to see The Dummy episode, that'll give them nightmares.
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