Dead of night /
'Dead of night': "Three tales of mystery, imagination & suspense! Legendary producer-director Dan Curtis ('Dark shadows', 'The night stalker') presents a thrilling trilogy of spell-binding stories with mystery-horror writer Richard Matheson ('I am legend&#...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with English subtitles. |
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[Orland Park, Ill.] :
Dark Sky Films,
[2009]
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| Summary: | 'Dead of night': "Three tales of mystery, imagination & suspense! Legendary producer-director Dan Curtis ('Dark shadows', 'The night stalker') presents a thrilling trilogy of spell-binding stories with mystery-horror writer Richard Matheson ('I am legend', 'The twilight zone'). 'Second chance' - After buying an antique automobile, Frank (Ed Begley Jr.) restores the vehicle to its original condition. Along with the car, Frank is transported back in time to the year 1926. Based on a short story by Jack Finney. 'No such thing as a vampire' - Alexis (Anjanette Comer), the mistress of an old mansion, is terrified of vampires. When her husband (Patrick Macnee) calls in a friend (Horst Bucholtz) to examine her, a macabre scheme unfolds. 'Bobby' - On a dark and stormy night, a boy (Lee H. Montgomery), thought to be dead, surprises his despondent mother (Joan Hackett) at the family beach house, bringing her both extreme joy and overwhelming terror."--Container slip. 'Dead of night : a darkness at Blaisedon': "... psychic investigators explore a haunted house to unlock the hidden secrets of its past"--Container slip. |
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| Item Description: | Bonus material: bonus second feature: A Darkness at Blaisedon; deleted footage; music score highlights; 1969 Dead of Night TV pilot. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Bonus material: deleted footage from 'No such thing as a vampire' ; deleted extended opening title ; Robert Cobert's music score highlights ; 1969 'Dead of night' TV pilot: 'A darkness at Blaisedon'. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 73 min, approximately 52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; region 1 ; [aspect ratio:] 4:3 ; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Production Credits: | 'Dead of night': written by Richard Matheson ; 'Second chance' based on the published story by Jack Finney ; directed by Dan Curtis ; producer, Robert Singer ; music, Robert Cobert ; director of photography, Ric Waite ; film editor, Dennis Virkler. 'Dead of night : a darkness at Blaisedon': written by Sam Hall ; produced by Dan Curtis ; directed by Lela Swift ; music composed by Robert Cobert. |
| ISBN: | 0788608223 9780788608223 |