1945年拍摄的《深夜》确实是一部杰作,影片是通过一个男人拜访一间乡间小屋参加一起小型聚会,所引发的会上宾客叙述身边的五个独立的灵异故事组成,从而形成一部完整的电影。这五个短片和贯穿短片的片外故事是由四位导演分别拍摄的,他们是:巴兹.迪尔登的通篇故事和短片《灵车司机》(Hearse Driver)、Alberto Cavalcanti的《圣诞派对》(Christmas Party)和《温特瑞丽欧奎斯特的木偶》(The Ventriloquist's Dummy)、查尔斯.克里奇顿的《高尔夫的故事》(Golfing Story)、罗伯特.汉默的《幽灵古镜》(The Haunted Mirror)等。现在这种叙事结构的短篇已经很常见,但在当时确是大胆的尝试,几位导演配合的也天衣无缝。
故事由擅长侦探片的巴兹.迪尔登拍摄(我看过他导演的《牺牲》、《美人局》和《国际暗杀局》都相当精彩,此外还有《沙漠龙虎会》较为一般):中年男子克雷格驱车前往一乡间小屋,他的好朋友福利先生约了一些朋友在这里举行了一个小型聚会。克雷格到了客厅看到与会的宾客,他突然感觉这些情景和人物都在他的梦境中出现过
An anthology horror fare from Ealing studios, not their usual practice, DEAD OF NIGHT’s frame story is embowered in a country home where the hag-ridden architect Walter Craig (John, timorous at first, but becomes totally unheimlich near the end) is invited by its owner Elliot Foley (Culver) for renovation advice, upon arrival, it dawns on Mr. Craig that incredibly he has dreamt about the place and Foley’s guests before although he has neither been here nor known any of t
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