Dan Curtis’ TV Horror Anthology Film ‘Dead of Night’ Hits Blu-ray in October
1977 made-for-TV horror anthology film Dead of Night will be released on Blu-ray on October 28 via Kino Lorber.
Dan Curtis (“Dark Shadows,” Trilogy of Terror) directs from a script by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, “The Twilight Zone”).
“A Darkness at Blaisedon,” the 1969 pilot for a Dead of Night TV series that was never picked up, is included among the special features:
- Audio Commentary by Film Critic Tim Lucas (new)
- Introduction by Jeff Thompson, Author of The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis
- Dead of Night: A Darkness At Blaisedon (HD Up-Res): 1969 TV Pilot (51:53)
- Robert Cobert’s Music Score Highlights
- No Such Thing as a Vampire: Deleted Scenes
- Deleted Extended Opening Title Sequence
In “Second Chance,” based on the short story by Jack Finney (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Frank (Ed Begley Jr.) restores an antique automobile to its original condition. Along with the car, Frank is suddenly transported back in time to the year 1926.
In “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 Buchholz) to examine her, a macabre and bloody scheme unfolds.
In “Bobby,” a boy (Lee H. Montgomery), thought to be deceased, surprises his despondent mother (Joan Hackett) at the family beach house in the dead of night, bringing her both extreme joy and overwhelming terror.
The Dude Designs created new cover art for the film.
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