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7,5/10
15 k
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueGuests at an English estate recall nightmares.Guests at an English estate recall nightmares.Guests at an English estate recall nightmares.
- Prix
- 2 victoires et 2 nominations au total
Anthony Baird
- Hugh Grainger
- (as Antony Baird)
Esme Percy
- Antique Dealer
- (as Esmé Percy)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe film's U.S. distributor thought that it was too long; therefore, two of the five segments, "Christmas Party" and "Golfing Story", were both cut. This confused U.S. audiences, who could not understand at all what Michael Allen from "Christmas Party" was doing in the nightmare montage at the end of it. The two segments have since been restored to all U.S. releases of the film.
- GaffesAs Peter Cortland stands looking into the mirror his wife-to-be has bought him, the stripes on his tie run from his left side down to his right. A reverse shot shows the stripes on his tie running in the same direction; obviously, this is not a mirror image.
- Citations
Hearse Driver: Just room for one inside, sir.
- Autres versionsThe original UK version of this film was 105 minutes long and had five segments in it ("Hearse Driver", "Christmas Party", "Haunted Mirror", "Golfing Story" and "Ventriloquist's Dummy"). When it was originally released in the U.S., two of the five segments ("Christmas Party" and "Golfing Story") were cut to shorten it to 77 minutes because the distributor though that it was too long. Later re-releases of it in the U.S., such as the TV version and all of its home video releases, restored the two missing segments to their proper places in it.
- ConnexionsEdited into Pirates (1995)
- Bandes originalesThe Hullalooba
Music by Anna Marly
Lyrics by Anna Marly
Sung by Elisabeth Welch with Frank Weir and his Sextet
Commentaire en vedette
Anthology n.: a collection of selected literary pieces or passages of works of art or music.
This classic horror-anthology from Britain's Ealing Studios is composed of four separate stories, composed around a group of strangers that is mysteriously gathered at a country estate where each reveals their chilling tale of the supernatural. But even after these frightening tales are told, does one final nightmare await them all?
The horror-anthology has proved a difficult sub-genre, usually made with only limited success, because it's notoriously difficult to get it right. If only one of the stories fails to deliver, the whole piece is dragged down. But this multi-part horror effort from Britain's Ealing Studios still proves to be very effective and justifiably still is one of the most revered and successful horror anthologies ever made. It features appearances by many of the best British actors of it's day, including Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, Basil Radford and Michael Redgrave. With four different directors at the helm, not all four segments are equally effective and are quite different in tone, but they are all good in their own right. The standout for me, not judged in terms of the best, but certainly the most frightening story of the four, is "The Ventriloquist Dummy" by Brazilian born Alberto Cavalcanti (he's simply billed as Cavalcanti), the only non-British director involved in DEAD OF NIGHT. Michael Redgrave plays a renowned ventriloquist who descends into an abyss of madness and murder, when his dummy takes on a life of his own. One of the most unsettling stories I've ever seen.
The somewhat less effective (if only slightly) mirror sequence by Robert Hamer shows something very scary can be achieved with very basic means. When Ralph Michael looks in the mirror, to his horror he keeps seeing the reflection of a dark Gothic room lit with candles, completely different from the room he's standing in and slowly, he begins to loose his mind. Ultimately, it is the extremely unsettling music score that makes it work. Basic but very effective.
As with most anthologies, it's difficult to keep track of the main interwoven storyline, because between the different stories we're told, your mind is still very much trying to grasp what you've just seen. This is probably why the genre became increasingly unpopular over the years. With the exception of "The Ventriloquist Dummy", don't expect anything particularly scary, but it did leave me quietly disturbed. The peerless British cast and the witty, slightly old-fashioned tongue-in-cheek dialog makes this very pleasant and appropriately unsettling viewing.
Camera Obscura --- 8/10 --- 10/10 for "The Ventriloquist Dummy"
This classic horror-anthology from Britain's Ealing Studios is composed of four separate stories, composed around a group of strangers that is mysteriously gathered at a country estate where each reveals their chilling tale of the supernatural. But even after these frightening tales are told, does one final nightmare await them all?
The horror-anthology has proved a difficult sub-genre, usually made with only limited success, because it's notoriously difficult to get it right. If only one of the stories fails to deliver, the whole piece is dragged down. But this multi-part horror effort from Britain's Ealing Studios still proves to be very effective and justifiably still is one of the most revered and successful horror anthologies ever made. It features appearances by many of the best British actors of it's day, including Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, Basil Radford and Michael Redgrave. With four different directors at the helm, not all four segments are equally effective and are quite different in tone, but they are all good in their own right. The standout for me, not judged in terms of the best, but certainly the most frightening story of the four, is "The Ventriloquist Dummy" by Brazilian born Alberto Cavalcanti (he's simply billed as Cavalcanti), the only non-British director involved in DEAD OF NIGHT. Michael Redgrave plays a renowned ventriloquist who descends into an abyss of madness and murder, when his dummy takes on a life of his own. One of the most unsettling stories I've ever seen.
The somewhat less effective (if only slightly) mirror sequence by Robert Hamer shows something very scary can be achieved with very basic means. When Ralph Michael looks in the mirror, to his horror he keeps seeing the reflection of a dark Gothic room lit with candles, completely different from the room he's standing in and slowly, he begins to loose his mind. Ultimately, it is the extremely unsettling music score that makes it work. Basic but very effective.
As with most anthologies, it's difficult to keep track of the main interwoven storyline, because between the different stories we're told, your mind is still very much trying to grasp what you've just seen. This is probably why the genre became increasingly unpopular over the years. With the exception of "The Ventriloquist Dummy", don't expect anything particularly scary, but it did leave me quietly disturbed. The peerless British cast and the witty, slightly old-fashioned tongue-in-cheek dialog makes this very pleasant and appropriately unsettling viewing.
Camera Obscura --- 8/10 --- 10/10 for "The Ventriloquist Dummy"
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- 26 juill. 2006
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Box-office
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 35 275 $ US
- Durée1 heure 43 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1
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