Review #229: Dead of Night (1945)
This review was originally written in October 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #83: Dead of Night (1945) So, one thing I want to preface this review: The audio quality of this film is kind of bad. I had to crank the volume up like 4x higher than usual to understand what anybody was saying since it all sounded kind of fuzzy, and there were still times I had to rewind it to catch something that was said because I didn't understand a transition between scenes. At first I thought this was just an issue with the version I was watching, but I've watched several clips on Youtube (as well as part of a documentary about it, which used some clips from the film) and all of them sounded the same, so I think that's just how the movie is. That being said, audio issues aside, I was kind of amazed at how good this movie was! Dead of Night starts off following Walter Craig, an architect who arrives at a country cottage to discuss a business offer with the owner. As he wa...