Face it folks without this movie, we would have no Twilight Zone, no horror comics especially EC comics, no Creepshow, no Trick R Treat, no Tales from The Darkside or any horror anthology.
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Yes, watching this I thought of Creepshow - and also of the Hitchcock TV series.
The OP is an obvious overstatement.
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Just dropping by to say the Twilight Zone ep "room 22" is basically the first tale from this movie.
shareDefinite "Twilight Zone". "Room 22". "The Dummy".
share~ Hell yeah! This film influenced those horrors. Without a doubt, heck I thought of Twilight Zone right away.
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This must be one of the earliest examples of anthology horror, which was perfected by Amicus Productions. This may have been the impetus for all subsequent anthology horror, given where it was filmed and the early release dare.
shareI agree, but I think it more directly influenced the Hammer and Amicus productions of anthology horror in the UK. The cerebral atmosphere and inquisitive nature of Dead of Night seems more prevalent in those older anthologies than, say, Creepshow or Trick R Treat (two of my favorite horror films, by the way).
Twilight Zone seems more similar stylistically, and were closer in time to Dead of Night. Though through the grape vine, and indirectly, many horror anthologies wouldn't have come in the same way if Dead of Night didn't exist.
Do you also believe it also influenced EC's horror and suspense comics especially Tales from The Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear and Crime Suspensestories?
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I can't say with any degree of accuracy whether or not Dead of Night directly influenced the American EC horror comics of the 1950's but Milton Subotsky, co-founder of Amicus Films (and also a fan of EC's comics), certainly was influenced by Dead of Night. It was one of his favourite films and inspired him to pursue the portmanteau format (anthology horror) starting with their first success, Dr Terror's House of Horrors in 1965. Amicus followed this up with a string of great portmanteau horror films such as Asylum (1972) and Tales from the Crypt (also 1972) among others. All were heavily influenced by both the style of storytelling in Dead of Night and EC horror comics.
I wrote about my love of this style of horror film, and Amicus in particular, over in the message board for another great Amicus portmanteau, The Vault of Horror (1973).
Actually it was the horror radio shadows of the 30s/40s that started the anthology as we know it.
Shows like Inner Sanctum, Witches Tale, etc.
The earliest known horror anthology was a German film called Eerie Tales (1919). It stars Conrad Veidt, who starred in another horror classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919). Both are on youtube.
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