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Lela 2023-08-20 23:39:40
The works of the 1940s seem to have nothing new in structure now, but they are complete and not convoluted. The plots are classic or old-fashioned, but they are still beautiful. Yan Kong is not interested in the first two stories, so it is a little boring, but the actors in the mirror are very good. Well, the golf ghost is very funny~ The puppet master is michael redgrave, what can I say~ I want two puppet...
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Amiya 2023-07-15 17:32:43
A few short stories, some are very interesting, some are okay, but it was not until the end that the classic of this film was really shown~ I was shocked! It will be used in various future...
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Jimmie 2023-07-13 00:12:00
This film is made for...
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Corene 2023-07-09 09:04:08
Pioneer of infinite loop, the main storyline consists of five independent short stories (103-minute version), similar to the look and feel of the old American drama "Yin and Yang Demon Realm". ps: The story of golf is a bit redundant and destroys the rhythm of the film. The last series of plots does not seem to see the elements of this story. Should the other length version be deleted? It feels more fluid this...
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Julian 2023-06-11 07:15:58
Schizophrenia, deadly dolls, evil spirits in the mirror, reincarnation of fate, secret rooms in another world, and even horror comedies, it is hard to imagine how many films the subject matter and narrative structure have influenced later generations. The escape scene of the protagonist at the end can be reminiscent of "Puppet Life", "Inception", "Red Pepper" and "Weima's House". I like the story of the funny golf brothers in...
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Roslyn 2023-06-02 07:18:45
On September 4, 1945, just two days after the end of World War II, this film containing the following elements was released: circular narrative, segmented horror, comedy horror, doll horror, multiple narrators, continuous clues, dreams Dreams, (narrative) tricks, split personality, sense of sight... The fifth puppet master is a reasoning story with multiple answers that can only be written with the pen of today's people, reminiscent of the theme of the film and the era of creation,...
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Ruth 2023-05-28 08:00:56
A masterpiece forgotten by film history. A circular narrative like falling into hell, a nightmare that will never wake up. The setting of Jingfen predates "Psycho", and has been paid tribute to and imitated by countless directors in later generations ("Terror Cruise", "Deadly ID", "Death Illusion", etc.). Since it was taken in 1945, I give it 10...
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Llewellyn 2023-05-24 11:42:42
The pioneering work of a segmented suspense thriller, a main story strung together five unrelated thriller stories, and the ring structure is really eye-opening. Beginning and ending, ending and beginning. British-style strange talk around the stove, the five stories have their own emphasis and style, and they are connected end to end. It is difficult to distinguish the true from the false, which makes the film full of mystery. The segmented loop structure reminds me of a horror cruise ship,...
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Jacklyn 2023-05-06 18:42:21
8. Just a few steps away from the high...
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Meta 2023-04-05 02:08:08
A few clumps of cotton, which may not seem very exciting now, hold up an amazing skeleton, but both the whole (segment, loop, nightmare) and the core elements of each story have been borrowed by countless people!...
Dead of Night Comments
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Ellen 2022-06-27 21:24:03
[Film Review] Dead of Night (1945) 7.6/10
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...
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Rickey 2022-10-27 19:10:25
reincarnation of dreams
It's a weird movie, a group of people hide in a dark room and tell ghost stories, but the atmosphere is different. The horror temperament of this movie is closer to Hitchcock. The paragraph-style plot, although completed by the four directors, has a very coherent atmosphere. What's more, a...
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[last lines]
Walter Craig: Eliot Foley, Pilgrim's Farm... I wonder why that sounds so familiar.
Mrs. Craig: A weekend in the country? I should go
Walter Craig: Mmm. I'll toss for it.
Mrs. Craig: [laughs]
Walter Craig: Heads I go, tails I don't.
[tosses coin]
Mrs. Craig: Heads.
Walter Craig: I go.
Mrs. Craig: That's just what you need darling, it'll help you get rid of those horrible nightmares.
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Walter Craig: Doctor, I dreamed I was on a train passing through a tunnel.
Dr. van Straaten: I'll need to see you three times a week.