The Movie: Dead of Night (1945)
What Is It?: The
first great horror portmanteau set the standards to which all subsequent horror
portmanteau’s adhered, including its uneven nature. But episodes about a
haunted X-mas party and a rather independent ventriloquist’s dummy deliver the
goods, and the wrap-around story is the greatest in the history of horror
portmanteaus.
Why Today?: Today
is the longest night of year…plus
the Christmas episode fits this week's holiday theme.
