50s British horror movies ruled.

So this is where Marge Simpson got it from! Any other movies like this one or The Ten Commandments have an intro like this one (where either the star or director in Ten Commandments case comes out from behind curtains and speaks to the audience about the upcoming show)? Does it even have a name?

Tenía 12 años cuando la vi y fue la escena que más me dio miedo, seguido en el bosque y las huellas de los cascos del demonio en el suelo!! Uffff hoy 2024 aún me da miedo

Why not the whole ending?

If I saw this in theaters back in 1957: I would be terrified. Seeing a still image of that demon running through the forest is freaky.

Where is Michael redgrave’s Best Actor Oscar? And damn, he is handsome

An absolutely brilliant movie . The closing scene , simplicity in itself , adds to the overarching sense of menace.

I first watched this years ago on my first night alcohol free for two years. That bit at the end when the ventriloquist dummy stands up made me absolutely shit myself. You dont need gore for a hood horror movie. Tremendous

The guy in the car…what a dummy!

More than a horror film it seems like a science fiction film in the style of King Kong or Godzilla.

Watching this in the 1980s at 2 am on a 9 inch b&w television-- bad audio and all -- made this movie a true (but brilliant) nightmare. This is such a brilliant anthology movie; perhaps the very best.

When first watched as a child movie gave me nightmares. Outer Limits Children of Spider County was the worst horror of my life. Cause lifelong insecurity in public speaking. Kent Smith made a splendid monster.

Night 🌃 of the De😈mon❤

yo recuerdo que vi esa imagen del monstruo en una revista pero no sabía que se trataba de un filme del 57

I maintain the scariest element of this entire movie isn’t Hugo being alive and evil, but Maxwell being tragically emotionally bound to him. Maxwell clearly loves this twisted creature beyond all reason, so Hugo assumes he can get away with inflicting any torture he wants. At 2:43, for the first time Hugo feels the power balance shift as he sees the rage in Maxwell’s face, and tries to backpedal but it’s too late. Still, even as Maxwell suffocates Hugo, he holds him close and caresses him. And when Maxwell finally snaps it’s not after almost killing a human being who showed him compassion, but only after he destroyed the thing that deliberately ruined his life. In the hospital he appears to be in a state of shock from grief, and probably guilt. I believe Hugo did not truly possess Maxwell, but Maxwell spoke in Hugo’s voice and became a “dummy” in an attempt to bring him back, even though it meant losing himself entirely. What a powerful combination of conflicting emotions. This segment broke my heart.

Wasn't the demon based on medieval woodcuts? Those pictures always scared me!

One of my favorite horror films. I saw yesterday. The ending when he’s in the cell and the doll comes to life made my heart stop.

Hitchcock fed her those lines off screen.

Wish I could find the soundtrack for this scene, can’t find it anywhere…

Amazing for the time. This was Michael Balcon’s answer to Universal Horror movies of the 30s and a gamble for Ealing that ultimately backfired but is considered a master piece today. Paved the way for Hammer Horror for sure.

"Blimey. George is dying" 😅

The glowing, billowing smoke in the sky among the branches is really good.

Great ending love this movie 🎉

My favourite post war movie, way ahead of it's time, Michael Redgrave as the unhinged ventriloguist and his dummy Hugo was a spectacular piece of short story telling in a 5 set movie, still great today.

I once had a nightmare about a ventriloquist dummy with a similar feel to this film It was black and white and the dummy was sat on a table talking to a man doing electrical repair on a wall. He thought it was a prank and went along with it Then the dummy raises itself up onto its legs like it was levitating, and its voice became very deep and aggressive "I'M ME!! I AM ME!!" It screamed It then produced a gun and shot the man dead Its words have haunted me ever since

Trigger warning.

This Ventriloquist's Dummy and The Haunted Mirror segments of Dead of Night, are cinematic gold.

Wonderful distant effect. People from the school of theater have this talent. The closeup should either be 8 times darker with more noir lighting and fog, or not at all. Hitting the pole with it's consequences was great.

That wasn’t a demon. That was Bigfoot! 😂

I watched this movie in its entirety on Halloween antenna TV. It was good & kinda spooky 🌵🎃🌵

The ending of the film is epic!

Saw this on tv when I was 8 or 9, scared the living sh*t out of me, it still does, brilliant film.

it was funny wehn the dummy died

Despite the demon not looking entirely real, this scene still holds up remarkably well. Seeing something like this in real life would be absolutely terrifying.

He thought he was saved; he thought the curse had been called off...but then he saw that it wasn't, and the demon was coming for him! Too late now!

Pellicola molto bella, certo nulla di eccezionale ma comunque si lascia seguire, ci sono degli errori come il fatto che le pietre del sito di Pietra Sospesa non hanno rune su di esse, quindi molto bella e molto bella per me come valutazione è 7,5.

What a dumbass!

I always thought that the alternative method of Ray Harryhausen would have been fantastic for the appearance of the Demon.

I'd like to read Mark Gatis's view on this film. Dead of night, The Haunting (B&W) and Halfway house, I never tire of them.

Becoming a puppet Ma$ter

When I first saw this brilliant film years ago it was Michael Redgrave"s performance that really stayed with me. He was astonishingly good in this

(2:55) In the original story, Silvester Kee was a nice guy, Maxwell (Hugo's original master) is the creepy one and Hugo is the creepier one. Here Silvester Kee is Hugo's master and is creepy, although Hugo is still creepier.

(2:50) Sally O' Hara was cured for insomnia.

Every morning the demon comes for me after my BM the demon is no more 🚽

(2:55) Hugo and his new master, Silvester Kee.

Brilliant!!!

Hugo... HES ABSULOUTELY ADORABLE ^^ AAAAAAAAA Seriosuly

I first saw this when I was very young, it’s always haunted my dreams as the ultimate horror.

Love this movie!

Janet acted here with her face only. Perfection.