Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Anthony Baird
- Hugh Grainger
- (as Antony Baird)
Esme Percy
- Antique Dealer
- (as Esmé Percy)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe film's U.S. distributor thought that it was too long; therefore, two of the five segments, "Christmas Party" and "Golfing Story", were both cut. This confused U.S. audiences, who could not understand at all what Michael Allen from "Christmas Party" was doing in the nightmare montage at the end of it. The two segments have since been restored to all U.S. releases of the film.
- GoofsAs Peter Cortland stands looking into the mirror his wife-to-be has bought him, the stripes on his tie run from his left side down to his right. A reverse shot shows the stripes on his tie running in the same direction; obviously, this is not a mirror image.
- Quotes
Hearse Driver: Just room for one inside, sir.
- Alternate versionsThe original UK version of this film was 105 minutes long and had five segments in it ("Hearse Driver", "Christmas Party", "Haunted Mirror", "Golfing Story" and "Ventriloquist's Dummy"). When it was originally released in the U.S., two of the five segments ("Christmas Party" and "Golfing Story") were cut to shorten it to 77 minutes because the distributor though that it was too long. Later re-releases of it in the U.S., such as the TV version and all of its home video releases, restored the two missing segments to their proper places in it.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hackers (1995)
- SoundtracksThe Hullalooba
Music by Anna Marly
Lyrics by Anna Marly
Sung by Elisabeth Welch with Frank Weir and his Sextet
Featured review
Nightmares, recurring dreams, deja vu - something we can all relate to
This is a great horror classic.I think what makes it so great is it contains something that we can all relate to. Many horror films are so far fetched, that we can't imagine anything like that happening to us. Today's horror pictures equate fear with blood, gore and shock value. But I think the things that scare us the most are the things that are subtle, which makes it more believable.
We've all had feelings of deja vu at some point - or had recurring dreams or similar experiences. This movie takes very ordinary objects we all have in our homes, like a mirror, and makes us think twice about them. And what child hasn't played hide and seek and worried that they might not get found by the others. But in this case, the girl gets lost in a secret area of a home only to discover something ghastly.
There is an expected lighthearted touch in the middle with the golfing story. I found the part where the ghost couldn't remember the hand-signal sequence to "disappear" to be absolutely hilarious. Some have commented they felt it was out of place. But I think the comedy relaxes you enough so that when the next scary sequence begins, it really comes as a shock.
I found shadings of Hitchcock, The Twilight Zone, and even Shyamalan ( the circular nature and premonition of SIGNS). I loved the circular nature in this tale especially. I found the cinematography to be intriguing, especially some of the close-ups. I think the "Christmas Party" sequence was especially beautifully filmed. And the creepy music score throughout does quite a good job of adding to and creating tension.
Any fan of classic Horror will love this little gem. This is one that will stick with you for some time (and make you double-check your mirrors). And remember...all it takes is a weekend in the country to cure those recurring nightmares!! HAPPY DREAMS!
We've all had feelings of deja vu at some point - or had recurring dreams or similar experiences. This movie takes very ordinary objects we all have in our homes, like a mirror, and makes us think twice about them. And what child hasn't played hide and seek and worried that they might not get found by the others. But in this case, the girl gets lost in a secret area of a home only to discover something ghastly.
There is an expected lighthearted touch in the middle with the golfing story. I found the part where the ghost couldn't remember the hand-signal sequence to "disappear" to be absolutely hilarious. Some have commented they felt it was out of place. But I think the comedy relaxes you enough so that when the next scary sequence begins, it really comes as a shock.
I found shadings of Hitchcock, The Twilight Zone, and even Shyamalan ( the circular nature and premonition of SIGNS). I loved the circular nature in this tale especially. I found the cinematography to be intriguing, especially some of the close-ups. I think the "Christmas Party" sequence was especially beautifully filmed. And the creepy music score throughout does quite a good job of adding to and creating tension.
Any fan of classic Horror will love this little gem. This is one that will stick with you for some time (and make you double-check your mirrors). And remember...all it takes is a weekend in the country to cure those recurring nightmares!! HAPPY DREAMS!
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- PudgyPandaMan
- Feb 5, 2009
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $35,275
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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