
Movies that feel likeDead of Night (1945)
If you loved Dead of Night, the closest films we have are The Black Cat (1934), Un Chien Andalou (1929) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). All three share Dead of Night's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Poison for the Fairies (1986).
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If Dead of Night hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: black and white
The difference: Trades the dream logic of Dead of Night for an angle of its own

The same preoccupation in both: dreams
The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Dead of Night does

Both land dread and unease at once
The difference: Easier on the tension than Dead of Night

One thread runs through both: insanity

Dreamlike horror, and it commits to that
The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1960s show

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: dreams


Both lean on dream logic more than on thriller

Horror built on tension, twice over
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Dread-soaked thriller, and it commits to that

Both run unsettling where it counts
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