It's More Dan Curtis Fright in "Dead of Night"-Tonight!

Good morning and happy Svengoolie day from Storgoolie. It’s time once again to present to you my art of the week. This week, I have 3 new art pieces to share with you (you can find them in the comments below)! Storgoolie will see you all later on tonight for the big broadcast of “Dead Of Night”!

Charlie the deputy just wanted to say "Arrivederci!"

If you click on my name to view Bill K's review, you'll have to scroll down about five or six items from the top. Look for the one that begins with "Good evening, everyone!"

Ed Begley Jr. was the assistant cameraman for the motion picture EQUINOX (1970) Maybe Svengoolie could show that good ol' horror movie some time.

I'm excited about this trilogy as I've not watched it before. Being a long time Dark Shadows fan, just by Dan Curtis making the trilogy has me very interested! I'm sure many of beat a path home after school to watch Dark Shadows in the 1960s! The best soap opera ever made!

Could it be?! Another Too Drawn Out?! I love those! They're fun and challenging. A nice bonus to the show!

Nostalgiaferatoo!! LOL! He is completely hilarious! I love it when his eyes get big and orders everyone to be quiet, waving his finger with one of those insanely long fingernails, saying, "Silence!" You never know what he is going to say next! It's always fun to have Nosty on The Big Broadcast!

That said, my very best to Mr. Goolie, Kerwyn, Nostalgiaferatoo, IMP, and Gwengoolie! Oh, it will be fun to see those Sventoonie episodes again in October! Y'all doing a great job!

Biding September adieu, and welcoming in October and Boo-Nanza!! It's going to be extra fun!

Enjoy! Happy October!

For most filmgoers, anthology movies can be a "hit-or-miss" proposition. On one hand, unlike a single-story film, an anthology can offer second chances for an audience who might feel that, even if one story had disappointed them, any of the other segments had still redeemed the movie for them. On the other hand, such a film generally lacks the more fully developed characters and plotlines that a single extended story can provide.

Still, if done right, anthologies can be most satisfying cinematic experiences. Some of the more memorable multi-story films have included D W. Griffith's silent masterpiece INTOLERANCE and the brilliant Italian comedies BOCCACCIO 70 and YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW. Anthologies have been especially popular in the horror genre, with such fan favorites as FLESH AND FANTASY, TALES OF TERROR, TWICE-TOLD TALES, and the British Amicus studio's series of omnibus chillers. This list would most certainly include tonight's movie, producer-director Dan Curtis' 1977 made-for-for TV movie DEAD OF NIGHT.

This movie's title had earlier been used for two other big-screen films. The first had been the classic 1945 British-made anthology feature by the Ealing Studios that writer Robert Bloch had called the "almost perfect horror film." The second (with the alternate title of DEATHDREAM) had been a 1974 Canadian-made chiller directed by A CHRISTMAS STORY director Bob Clark. This movie, which has become a cult favorite, is about a young man who returns home from the Vietnam War as a blood-seeking ghoul. The film had seemed to channel W. D. Jacobs' classic short story "The Monkey's Paw," which, ironically, is the inspiration for this evening's movie's third tale, "Bobby." The other two installments are entitled "Second Chance" and "No Such Thing as a Vampire."

This DEAD OF NIGHT, which aired on CBS on March 29, 1977, was Curtis' follow-up to his immensely successful 1974 ABC anthology movie TRILOGY OF TERROR, which had starred Karen Black in three different roles in three different stories. Curtis had decided to bring back TRILOGY's principal screenwriter, author Richard Matheson, to pen the teleplay. Interestingly enough, "Bobby" incorporates a similar scenario as TRILOGY's third tale, "Amelia," with, once again, a woman (played by Joan Hackett) who finds herself trapped in an isolated setting and battling a supernatural menace, in this case, her own son, whom she has called back from the dead. As with "Amelia," many consider this movie's third segment the best of the three.

The other two stories, though, have their own respective appeal. The first, "Second Chance," starring Ed Begley, Jr., takes Matheson back to his days as a frequent contributor to the original TWILIGHT ZONE TV series, with its protagonist's chance involvement with past events in a small community that ends with a surprising twist finale. It was based on a short story by Jack Finney, author of the book THE BODY SNATCHERS, which has been adapted to film several times. The second tale, "No such Thing as a Vampire," is about a wife who tries to convince her husband (played by the always marvelous Patrick Macnee) that she is the victim of an undead stalker.

Despite Curtis' and Matheson's hopes for a repeat success, DEAD OF NIGHT did not garner the same blockbuster ratings as had TRILOGY OF TERROR. Still, Curtis, for one, must have thought enough of this movie to turn to it again, for his 1996 USA Network anthology chiller, TRILOGY OF TERROR II. This movie's third installment was a remake of DEAD OF NIGHT'S "Bobby," which proves that anthology films' stories can cast long, dark shadows.

Bill K had asked me to post his poist his movie review for him this week. I've tried a half-dozen times, but it keeps disappearing. However, If you click my avatar and name, you'll be able to read it in full. Please do, because you will not be disappointed!

Oh baby a movie ive not seen on Svengoolie! 🕺💃

The wife and I traveled a bit south to Auburn, IN to the Auburn/Cord/Dusenberg Museum last week, and among the cars on display was this little oddity.

No word on who the driver was, but I think we can guess.

Mootsy is dead 💀 tired 🥱
Good nyte Svensters 🌚
G’nite 🌕 my Beat 💋😘