. considered for the first annual A Night of Horror anthology feature film. Submission details for the Anthology Contributor Competition of A Night of Horror. 13 Terrifying Vignettes From Horror Anthology Movies. Anthology horror movies make the most of the format. To get you ready for IFC Dead of Night was an atypical choice for Ealing and for Balcon. 10 classics of British TV horror. But for those of us who grew up with this rare anthology horror series for. Here are the best horror anthology movies. Screen Rant. You Are Reading: 13 Best Horror Anthology Movies Of All. Night Gallery is a solid anthology film on its own. A Night of Horror: Volume 1 [Review]. Deadhouse Films presents the A Night of Horror Film Festival‘s debut feature film, an anthology by 10 directors. €œDead of Night is an enjoyable anthology. and in all honesty, that’s a pretty good result for an anthology horror film.†Shaun Anderson. Horror Anthology Week: . Horror Anthology Week: Night as a Catalyst is a horror anthology by writer Chad Lutzke. It includes 18 short stories, and after each story, Chad gives a brief description of his inspiration. Seize the Night Horror Anthology. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT the same as Sherrilyn’s Dark- Hunter novel Seize the Night, but is a collection of horror short stories. As such, it isn’t tied to any of her series. Before being transformed into romantic heroes and soft, emotional antiheroes, vampires were figures of overwhelming terror. Now, from some of the biggest names in horror and dark fiction, comes this stellar collection of short stories that make vampires frightening once again. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden, Seize the Night is old- school vampire fiction at its finest. Sherri’s contribution is the short story she wrote in grade school called The Neighbors. Featuring all- new stories from: Kelley Armstrong. John Ajvide Lindqvist. Laird Barron. Gary A. Braunbeck. Dana Cameron. Dan Chaon and Lynda Barry. Charlaine Harris. Brian Keene. Sherrilyn Kenyon. Michael Koryta. John Langan. Tim Lebbon. Seanan Mc. Guire. Joe Mc. Kinney. Leigh Perry. Robert Shearman. Scott Smith. Lucy A. Snyder. David Wellington. Roads To Hell: A Horror Anthology - Part 1 - Night Beast(c) Sam Castle 2. All rights reserved. He had nurtured a strange ability to sleep through the loudest and most urgent sounds, from his alarm clock to his sisters obscenely loud dance- trance- rave music. He took pride in this great talent, often while he lay sprawled, dozing in his forever unmade bed at 2: 3. So it was with sleepy confusion that Alex opened his eyes on the last night of his school holidays. His room was dark, filled with oddly shaped shadows and the sounds of his deep, deep breathing whistling through his parted lips. Before his eyelids succumbed to his exhaustion, the teenager noted blearily that it was barely four o'clock in the morning and he would not be awakened by his shrieking alarm (or shrieking mother) for another four hours. A moment of blissful numbness and then the sweet coma of sleep was ripped away from him by a single sound - a deep, hollow bark - coming from somewhere inside the house. The bark of a dog is not a greatly strange sound, except that there was no dog in Alex's household. They owned a cranky, aging cat, who lived in the garage directly beneath Alex's room. What's down there? Just a stupid mutt, but the cat's no challenge for a mouse. And if it dies, Kate will cry and cry and cry, and I'll never hear the end of it. Fuck. Expecting nothing other than a hungry, wild dog barking at the back door, Alex rolled out of bed and stumbled towards the stairs. With each unsteady step the floor groaned in protest and Alex would pause. With each hesitation, the dog barked, urging him forward. As the teen edged slowly down the stairs, carefully feeling the edge of the step before moving forward, he strained his ears for the sound of the animal. The bark was muffled and distant. The cry of the stray had moved further away, into the garage. Alex felt cold, smooth tiles against his toes, he had reached the bottom floor and the garage door was just one step to his right. He blinked hard, trying to see through the darkness. There was an odd silence. After minutes of repetitive barking, the air was heavy with a pregnant pause, as if the house was drawing its breath in a deep gasp. He moved towards the garage, placed his ear on the door. Waited. Even the senile, old cat had paused in its continuous caterwauling, which was a blessing since- The dog barked. Definitely from inside the garage this time. How the fuck did it get in there? Alex wrapped a long- fingered hand tentatively around the handle and slowly, cautiously opened the door. The darkness seemed to make the room endless and empty, and Alex began to feel truly alone in his home, surrounded by the dark. Quickly, he shattered the nightmarish illusion by flicking the lights on. The bulbs flickered, and then steadied, illuminating a squalid mess of car parts, toys, cat food, skateboards and cat shit. But no dog. He stepped into the room, quietly closing the door behind him - That mutt better not fucking run off! Checked underneath the car and behind the foosball table for the annoying animal. Probably outside, waiting for moths to fly into his open, toothless mouth or near the air conditioner unit, which heated up if used for too long. The dog barked again, more urgent this time. The dog! Fine, you motherfucker, I'll show you what happens to strays that wake me up in the middle of the night! Alex skipped over his old skateboard, broken into pieces now, and various small, round presents that ol' Jack had left lying out the open. He opened the door at the far end of the garage. The oppressive cloak of night pressed upon him; the smell of cold night air, chilling winter breeze, coppery - What is- ? The beast- thing turned its heavy head and its jagged maw seemed to grin at him, seemed to laugh at him as he stood frozen in fear. Pale, dirty fur matted with blood and sprinkled with pre- dawn dew. Shaggy hair hung in clumps over yellow eyes. At its feet, Alex saw the ripped and dismembered body of his cat; a sob heaved in his chest and tears stung his eyes. Poor guy.. I'm sorry, I should've taken better care of you. I should've washed you when you couldn't do it yourself any longer and I should have, I should've - ah, you didn't deserve this, mate! The monster rose on its hind legs, more human in the way they moved, and stalked towards the terrified boy. Alex stared at its eyes and it stared right back. Daring him to make the meal just that little tastier - blood flavoured with adrenaline. Alex kept staring even as he felt the hot, white fog caused by its laboured breath fan onto his face. Then, with a sickening lurch of his heart, his mind broke and he sprang into action! Whirled, scrambled to get inside the garage - the safety and comfort of family territory! The beast rushed and opened its jaws wide, roaring and panting. Teeth sunk into supple flesh. Alex's scream died and gurgled, blood rushing from his body into the waiting mouth of the Beast. In the morning, Kate gulped the last of her breakfast, checked the time and grabbed her school bag in a single moment. Her mother kissed her on the cheek as she ran out the door in a race to beat her bus to the stop. Her brother was likely still abed, the lazy fuck. Thought I heard a dog barking. Any feedback or constructive criticism is much appreciated! This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is entirely coincidental. Dead of Night - Wikipedia. Dead of Night is a 1. British anthologyhorror film (a gothic or horror anthology) made by Ealing Studios; the individual stories were directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. The film stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes and Michael Redgrave. The film is probably best- remembered for the ventriloquist's dummy episode with Redgrave. Dead of Night stands out from British film of the 1. Britain during the war), and it had an influence on subsequent British films in the genre. Both of the segments by John Baines were recycled for later films, and the possessed ventriloquist dummy episode was adapted as the audition episode of the long- running CBS radio series Escape. Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) has been invited by Elliot Foley (Roland Culver) to his country home in Kent to consult on some renovations. Upon arrival at the cottage, he reveals to Foley and his assembled guests that despite never having met any of them, he has seen them all in a recurring dream. He appears to have no prior personal knowledge of them but he is able to predict spontaneous events in the house before they unfold. Craig partially recalls with some dismay that something awful will later occur, and becomes increasingly disturbed. The other guests attempt to test Craig's foresight and set him at ease, while entertaining each other with various tales of uncanny or supernatural events that they experienced or were told about. These include a racing car driver's premonition of a fatal bus crash; a ghostly encounter during a children's Christmas party (a tale cut from the initial USA release); a haunted antique mirror; a light- hearted tale of two obsessed golfers, one of whom becomes haunted by the other's ghost (another cut from the initial USA release); and the story of an unbalanced ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave) who believes his amoral dummy is truly alive. The framing story is then capped by a twist ending in which Craig murders one of the guests, then escapes into a feverish montage of scenes and characters from the house guests' tales. At the climax, the dummy Hugo is strangling him when Craig suddenly wakes up at home from the nightmare to the sound of a phone ringing. The phone call is from Elliot Foley, inviting him to his country home to consult on some renovations. As the end credits roll, Craig is again driving up to Foley's cottage, exactly as in the film's opening. Linking narrative. Benson published in The Pall Mall Magazine in 1. Anthony Baird as Hugh Grainger. Judy Kelly as Joyce Grainger. Miles Malleson as Hearse Driver / Bus Conductor. Robert Wyndham as Dr. Albury. Christmas Party sequence. Wells)Ventriloquist's Dummy sequence. The site's critical consensus reads, . Benson published in The Pall Mall Magazine in 1. Dead of Night. Famous Ghost Stories, a 1. Bennett Cerf which retells the Benson short story but changes the main character to a woman and transfers the action to New York City. British Film Institute. Retrieved August 8, 2. Monthly Film Bulletin. British Film Institute. Retrieved August 8, 2. Retrieved 1. 1 October 2. Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1. Third Edition. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9. 78- 0- 6. ISBN 0- 1. 9- 8. 50. Retrieved April 1. Retrieved April 1. Retrieved 1. 5 November 2. Retrieved 1. 4 November 2.
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