In case you missed the news, Bloody Disgusting and Cinedigm launched Bloody Disgusting TV last week, a *free* streaming channel that’s live 24/7 exclusively on The Roku Channel through the month of October. The channel can be viewed right here in your web browser or it can be accessed by heading over to The Roku Channel -> Live TV -> Channel 770.
And don’t worry, BD TV is sticking around long after Halloween as well!
Bloody Disgusting TV will feature horror films, new originals, exclusives, video podcasts, ‘Bloody Bites’ short films and more, and one of the films we’re playing tonight is the influential horror anthology Dead of Night from 1945. A British production, Dead of Night is one of the earliest examples of a horror anthology film, and it’s considered one of the best.
Most notable is the film’s final story featuring an evil ventriloquist dummy, which Clive Barker praised in a chat with Daily Dead earlier this week. Barker told the site, “There’s also an English picture called Dead of Night and the final story is exceptional.” Dead of Night is one of the films that laid the groundwork for Hulu’s Barker adaptation Books of Blood, now streaming.
In Dead of Night, “Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.” The film’s segments were directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer.
Dead of Night will stream on Bloody Disgusting TV tonight, October 8th, at 4:50PM Pacific / 7:50 Eastern. If you’re watching along with us tonight, be sure to use #BDTV!
