Dead of Night/The Queen of Spades
DEAD OF NIGHT A group of strangers is mysteriously gathered  at a country estate where each reveals a chilling tale of the  supernatural. First, a racer survives a brush with death only to receive  terrifying premonitions from beyond the grave. Then a teen's innocent  game of hide-and-seek leads to an encounter with the macabre. Next, a  young couple purchases an antique mirror that unleashes a horrific power  from its past. In a lighter vein, two competitive golfers play for  stakes that may haunt the winner forever. Finally, a renowned  ventriloquist descends into an abyss of madness and murder when his  dummy develops a mind of its own. But even after these frightening tales  are told, does one final nightmare await them all? Britain's venerable  Ealing Studios brought together four brilliant directors -Charles  Crichton (THE LAVENDER HILL MOB), Basil Dearden (THE MIND BENDERS),  Alberto Cavalcanti (NICHOLAS NICKLEBY) and Robert Hamer (KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS) to create this classic chiller that remains one of the most  influential horror films ever made. This is the uncut and complete UK  version of DEAD OF NIGHT, now newly restored from original archival  materials for the first time in decades.THE QUEEN OF SPADES "Unusual And Macabre!" ~ Leonard Maltin's Movie &  Video Guide A gambling craze is sweeping 19th century St. Petersburg,  yet a dashing Russian army captain (Anton Walbrook of THE RED SHOES) is  too impoverished to participate. But when he learns that an aging  countess (an award-winning performance by Dame Edith Evans of TOM JONES)  may hold the ultimate key to gaming riches, the desperate young officer  will stop at nothing to steal the sinister secret for himself. When  fortunes are won and lost with the turn of a card, will one man wager  his very soul on a final twist of fate? Yvonne Mitchell (DEMONS OF THE  MIND) co-stars in this brilliant British chiller directed by Thorold  Dickinson (GASLIGHT), featuring extraordinary cinematography by Otto  Heller (PEEPING TOM, THE IPCRESS FILE) and based on the celebrated short  story by Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Includes AN 8-page Collector's Booklet.