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Dead of Night (Original title)The Night Walk (Working title)The Night Andy Came Home (Alternative title)Deathdream (Alternative title)Death Dream (Help search title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 08 January 1978 (Release)

Countries: Canada, United Kingdom

Directed by: Bob Clark

Synopsis: The Brooks family receive news of the death of Andy, their soldier son. Andy returns home at midnight after hitching a lift with a truck driver (later found viciously murdered). The family are overjoyed, but it soon materialises that Andy is one of the living dead and needs a supply of blood to keep himself going.

Genres:
Drama, Horror
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (6)
In: Fangoria n233 June 2004  Pages: 56-60,82
Title: Living their DeathdreamAuthor: KAYE, Don Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the DVD release of DEATHDREAM, cast and crew talk about their experiences making the film.

In: Fangoria n235 August 2004  Page: 67
Title: DVD DungeonAuthor: GINGOLD, Michael Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n109 15 Oct 1977  Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n109 15 Oct 1977: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n526 November 1977  Page: 230
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n526 November 1977: no known title]Language: English

In: Cinema n3 October 1975  Page: 289
Title: [Cinema - n3 October 1975: no known title]Language: German

In:   Page: 70
Title: [ - : no known title]


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Subversive horror cinema: countercultural messages of films from Frankenstein to the present
Author: Towlson, Jon  Pages: vii, 246 pages

Title: Generation zombie: essays on the living dead in modern culture
Author: BOLUK, Stephanie  Pages: viii, 259 pages