Everyone’s happy again, but Andy doesn’t behave like himself. Yet, on the very same night Andy returns home, intact and calm, wearing his uniform. They can’t come to grips with the loss, and Mom (Lynn Carlin) denies the news completely. The Brooks family is devastated to learn that their son Andy (Richard Backus) has been killed in Vietnam. Clark’s bizarre chiller was one of the few movies of the time to have an overt connection. Some critics had already opined that films like The Wild Bunch and Night of the Living Dead were metaphors for (or symptoms of) the Vietnam experience. Its excellent dramatics more than compensate for a low budget and commercial compromises. The lofty reputation of this creep-show was established on late night television, where its qualities shone through grainy green prints. The English periodical The Monthly Film Bulletin didn’t have a chance to praise it until 1977.
Death dream 1972 movie#
Originally titled Dead of Night, Clark’s picture dribbled slowly onto movie screens under several different names. It was denied the wide theatrical release that made successes of shockers like the notorious Last House on the Left. Bob Clark and Alan Ormsby’s Canadian-financed Deathdream is one of the many productions inspired by George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. This gem comes back every ten years in an improved transfer. Produced by Bob Clark, Peter James, John Trent Starring: John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus, Henderson Forsythe, Night Andy Came Home, Night Walk, The Veteran, Whispers / Street Date Novem/ John Marley and Lynn Carlin lead a fine cast.ġ974 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 88 min. Although Vietnam is never mentioned, the war’s shadow strikes deep into the heart of a small-town family. Average fans of A Christmas Story likely don’t know that director Bob Clark had once made creepy horror pictures with Alan Ormsby, but this independent shock effort of the early ’70s still casts a spell of dread.
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