Claudio Carvalho When the twenty-one year-old soldier Andrew "Andy" Brooks (Richard Backus) is murdered in Vietnam, his mother Christine (Lynn Carlin) is summoning him asking him to come back home. Andy is the pride and joy of Christine that has eyes only for him. When the Brooks family is having dinner, they receive an Army´s letter telling that Andy died in the war. However a couple of days later, Andy arrives at home late night surprising his father Charles (John Marley), his sister Cathy (Anya Ormsby) and Christine. In the same night, a truck driver that is giving a rider to a hitchhiker is murdered in his truck. Soon Charles suspects that Andy is the killer and he has a conversation with his friend Doctor Allman (Henderson Forsythe) that agrees with him. Does Andy really come back home?"Dead of Night" is a creepy and depressing horror movie directed by Bob Clark. The story is sad, with family, friends and girlfriend missing a twenty-one year-old missing in Vietnam. His return as an undead killer is depressing and bringing tragedy for those who loves him. Richard Backus is creepy in the role of Andy. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Sonho de Morte" ("Deathdream")

roderick2003 Tuned in to this on late-night TV, but did not see the title. Did not know what the name of the movie was. It was mesmerizing, a very good take on Viet-nam vets returning home. The scene with Andy on the double date with dark glasses and black gloves was especially disturbing. Finally found a VHS copy ("Death Dream") many years later at a Goodwill, ha ha, very surprising! Also, I wonder if this was somehow related to John Cassevetes, with John Marley and Lynn Carlin in it, and with somewhat similar style-- long real-time scenes at times. Still don't know: Just a thought. Very good low-budget horror movie!

LeonLouisRicci Cult Director Bob Clark can be Forgiven for Porky's (1982), Although the Deserved Profits from that Low-Budget Embarrassment Could be Considered a Late Arrival for Past Excellence. This is an Allegorical Sleeper About Returning Vietnam Vets at a Time When that Debacle was Far From Analysis and a Subject that was Divisive as Well as Deadening at the Box Office.It is an Eerie Movie that is Frequently Undermined by its Low-Budget but the Director Manages to Draw the Attention to the Unsettling Story of a Mother's Unconditional Love for Her Deceased Son, Even when He is Summoned from the Other Side and Returns as the Walking Dead.The Cast Does What it Can with the Chinsy Sound and Some Awkward Arrangements but the Strength is the Creepy Unfolding of a Family Torn Apart and the Detached and Deranged Behavior from a Lost Soul Portrayed by Richard Backus. He is an Addict and a Monster Created by the Evil Evolvement in a War that Should Not Have Been.This is a Well-Received and Touted Cult Film by Many who have Seen it, Although it is Relatively Unknown Outside of Horror Buffs. It Remains a Movie A Head of its Time and is Quite the Underground Classic and Should be Seen by Film Historians and Pop-Culture Archeologists, or Anyone Looking for a Good Cutting-Edge Scare from a Movie with a Message.

BA_Harrison Having been informed of the death of their son Andy (Richard Backus) during the Vietnam War, Charles and Christine Brooks (John Marley and Lynn Carlin) are surprised when the young soldier returns home, apparently still alive and kicking. Unfortunately, he is actually a zombie who needs to drink blood to stay looking fresh…I'm not really a big fan of Bob Clark's movies, but I'll give the director his dues: with the exception of Porkys and Porkys II, no two of his films are alike. Even though his first two horror movies, Deathdream and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, both featured zombies, they were as different as chalk and cheese (or day and night, since we're talking about zombie films).Clark was also an innovator, pioneering the slasher genre with Black Christmas and, with Deathdream, making one of the earliest films to deal with the horrors of the Vietnam War: following so soon in the wake of Night of The Living Dead, it would have been easy for Clark to have cashed in on George Romero's success with a similar storyline, but instead he offers up a totally different approach to the zombie movie. While it might not be anywhere near as gripping as Romero's '68 classic, being a little too slow and drawn out to be wholly effective (unless rocking chairs happen to be your thing), it is an undeniably creepy and atmospheric tale that cleverly uses the medium of horror to illustrate the tragedy of war.