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Classic Horror Anthology ‘Dead of Night’ Streaming for Free on Bloody Disgusting TV Tonight
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!
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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