I don't understand either title of the movie "Dead of Night" or "DeathDream", besides trying to be scary.
What does either title refer to in the movie? It seems like maybe a better title would be like Zombie Vietnam or "Return from War" or "Horror of War" or something.
Did I miss something?
Thanks in advance!
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Its working titles were "The Night Walker" and "The Veteran". It's since been released under four or five other titles. As you suggest, the distributors probably wanted a scarier-sounding title, even if it had nothing to do with the plot.
shareWhat I'm having trouble figuring out is, which title is the original title? Deathdream or Dead of Night?
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I'm pretty sure "Deathdream" is a 1980s reissue title. At any rate, the MPAA and the critics back in 1974 were calling it "Dead of Night".
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Thanks for the information! I think they should've just stuck with "Dead of Night" as the title. It's at least a little more fitting than "Deathdream," which really doesn't relate to the film in any way.
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Maybe they wanted to avoid confusion with the 1945 British classic with the same name.
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