DEAD OF NIGHT
This 1945 anthology is a veritable Old School horror film, relying more on creepy atmosphere and supernatural allusion than jump scares and gratuitous gore. Produced by Ealing Studios (the oldest continuously operating movie studio in the world) it was apparently a rarity for the time as Britain had banned the production of horror movies during WWII. Additionally, it has been name-checked by Martin Scorsese in interviews.
While not particularly scary, it does resonate with a strange eeiriness and is definitely a precursor to things like The Twilight Zone and Final Destination.
The wraparound story is particularly cool and a delicious bit of a mindf@$k.
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