Night Comes Too Soon (1948)

Original title

The Night Comes Too Soon

Directed by

Denis Kavanagh

Genre

horror film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

52 min

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man visits a haunted house where a cursed painting and a vengeful spirit threaten him. The story draws from classic ghost tales by Edward Bulwer-Lytton and M. R. James.

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What happens

Night Comes Too Soon (U.S. tite: The Ghost of Rashmon Hall; also known as A Ghost Story) is a 1948 British second feature ('B') horror film directed by Denis Kavanagh and starring Valentine Dyall, Anne Howard and Alec Faversham. It was written by Pat Dixon based on the 1859 story The Haunters and the Haunted by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and also incorporates the "changing picture" component from The Mezzotint by M. R. James. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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