Object of the week
The back room from Dead of Night: the production design for a dusty hiding place
In a section of Ealing’s classic anthology horror Dead of Night, children hide in an empty room that’s become a dumping ground for obsolete household items. The original production design sketched out this in-between space: a portal into the Victorian past.
By Melanie Williams
The back room from Dead of Night: the production design for a dusty hiding place