Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon

Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon

1969 · 52 min · ★ 6.7 · Horror, TV Movie

Investigator Jonathon Fletcher and his assistant Sajeed Rau investigate an apparently haunted mansion at the request of the woman who has inherited it.

Directed by Lela Swift · Written by Dan Curtis

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