House of Dark Shadows
1970 film by Dan Curtis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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House of Dark Shadows is a 1970 American feature-length horror film produced and directed by Dan Curtis, based on his Dark Shadows television series. In this film expansion, vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) searches for a cure for vampirism so he can marry a woman who resembles his long-lost fiancée Josette (Kathryn Leigh Scott).
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Directed by | Dan Curtis |
Written by | Sam Hall Gordon Russell |
Produced by | Dan Curtis |
Starring | Jonathan Frid Grayson Hall Kathryn Leigh Scott Roger Davis Nancy Barrett John Karlen Louis Edmonds Donald Briscoe David Henesy Dennis Patrick Joan Bennett |
Cinematography | Arthur Ornitz |
Edited by | Arline Garson |
Music by | Robert Cobert |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA, theatrical) |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $750,000 (estimated)[1] |
Box office | $1,836,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
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Filming took place at Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York, with additional footage at nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Curtis followed this film one year later with Night of Dark Shadows, another expansion of the Shadows franchise, dealing with the witch Angelique.