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A painter and his wife move into a home and find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits of his ancestors that used to be witches.A painter and his wife move into a home and find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits of his ancestors that used to be witches.A painter and his wife move into a home and find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits of his ancestors that used to be witches.
Jim Storm
- Gerard Stiles
- (as James Storm)
Captain Haggerty
- Bald Henchman
- (uncredited)
Robert Singer
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFeature film debut of Kate Jackson.
- GoofsNear the beginning, Quentin goes to bed wearing gold (or yellow) pajamas. Then in his nightmare sequences that follow the pajamas are blue.
- Quotes
Carlotta Drake: There is no longer any place for Mrs. Collins.
- Crazy creditsWhen the MGM lion roars, no sound comes out.
- Alternate versionsThe original director's cut of Night of Dark Shadows was screened for MGM executives at 128 minutes. Unhappy with the running time, studio head James Aubrey ordered director Dan Curtis to cut around 40 minutes out of the picture, as it was considered a B-programmer. Curtis was given only 24 hours to re-cut the picture, and the 97 minute version was approved by Aubrey. The picture was press screened at that length, but afterward an additional 4 minutes were cut from the picture without Dan Curtis' consent, probably in order to guarantee a GP rating (1971's PG equivalent) as all of this material cut was violent or sexually suggestive in nature. During release some of the preview (97 mins) prints were accidentally circulated and still show up today, probably through private collectors as the 97 min prints are no longer held in MGM's archive. Dan Curtis' 128 min original version has been considered lost and presumed destroyed for decades, but film historian Darren Gross unearthed the sole existing material for this version in August 1999. Plans for restoration and release of this version are currently being formulated.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
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"I almost feel like I've come home again."
Well, almost... David Selby plays Quentin Collins, a talented young artist who moves his wife and himself into the woodsy estate once owned by his ancestors, who were involved in witchcraft and may still be hanging around; Grayson Hall is the caretaker of the manor, who knows all its dark secrets (she tells the handyman, "Everything's different now!"). Dan Curtis' continuation of themes he began with the television serial "Dark Shadows" has its effective moments, despite MGM forcing cuts to shorten the original running-time (the film is a second-cousin to the TV show out of necessity, not by design, after Jonathan Frid refused to return as Barnabas Collins, forcing Curtis in a new direction). Robert Cobert contributes a spooky score, although there is so much one-finger tapping on a piano that one gets the feeling everyone is walking around with their own keyboard. Cinematographer Robert Shore does excellent work on a tight budget, and nobody stages a creepy nightmare like Curtis (this one has a shuddery funeral in the rain, capped with a lonesome church bell and a woman laughing hysterically). The reincarnation plot isn't much, and Selby is too colorless an actor to be much of presence (or a threat), but the dark, damp location--with spirits around every corner--provides the perfect place for things that go bump in the night. ** from ****
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- Also known as
- Curse of Dark Shadows
- Filming locations
- Lyndhurst Estate, Tarrytown, New York, USA(Collinwood)
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- $900,000 (estimated)
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