Alien Lover (1975)
An entry in ABC’s Wide World of Mystery (Rock-a-Die, Baby) this quick burst of shot on video is way ahead of its time and way worth watching. Produced by Dan Curtis, directed by Lela Swift (who also helmed Dark Shadows and several of these ABC mini-movies) and written by George Lefferts (whose made for TV career includes […]
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
More than twenty years after the original Trilogy of Terror, Dan Curtis would return to the portmanteau with a sequel that takes not only its framework from the original, but even one of the stories from another Curtis anthology. No matter — I devoured this film. We jump right in to the first story, The Graveyard […]
The Dark Shadows Quarantine
The Collinsport Historical Society is an amazing site that I used as a reference throughout the makings of our Dan Curtis week. And now, they’re working to keep people sane during quarantine with a Dark Shadows watching event. According to the site: “Beginning every half hour on Saturday at noon, Eastern Standard Time, we’re going to watch […]
The Turn of the Screw (1974)
Originally airing on ABC on April 15, 1974, this Dan Curtis-produced and directed film takes the videotaped look of Dark Shadows to the Henry James novel and wraps it all up in a little under two hours. And if you love that gothic fiction soap opera, good news. Music cues from it are all over this […]
Master of Dark Shadows (2019)
We’ve gone on — and will this entire week — about Dan Curtis and Dark Shadows. Finally, this movie — director by David Gregory, one of the co-founders of Severin Films — is here to tell the story of the creative power that was such a part of American TV horror in the 1970’s. Beyond Dark Shadows, […]
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