The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 1966-2006

by Jeff Thompson

The award-winning and innovative director Dan Curtis was known for helming epic war movies, but before that he darkened the small screen with the horror genre's most famous soap opera. Curtis directed the groundbreaking daytime television serial Dark Shadows from 1966 to 1971 and then turned his lens to numerous made-for-TV horror movies. This book examines 16 horror films that Curtis produced, co-wrote, or directed, as well as the cultural impact of Dark Shadows and its various incarnations. The book features 69 photographs and a foreword by Jim Pierson of Dan Curtis Productions.

Genres: Horror

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Karen Witzler · Rating 2 out of 5]

Detail of every TV series and film directed and written by Dan Curtis, most famously Dark Shadows. Essentially a list with prior and post influences, but no particular insight into the psychology of horror or the historical context of these particular pop culture pieces.

[Forked Radish]

“Dark Shadows” 1966-1971