House of Dark Shadows

"House of Dark Shadows", the first feature based on the fondly remembered Gothic soap opera is both exciting and schlocky - sometimes concurrently. Director Dan Curtis (on a very low budget) took what on television was an extremely lengthy introduction... Full review

I thought it was a very good movie. It's about Barnabas Collins returning to Collinwood to find himself a new wife. He finally meets Maggie Evans and wants to make her his vampire bride. Most of the main characters get killed... Full review

One of the first times a television program was brought to the big screen. The movie takes one of the most popular story lines from the TV program and goes way beyond it. Characters, who never die in the series,... Full review

The shining glory of Producer/Director Dan Curtis's career came in 1983 when he transformed Herman Wouk's acclaimed World war 2 novel "The Winds of War" into an epic television miniseries. But it was during the late 60s and 70s that... Full review

Intelligently done, but bloody and violent story based on the hit TV show Dark Shadows from the late 60s. The plot revolves around vampire Barnabas Collins, who finds a cure to become human again so he can wed a beautiful... Full review

HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970) is the movie-house version of the then popular Gothic Soap Opera. The film's plot is a re-tracing of the TV series. Willie Loomis (John Karlen), while robbing a New England crypt, accidently awakens 200 year... Full review

This surprisingly well-made retread of the popular serial actually improves on its TV roots by taking the best of the many DS plotlines, condensing the action into a fast-paced, thrilling 97 minutes and adding respectable production values and special effects.... Full review

This is one of the best horror films of the '70's, and certainly the best vampire flick of that decade. Based on the highly successful supernatural soap opera DARK SHADOWS, this feature film version of the ever popular series recounts... Full review

The film features a number of the series regulars repeating their original TV roles, and there are several recycled plot elements from the show that come in handy for the movie. But producer/director Dan Curtis(the creator of the original series),... Full review

I remember seeing this movie when I was about 12 years old on TNT in Europe in beautiful widescreen format. I was absolutely mesmerized! My mom told me how she was a fan of the original series (not die-hard, but... Full review

The Vampire Curse / Dark Shadows:.... ... Full Review

It is one thing to suggest horror, the venerable technique of the classic cinema, yet quite another, and more difficult thing, to actually show it.....HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, on the other hand, is a fast paced, harrowing thriller, which shocks on the purely graphic level.....HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS is particularly successful in mixing the modern world with the world of superstition and fantasy, which aids greatly in suspending our sense of disbelief.....less modestly deserves credit as the best vampire film si ... Full Review

Overall, Volume 14 looks surprisingly good, with rich vibrant colors and a lot of nice lighting atmosphere. Even in it's recent syndication cycle, fans complained of video variations, tape tremors, awkward black and white kinescopes and other less than solid visual representations. ... Full Review

Dark Shadows " is a '60s soap opera about vampires. All things supernatural really, but vampires are a big focus thanks to Jonathan Frid's character Barnabas Collins. ... Full Article

Tim Burton announced at the San Diego Comic-Con that once he's done with Alice in Wonderland , his next project will be Dark Shadows . ... Full Article

Eric Ditzian confirmed on MTV Movies blog that a Dark Shadows movie based on the 1960s tv soap opera of the same name is still in the works with Johnny Depp featured in a starring role. ... Full Article

Director Tim Burton's next project apparently will be a movie adaptation of the soap opera Dark Shadows starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid in the 1960's soap opera). ... Full Article

The original Dark Shadows TV show played from July 27 th , 1966 until April 2 nd , 1971. Along with the usual soap opera staple of unhappy love affairs and teenagers in trouble, Dark Shadows featured vampires, werewolves, ghosts,... ... Full Article

Those old enough might remember rushing home from school or work in time enough to get comfortably seated in front of the television for another cliff-hanging episode of the first and only Supernatural Gothic Soap Opera ever to air, ABC's... ... Full Article