House of Dark Shadows (1970)
3.3 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
- When Barnabus Collins arrives at Collinwood estate in New England, his resemblance to a portrait of the Barnabus Collins who fled to England 100 years ago, after the mysterious death of his fiancée, amazes everyone in the extended Collins family. But wonder soon turns to horror as Barnabus' return transforms the estate into a House of Dark Shadows. The Collins family members are too slow to realize that Barnabus (Jonathan Frid) is the same man - or vampire - who left a century before...and that their governess' (Kathryn Leigh Scott) resemblance to Barnabus' long-dead love may doom them all to haunt the earth as the undead feeding off the blood of the living.
- Actors:
- Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Roger Davis, Nancy Barrett, John Karlen, Thayer David, Louis Edmonds, Don Briscoe, David Henesy, Dennis Patrick, Lisa Blake Richards, Jerry Lacy, Barbara Cason, Paul Michael, Humbert Allen Astredo, Terrayne Crawford, Michael Stroka, Joan Bennett, Camila Ashland
- Directors:
- Dan Curtis
- Producers:
- Dan Curtis
- Writers:
- Sam Hall, Gordon Russell
- Aka:
- Dark Shadows
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
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Reviews (1) of House of Dark Shadows
Fangs for the Memories - House of Dark Shadows review by griggs
Absolute nonsense, but incredible fun — House of Dark Shadows is pure pulp horror chaos. It tears through plot, tone, and logic like a bat in a belfry, leaving behind a trail of fog, velvet, and fake blood. Overstuffed, overwrought, and oddly self-satisfied — yet that’s exactly what makes it work.
Everything teeters on the edge of madness. The acting’s all over the place, the sets look borrowed from a haunted wax museum, and the editing feels done with a stopwatch. But it’s never dull — not for a second.
Messy, loud, and weirdly charming, it’s the perfect kind of nonsense: the sort that knows exactly what it is and goes for it anyway. If pulp horror is a guilty pleasure, this one sinks its teeth right in.
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