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Mar 1, 2019 · Narrated by Ian McShane (Deadwood), MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS reveals the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and...
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- MPI Media Group
Apr 16, 2019 · Master of Dark Shadows: Directed by David Gregory. With Alan Ball, Nancy Barrett, Michael Brockman, David Bushman. Master of Dark Shadows reveals the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows and award-winning filmmaker Dan Curtis.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- David Gregory
- 2019-04-16
Narrated by Ian McShane (Deadwood), MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS reveals the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes stories exploring the diverse talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis.
- 2 min
- 157
- MPI Media Group
Filmmaker David Gregory offers this look at the impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama "Dark Shadows" and its award-winning filmmaker, Dan Curtis.
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- David Gregory
- From Televised Golf To…Dark Shadows?
- Coffins Are Chained Shut For A Reason
- Vampire Antihero For The Psychedelic Sixties
- “See How The Vampires Do It”
- Exposing The Rough Edges
- Dan Curtis, Herman Wouk and The Biggest Miniseries Ever Made
- Master of Dark Shadows: Conclusion
Dan Curtisdid not start out with the intent to create television programs or movies, and he didn’t have the background for it. Following his graduation from Syracuse University in 1950, Curtis went to Chicago with the intent of carving out a career in sales. What he ended up selling was syndicated television programming, and like others who have fo...
Barnabas Collins was a unique character in a number of ways. Up until then the only vampires to be found on TV were in old horror movies aired on late night TV on Saturdays. Vampires were not stars on daytime television. Barnabas Collins stood out in several other ways. A cheesy, watered-down Dracula was the model for most movie vampires – cape-wea...
The vampire antihero soon became a veritable superhero. As Dark Shadows became more and more popular with an ever-younger audience, Dark Shadows made successful forays into the still-infant field of collateral marketing. As the show was moved from a morning airtime to afternoons to get the kids after school, Jonathan Frid‘s befanged face graced com...
Curtis found that the more spectacularly you succeed at something, the more the powers that be want you to do more of the same. While Dark Shadows was still on the air, Curtis directed a feature film version of the property, House of Dark Shadows, using the original cast. The tagline for the posters and trailers, “See how the vampires do it,” empha...
Gregory exposes Dark Shadows’ rough edges with relish, and when you show a montage of flubs, goofs and snafus ad seriatum, the show looks less professionally produced than it actually was. The fact remains that on the tight production schedule mistakes did happen. Lines were blown, Styrofoam tombstones did rock when bumped into. It turns out that J...
But it was not what Curtis wanted to be remembered for. He was a busy and successful producer during the rest of the seventies, though a lot of his output was horror, including made-for-TV adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula and The Turn of the Screw. With the epic scale adaptations of Herman Wouk’s novels The Winds of War and War an...
Even the title of Master of Dark Shadows aims the documentary squarely at the large and enthusiastic Dark Shadows audience, and this is the audience that is likely to enjoy it most. Nonetheless, this is an informative and engaging production. Dan Curtis was a fascinating and talented filmmaker, and Master of Dark Shadows helps fill an information v...
Master of Dark Shadows - Official Movie Trailer (2019) 24. 11 Share. Sort by: Add a Comment. OhSoEvil. • 5 yr. ago. If you aren't familiar with the series it was a soap about vampires, werewolves, demons, and curses that was done basically "live" and on a tiny budget.
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Apr 15, 2019 · “Master of Dark Shadows” begins with collaborators characterizing filmmaker Dan Curtis in single words. Affectionate terms identify Curtis as brilliantly creative, intuitive, and dedicated.
