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House of Dark Shadows

House of Dark Shadows

Drama · Horror · Thriller · 1970

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.

Movie details

House of Dark Shadows

“Come see how the vampires do it”

1970 Drama · Horror · Thriller 1h 37m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over House of Dark Shadows?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Dan Curtis

Written by

Gordon Russell · Sam Hall

Jonathan Frid

Jonathan Frid

Barnabas Collins

Grayson Hall

Grayson Hall

Dr. Julia Hoffman

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Maggie Evans

Nancy Barrett

Nancy Barrett

Carolyn Stoddard

John Karlen

John Karlen

Willie Loomis

Roger Davis

Roger Davis

Jeff Clark

Thayer David

Thayer David

Professor T. Eliot Stokes

Court is in session

Put House of Dark Shadows on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.