Night of Dark Shadows
| Night of Dark Shadows | |
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Promotional film poster
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| Directed by | Dan Curtis |
| Produced by | Dan Curtis |
| Written by | Dan Curtis Sam Hall |
| Starring |
David Selby Grayson Hall Kate Jackson Lara Parker |
| Music by | Robert Cobert |
| Cinematography | Richard Shore |
| Edited by | Charles Goldsmith |
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Dan Curtis Productions
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA, theatrical) |
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Running time
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95 min, 129 min (USA, director's cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $900,000 |
| Box office | $1,400,000 |
Night of Dark Shadows is a 1971 horror film by Dan Curtis. It is the sequel to House of Dark Shadows. It centers on the story of Quentin Collins and his bride Tracy at the Collinwood Mansion in Collinsport, Maine.
David Selby, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Kate Jackson, Grayson Hall, and Nancy Barrett star.
Night of Dark Shadows was not as successful as House of Dark Shadows.
This film marked the feature film debut of David Selby and Kate Jackson.
Handsome young artist Quentin Collins arrives at his newly inherited estate of Collinwood with his beautiful wife Tracy. They meet the housekeeper Carlotta Drake and the caretaker Gerard Stiles. Quentin happens upon a 19th-century portrait of a blonde woman with captivating green eyes that seem to mesmerize him. Carlotta informs him that the woman is Angelique, who had lived there over 100 years earlier. The Collins's friends Alex and Claire Jenkins, who have co-written several successful horror novels, move into a cottage on the estate.
Quentin soon begins to be troubled by startling visions and haunting dreams about one of his ancestors, Charles Collins, and his ancestor's mistress Angelique—who had been hanged as a witch in a past century. Carlotta eventually reveals to Quentin that she is the reincarnation of Sarah Castle, a little girl who had lived at Collinwood over 150 years ago, and that Quentin himself is the reincarnation of Charles Collins. Charles had had an affair with Angelique, wife of his brother Gabriel, resulting in her being hanged—and Charles being sealed alive in the family crypt with Angelique's corpse.
On a trip to New York, the Jenkins's discover a painting of Charles Collins, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Quentin. Convinced that their friends are in grave danger, the couple hurry home to Collinwood, where they are attacked by the ghost of Angelique.
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