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House of Dark Shadows ()

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Vampire Barnabas Collins is accidentally released from his centuries-long confinement at his family's estate in Maine. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues Maggie, the incarnation of his lost love.
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Barnabas Collins
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Dr. Julia Hoffman
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Maggie Evans
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Jeff Clark
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Carolyn Stoddard
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Willie Loomis
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Professor T. Eliot Stokes
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Roger Collins
Don Briscoe ...
Todd Blake (as Donald Briscoe)
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David Collins
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Sheriff George Patterson
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Daphne Budd (as Lisa Richards)
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Minister
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Mrs. Johnson
Paul Michael ...
Old Man
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Dr. Forbes (as Humbert Astredo)
Terrayne Crawford ...
Todd's Nurse (as Terry Crawford)
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Pallbearer
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Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
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Collinwood Party Guest (uncredited)
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Collinwood Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Costello ...
Collinwood Party Guest (uncredited)
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Deputy (uncredited)
Philip Larson ...
Deputy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Dan Curtis

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Sam Hall ... (screenplay) and
Gordon Russell ... (screenplay)

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Dan Curtis ... producer
Trevor Williams ... associate producer

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Bob Cobert ... (as Robert Cobert)

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Arthur J. Ornitz ... (as Arthur Ornitz)

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Arline Garson

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Linda Otto

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Trevor Williams

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Kenneth Fitzpatrick ... (as Ken Fitzpatrick)

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Ramsey Mostoller ... (as Ramsee Mostoller)

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Verne Caruso ... hair stylist
Robert Layden ... makeup artist
Dick Smith ... special makeup effects artist

Production Management

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Hal Schaffel ... production supervisor

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William C. Gerrity ... assistant director (as William Gerrity Jr.)
Dwight Williams ... dga trainee (uncredited)

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C. Robert Fine ... sound mixer (as Bob Fine)
Jack C. Jacobsen ... sound
Christopher Newman ... sound (as Chris Newman)

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Alex Stevens ... stunt coordinator

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Dick Mingalone ... camera operator

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Bob Cobert ... conductor (as Robert Cobert)

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Maggie James ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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George DiCenzo ... assistant to producer
Gerald L. Fiedler ... administrator: The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Dennis Stuart Murphy ... production assistant (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Young David Collins has gone missing from his home on the Collinwood Estate. While others try to find him - he in reality playing a prank in just hiding - incidents occur not only on the estate but in town, where some have been victimized by some unknown creature who has left a pair of puncture wounds in their neck. Those that have not survived have literally been drained of their blood by the creature. Following the start of these incidents, a long lost relative of the Collins from England, Barnabas Collins, arrives at the estate, the rest of the family knowing he being who he says he is by the uncanny resemblance to his namesake, who lived approximately one century ago and whose portrait hangs in the main house. Barnabas decides to stay in fixing up the old house on the estate with the help of Willie Loomis, who had just been fired by the family patriarch, Roger Collins. Barnabas' decision is strengthened when he finds a reason to stay in being able to complete something he was unable to do when he had been at Collinwood previously with Jacqueline DuPre. With the creature attacks continuing, speculation starts turning to the thought of a vampire being loose, Dr. Julia Hoffman, in examining the victims, believing she having a solution to stop the attacks for good. Her ulterior motive has some effect on what happens. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Blood-Lust! Fangs bared, the vampire is searching for a mate! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dark Shadows (United States)
  • La fiancée du vampire (France)
  • Schloss der Vampire (Germany)
  • Sombras en la oscuridad (Spain)
  • Το σπίτι με τις μαύρες σκιές (Greece)
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  • 97 min
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Budget $750,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The Collinwood scenes were filmed at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York. The Lyndhurst Estate also housed Spratt Mansion, which had been used as the exterior of the "Old House" on the series, but was destroyed by a fire the year before "House of Dark Shadows" was shot. See more »
Goofs When Barnabas reaches for the handle of Daphne's car door, and when soon after when he stalks Maggie in the Old House, he is wearing the same period garb as when released from his coffin, as well as an ankle-length cloak. But when stalking Daphne in the woods prior to attacking, he's clearly wearing contemporary shoes and pants, and a much shorter cloak. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in House of Dark Shadows (1985). See more »
Crazy Credits SPOILER: There is a scene during the closing credits: Barnabas turns into a bat and flies away. See more »
Quotes Carolyn Stoddard: I'm beginning to wonder, cousin Barnabas, if I shall ever know you at all. There's so much about you... that I'm dying to know.
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