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Night of Dark Shadows

Play trailer Poster for Night of Dark Shadows PG,  1971,  1h 37m,  Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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A young artist, Quentin Collins (David Selby) inherits a mansion that has been in his family for generations, and he moves into the house with his wife, Tracy (Kate Jackson). Soon Quentin becomes tormented by strange, dark dreams that seem to echo his clan's macabre history. Eventually, the ghost of Angelique (Lara Parker), one of Quentin's ancestors, appears, and he starts to take on bizarre and violent behavior. Can the curse of the Collins estate be broken?

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jul 6, 2018
1/4
Night of Dark Shadows is bad, all right, but not merely bad. It is also shabby and unwholesome, made by people who take no joy in their work. It is a mean, evil little enterprise. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Aug 12, 2026
1/4
This one’s the pits. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Oct 31, 2014
C+
A modest exploitation supernatural tale, that seems better suited to be soap opera day TV fare than a feature movie. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Draco R Oct 29, 2017 No. DonÂ’t bother. Really.
George M Oct 28, 2017 After the first movie & the successful years as a serial, this is one project that should have been dropped or greatly reworked before production even began. This film feels like it was meant to be the whole first season of a TV spinoff, but edited down to a feature movie instead. It just doesn't work, though the location is great and most of the actors convincing. Surprisingly future angel/sleuth Jackson and Barrett (who was wonderful in the first movie) fail to give stellar performances - perhaps the editors left their better performances on the cutting room floor? See more
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Cast & Crew

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Dan Curtis

Director

David Selby

Quentin Collins

Lara Parker

Angelique Collins

Kate Jackson

Tracy Collins

Grayson Hall

Carlotta Drake

John Karlen

Alex Jenkins

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Night of Dark Shadows

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young artist, Quentin Collins (David Selby) inherits a mansion that has been in his family for generations, and he moves into the house with his wife, Tracy (Kate Jackson). Soon Quentin becomes tormented by strange, dark dreams that seem to echo his clan's macabre history. Eventually, the ghost of Angelique (Lara Parker), one of Quentin's ancestors, appears, and he starts to take on bizarre and violent behavior. Can the curse of the Collins estate be broken?
Director
Dan Curtis
Producer
Dan Curtis
Screenwriter
Sam Hall
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 4, 1971, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 6, 2017
Runtime
1h 37m
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