House of Dark Shadows
House of Dark Shadows ★★★ 1970 (PG)
Gory, intense feature-film version of the gothic TV daytime soap “Dark Shadows.” Released from his coffin by a handyman seeking treasure, 150-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins (Frid) avails himself of the hospitality of his descendents and moves into a house on their property. As a series of vampire attacks plague the area, Barnabas finds himself involved with a love-smitten doctor who wants to cure him (Hall) and a young girl who resembles his lost love, Josette (Scott). A violent and exciting film, long on shocks but short on continuity and character development. 97m/C VHS . Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Roger Davis, Nancy Barrett, John Karlen, Thayer David, Louis Edmonds; D: Dan Curtis; W: Sam Hall, Gordon Russell; C: Arthur Ornitz.