---
title: 'House of Dark Shadows (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dan Curtis'
released: '1970-08-24'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/house-of-dark-shadows-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065856/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# House of Dark Shadows (1970)

1970 · 97 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

House of Dark Shadows is a 1970 American gothic horror film produced and directed by Dan Curtis, based on his Dark Shadows television series. In this film expansion, vampire Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism so he can marry Maggie Evans, a woman who resembles his long-lost fiancée Josette du Pres. Filming took place at Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York, with additional footage at nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dan Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-curtis)
- **Producer:** [Dan Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-curtis)
- **Screenplay:** [Gordon Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-russell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert Cobert](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cobert)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur J. Ornitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-j-ornitz)
- **Editor:** [Arline Garson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arline-garson)

## Cast

- [Nancy Barrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-barrett) as Carolyn Stoddard
- [Joan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-bennett)
- [Jonathan Frid](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-frid) as Barnabas Collins
- [Roger Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-davis)
- [Thayer David](https://cinepixo.com/people/thayer-david)
- [David Henesy](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-henesy)
- [John Karlen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-karlen) as Willie Loomis
- [Kathryn Leigh Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-leigh-scott) as Maggie Evans
- [Jerry Lacy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-lacy)
- [George DiCenzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-dicenzo)
- [Louis Edmonds](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-edmonds)
- [Barbara Cason](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-cason)
- [Grayson Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/grayson-hall) as Julia Hoffman

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