A sequel to House of Dark Shadows, Night of Dark Shadows dispenses with vampires and concentrates on witches and other supernatural phenomenon. David Selby stars as Quentin Collins, a painter who returns to his ancestral estate with his new bride (Kate Jackson), only to discover the place is haunted by an evil ancestor. Like the first film, Night of Dark Shadows was also filmed at the estate of millionaire Jay Gould in Tarrytown, New York.

Director/producer Dan Curtis took an entirely different approach to the original storyline and characters in this entry but fans of the daytime TV series and the first feature film were disappointed that Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) was excluded from the narrative. Originally Curtis had delivered a much longer cut of Night of Dark Shadows to the studio heads but they thought it was too long and demanded severe cuts which amounted to about forty minutes of footage. Curtis is currently trying to raise money to restore the missing footage (you can visit home.earthlink.net/~moviemandg/ for more information).

Director/Producer: Dan Curtis
Screenplay: Dan Curtis, Sam Hall
Cinematography: Richard Shore
Production Design: Trevor Williams
Music: Bob Cobert
Cast: David Selby (Quentin Collins/Charles Collins), Grayson Hall (Carlotta Drake), Kate Jackson (Tracy Collins), Lara Parker (Angelique Collins), John Karlen (Alex Jenkins), Thayer David (Rev. Strack).
C-94m.

By Jeff Stafford