The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis
Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 1966–2006
Jeff
Thompson
Foreword by Jim Pierson ISBN
978-0-7864-3693-4
69 photos, notes, bibliography, index
208pp.
hardcover
(7 x 10)
2009
Available for immediate shipment
Description
The award-winning and innovative director Dan Curtis was known for helming epic war movies, but before that he darkened the small screen with the horror genre’s most famous soap opera. Curtis directed the groundbreaking daytime television serial Dark Shadows from 1966 to 1971 and then turned his lens to numerous made-for-TV horror movies.
This book examines 16 horror films that Curtis produced, co-wrote, or directed, as well as the cultural impact of Dark Shadows and its various incarnations. The book features 69 photographs and a foreword by Jim Pierson of Dan Curtis Productions.
About the Author
Jeff Thompson is a professor of English at Tennessee State University in Nashville. He contributes articles on film and popular culture for magazines and books, as well as Web sites dealing with Dark Shadows and horror cinema.
Reviews
“Thompson has done his homework—this comprehensive career biography of TV legend Dan Curtis covers everything the man produced...Thompson writes with a clear love for his subject and an accuracy that’s impressive”—VideoScope
“Unique...highly recommended”—Midwest Book Review
“A superb book, a must read for all Dark Shadows and Dan Curtis fans”—Scary Monsters Magazine
Read more reviews
|
|
Table of Contents & Excerpts
Related Books
Genre/Horror
Performing Arts/Television
|
