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Dan Curtis
Director 1927 - 2006

Dan Curtis

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American director and producer of television and film, best known for creating the horror soap Dark Shadows. Dark Shadows ran from 1966 to 1971 for a record-setting 1,225... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
Trilogy of Terror II

Trilogy of Terror II

Dan Curtis 1996 1h 30m

Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby" is the story of a woman who summons her son back from the dead; and in "He Who Kills" an African doll goes on a murderous rampage.

Burnt Offerings

Burnt Offerings

Dan Curtis 1976 1h 56m 6.7

A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.

Trilogy of Terror

Trilogy of Terror

Dan Curtis 1975 1h 12m

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.

Scream of the Wolf

Scream of the Wolf

Dan Curtis 1974 1h 18m 4.0

A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.

The Norliss Tapes

The Norliss Tapes

Dan Curtis 1973 1h 12m 5.0

An investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.

The Night Strangler

The Night Strangler

Dan Curtis 1973 1h 30m

A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.

Night of Dark Shadows

Night of Dark Shadows

Dan Curtis 1971 1h 35m

A painter and his wife move into a home and find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits of his ancestors that used to be witches.

House of Dark Shadows

House of Dark Shadows

Dan Curtis 1970 1h 37m

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.

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