The television horrors of Dan Curtis : Dark shadows, The night stalker and other productions, 1966-2006

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, 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 71 photographs and a foreword by Jim Pierson of Dan Curtis Productions.