Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis

Total Credits at Criticker: 26 (Director), 5 (Writer)

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    Burnt Offerings
    Haunted house chiller from Dan Curtis has Oliver Reed and Karen Black as summer caretakers moving into gothic house with their young son... (imdb)
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    Me and the Kid
    A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe. (imdb)
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    Trilogy of Terror
    Three stories interwoven together in this Dan Curtis production starring Karen Black in each segment. The first, about a high school student infatuated with his teacher. The second, a paranoid tale of two sisters - one good, the other evil, and the third about an African tribal doll that comes to life and terrorizes a woman in her apartment. (imdb)
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    Trilogy of Terror II
    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. (imdb)
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    The Night Strangler
    Reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) is now in Seattle, Wahington, trying to solve the mystery of several strangulations that recur every few years where the victims are drained of blood in this second made for TV pilot. (imdb)
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    House of Dark Shadows
    House Of Dark Shadows, based on the very popular TV Gothic soap opera, follows the life (or is that AFTERlife) of Barnabas Collins. Recently unleashed from his coffin by local drunk, Willie Loomis, the vampire (Barnabas) goes on a killing spree, while at the same time charming his present day family members... (imdb)
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    The Norliss Tapes
    A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss (Roy Thinnes), who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow (Angie Dickenson) whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead. (imdb)
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    Intruders
    Intruders (1992) - TV Movie
    All over the world, people report they've been visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and medically examined. The authorities appear to know all about these visits but won't acknowledge it publicly. This film focuses on two 'victims' who struggle to live normal lives, but the aliens keep coming back. All is explained (perhaps ?) at the end. (imdb)
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    Dracula
    Dracula (1973) - TV Movie
    May, 1897. British real estate clerk Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to conduct the purchase of a property in Whitby for Count Dracula. But Dracula is a vampire and allows Jonathan to be taken by his three brides. Five weeks later Dr Van Helsing is called to Whitby to tend Jonathan's fiancée Mina Murray and then Lucy Westenra as they fall inexplicably ill. Tracing the source of the illness brings Van Helsing up against Dracula who believes Lucy to be the reincarnation of his love and is determined to make her immortally his. (moria.co.nz)
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    Dead of Night
    This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she bargained for. (imdb)
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    Curse of the Black Widow
    An old legend about a woman transforming herself into a human-sized black widow spider and preying on victims during the full moon comes to life in this thriller. Twin sisters Lee and Laura are plagued by the deaths of people close to them, and a savvy cop and a cocky private investigator begin to unravel the spider web around the mysterious murders. A multiple-personality disorder also enters into the story. (imdb)
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    Night of Dark Shadows
    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. (imdb)
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    Scream of the Wolf
    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. (imdb)
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    The Winds of War
    The Winds of War (1983) - TV Mini-Series
    Set in the late 1930's Winds of Wars follows the travails of the family of naval officer Victor "Pug" Henry.
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    Dark Shadows
    Dark Shadows (1991) - TV Series
    Step inside the romantic but deadly world of "Dark Shadows," where love devours its victims and age-old secrets live to haunt eternity. (DVD)
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    The Turn of the Screw
    An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be. (imdb)
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    The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
    A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves, train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels. (imdb)
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    Our Fathers
    Our Fathers (2005) - TV Movie
    In the 1970s and 1980s a scandal was brewing in the Boston diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Pedophile priests, especially Father John Geoghan, were sexually molesting young boys. Although the Cardinal at the time, Bernard Law, was made aware of the evil acts committed by Geoghan & other priests, he sided with the priests and quietly moved them from one church to the next, and kept the matter a secret from the authorities. Years later, the victims start to come forward... (imdb)
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    The Kansas City Massacre
    Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible. (imdb)
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    The Great Ice Rip-Off
    A retired cop goes up against a slick jewel thief and his gang, who have pulled a diamond heist and are trying to smuggle the diamonds cross-country. (imdb)
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    Dark Shadows: Behind the Scenes
    Behind the scenes feature of the cult 1960s TV series, Dark Shadows.
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    Melvin Purvis G-MAN
    Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that. (imdb)
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    Saving Milly
    Saving Milly (2005) - TV Movie
    True story based on the best-selling book by Mort Kondracke. The movie recounts his inspiring love story with his activist wife, Milly, and the dramatic change in their lives in the years after she is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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    When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
    This film concentrates on attorney (Dean Jones) and his 9-year-old daughter (Katy Kurtzman). Responding to Katy's fervent pleas, Jones takes on the case of mute handyman Geoffrey Lewis, who has been accused of murder. |
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    War and Remembrance
    War and Remembrance (1988) - TV Mini-Series
    The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II. (imdb)
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    The Love Letter
    20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time (imdb.com).
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