House of Dark Shadows

House of Dark Shadows is a 1970 American gothichorror film produced and directed by Dan Curtis, based on his Dark Shadows television series. In this film expansion, vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) searches for a cure for vampirism so he can marry Maggie Evans, a woman who resembles his long-lost fiancée Josette du Pres (Kathryn Leigh Scott). Filming took place at Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York, with additional footage at nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Curtis' feature directorial debut, the film was released by MGM on October 28, 1970, at the height of the television series' popularity, and was a commercial success. Curtis followed this film one year later with Night of Dark Shadows, another expansion of the Shadows franchise, dealing with the witchAngelique Collins (Lara Parker).