Television Horrors of Dan Curtis

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 websites dealing with Dark Shadows and horror cinema.

• Table of ContentsForeword: The Fearless Master by Jim PiersonPreface and Acknowledgments: Life from a CoffinIntroduction: Dan Curtis and Television HorrorI. The Career of Dan Curtis: An OverviewII. Curtis’s Dream: Dark ShadowsIII. Big-Screen Shadows: House of Dark Shadows (1970), Night delete delete delete of Dark Shadows (1971) and Dark Shadows (2012)IV. Dead of Night: A Darkness at BlaisedonV. Curtis and the Classics: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, and The Turn of the ScrewVI. The Kolchak Papers: The Night Stalker and The Night StranglerVII. In the Night Stalker Vein: The Norliss Tapes and Scream of the WolfVIII. A Trilogy of Trilogies of Terror: Trilogy of Terror, Dead of Night, and Trilogy of Terror IIIX. Curtis’s Pre-War Farewell to Horror: Burnt Offerings and Curse of the Black WidowX. Intruders: They Are Among UsXI. Lost in the Shadows: Productions That Never WereXII. Master of Dark Shadows: The Dan Curtis DocumentaryConclusion: Dan Curtis and Television Horror and DramaAfterword: The Fearless Pioneer by Ansel H. FarajChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Reviews of the first edition: “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