Dan Curtis

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 episodes. Curtis also produced the 1991 revival, which was canceled after twelve episodes due to low ratings. He also served as executive producer for a WB reboot; however, it was canceled before the pilot episode aired.

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Burnt Offerings

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.5

258 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 1976

50 years ago
Trilogy of Terror

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Average Rating

6.2

178 votes

Release Date

Mar 04, 1975

51 years ago
House of Dark Shadows

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Average Rating

6.5

82 votes

Release Date

Sep 09, 1970

56 years ago
The Night Strangler

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Average Rating

6.7

78 votes

Release Date

Jan 16, 1973

54 years ago
Dracula

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Average Rating

6.3

73 votes

Release Date

Jun 13, 1974

52 years ago
Night of Dark Shadows

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Average Rating

6.6

54 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1971

55 years ago
Trilogy of Terror II

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Average Rating

5.0

52 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 1996

29 years ago
Dead of Night

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Average Rating

6.1

41 votes

Release Date

Mar 29, 1977

49 years ago
The Love Letter

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Average Rating

6.5

30 votes

Release Date

Feb 01, 1998

28 years ago
The Norliss Tapes

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Average Rating

6.0

24 votes

Release Date

Feb 21, 1973

53 years ago
Curse of the Black Widow

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Average Rating

5.0

18 votes

Release Date

Sep 16, 1977

49 years ago
The Turn of the Screw

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Average Rating

6.5

12 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 1974

52 years ago
Our Fathers

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Average Rating

6.4

10 votes

Release Date

May 11, 2005

21 years ago
Scream of the Wolf

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Average Rating

6.2

8 votes

Release Date

Jan 16, 1974

53 years ago
Melvin Purvis G-Man

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Average Rating

6.0

7 votes

Release Date

Feb 28, 1975

51 years ago
The Invasion of Carol Enders

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Average Rating

3.8

5 votes

Release Date

Mar 08, 1974

52 years ago
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

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Average Rating

1.9

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 20, 1979

47 years ago
The Kansas City Massacre

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Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 1975

51 years ago
Me and the Kid

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Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 22, 1993

32 years ago
Saving Milly

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.5

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 13, 2005

21 years ago
The Great Ice Rip-Off

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Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 06, 1974

52 years ago
St. John in Exile

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Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July

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Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 12, 1978

48 years ago
Mrs. R's Daughter

Department Directing

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Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 1979

47 years ago
Express to Terror

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 07, 1979

47 years ago
The Long Days of Summer

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Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 23, 1980

46 years ago

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