Overlooking the hudson river, tarrytowns historic lyndhurst estate and its grounds are open to the public all year round. Hotel near lyndhurst mansion tarrytown house estate. You can see it in the first few seconds of the house of dark shadows trailer. Dark shadows the revival aired on sunday january th and monday january 14th, 1991 as a four hour miniseries on nbc. Both movies were filmed on location in tarrytown, ny at the beautiful lyndhurst estate. The scene is detailed however in the house of dark shadows novelization. A sequel film, night of dark shadows was released in 1971, but had very little to do with. Filmed on location with the lavish lyndhurst mansion in tarrytown, new york serving as collinwood, the film retells several plot. The dark shadows movie book contains the uncut original scripts to both films house of dark shadows filmed while the tv series was still in production, and night of dark shadows was made shortly after the series was completed. Collinswood is the dark shadows home of vampire barnabas collins from the tv soap opera. For more information, visit the official lyndhurst website. The dark shadows movie book kathryn leigh scott online. House of dark shadows 1970 vampire barnabas collins is accidentally released from his centurieslong confinement at his familys estate in maine.
Curtis opted for more of a haunted house theme instead, with the shows cast popping up in different roles. Although the storyline was based in collinsport, maine, it was filmed elsewhere. House of dark shadows the dark shadows wiki fandom. Veruselle residence of russell hopkins, irvington, n. The mansion, which had been vacant for about seven or eight years by the late 1960s tv shoots, was used for exterior photography.
It was used for the exterior shots in the two early dark shadows movies, house of dark shadows 1970 and night of dark shadows 1971. When the powers that be decided to make a feature film version, most of the original cast members of the daily soap opera were recruited to star in this production. Night of dark shadows was released that same year, but frid declined to participate. There were two dark shadows movies prior to the new remake. A sequel film, night of dark shadows was released in 1971, but had very little to do with its predecessor. The novelization of house of dark shadows was written by marilyn ross and published by paperback library in october of 1970. Twelve episodes were produced for the first season. The exteriors at newport, including the ocean, were filmed in the spring of 1966, before the first episode was taped, so before the storm of june 14. Johnny depps new film dark shadows above is a screenshot of the newly released trailer for johnny depps new gothic movie dark shadows showcasing his stately manor collinwood. Neither film is set directly in the continuity of the tv show, and only. Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. As i wandered the cliffs i came across the carey mansion.
Well, exteriors of the brooding 40room collinwood mansion were shot in newport, rhode island, while footage of the old house where barnabas lived was recorded in tarrytown, new york. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues maggie, the incarnation of his lost love. The house is located near the town of collinsport, maine, overlooking the atlantic ocean. Vampire barnabas collins resides in the spectrefilled collinswood mansion. Although its set in coastal maine, dark shadows was made entirely in england. House of dark shadows 1970 headhunters horror house. One of my alltime favorite horror movies, certainly one of my bestloved vampire movies, house of dark shadows is a bigscreen version of the beloved gothichorror soap broadcast on abc in the mid60s early 70s. A place to honor the gorgeous historical mansion that was once. Was lyndhurst mansion used on the set of dark shadows.
The house has more than 40 rooms, most of which are. Site reader kenneth tomasi paid a trip to some of the locations featured in the feature film house of dark shadows earlier this year, and has sent in some photos of the sites as they look today, more than 40 years later. With a shoestring budget, director dan curtis relied entirely on existing locations for dark shadows first big screen outing, rather than building studio sets. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The movie was based on the television series of the same name. At goosefeather, chef dale talde, seen on cooking shows like top chef and chopped, takes traditional cantonese cuisine to another level. The scenes at collinwood were filmed at the lyndhurst estate in tarrytown, new york. Fans of veruselle aka spratt mansionthe old house on dark shadows. The manor used in the tv series, and the one used in the film.
Dark shadows collinswood mansion the carey mansion is better known as the collinswood mansion, home of vampire barnabas collins from the 1970s tv soap opera. House of dark shadows is a 1970 american featurelength horror film directed by dan curtis, based on his dark shadows television series. The gothic mansion stood in for the series great house. Dark shadows tv series remembered, plus new documentary. The movie, filmed from march 23 to may 1, 1970, is set in an whole.
The interior filming was not done at lyndhurst for the movies. House of dark shadows was filmed concurrently with the original dark shadows television series. For a long time i have been hearing that the original ds was broadcast live. The 1970s featurelength horror film directed by dan curtis, house of dark shadows, was filmed at the lyndhurst castle in tarrytown, new york, with additional footage at nearby sleepy hollow cemetery. However, i just watched an interview with laura parker and she basically said that it was taped two weeks or so in advance.
Thats okay, because dark shadows was like nothing ever on television. The collinwood standin mansion used for the tv series is the carey mansion in newport, rhode island though the shots in the opening credits of the water and cliffs were done in. With jonathan frid, grayson hall, alexandra isles, nancy barrett. Filming took place at lyndhurst estate in tarrytown, new york, with additional footage at nearby sleepy hollow cemetery. House of dark shadows was a 1970 film directed by dan curtis and was based on the popular daytime gothic soap opera, dark shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971. House of dark shadows 1971, and night of dark shadows 1971. The most recent addition to westchester countys stellar culinary scene is right here at tarrytown house estate.
Almost every resident of the town is too scared to even drive by the house due to rumors and legends. Dan curtis, the creator of the original dark shadows series returned to cowrite and direct the first four episodes. Filming locations 5 filming dates 1 filming locations. The house of dark shadows was filmed by mgm in 1970 while the cast continued to tape the abctv series.
The seaview terrace served as the exteriors for the haunted collinwood manor from 1966 until dark shadows cancellation in 1971 whiskey millionaire edson bradley created seaview terrace when he. This trailer contains a lot of monstermoviestyle screaming, and a good dose of fake blood best not watch it if people are looking over your shoulder. The story behind the grand, gothic set design may 11, 2012 10. Kathryn leigh scott, dan curtis, and jonathan frid on the set of house of dark shadows. Collinwood mansion is a fictional house featured in the gothic horror soap opera dark shadows.
Both theatrical films, house of dark shadows 1970 and night of dark shadows 1971 were shot primarily on location at the lyndhurst estate in tarrytown, new york. Collinwood mansion is a fictional house featured in the gothic horror soap opera dark shadows 19661971. The lyndhurst estate also housed spratt mansion, which had been used as the exterior of the old house on the series, but was destroyed by a fire the year before house of. Theres a youtube video showing a short minidocumentary made in 1985 where jonathan frid serves as a tour guide for the grounds of the estate in newport used. The house itself wasnt anything extremely impressive. Aside from a few small details, the novelization remains very faithful to the film. Tim burtons homage to the cult us tv series of the 70s which didnt make it to the uk is, of course, gloriously gothic, but doesnt contain any surprises. Beechwood scarborough, briarcliff manor, new york, usa. The gothic soap opera exterior shots were filmed mainly at seaview terrace mansion in newport, rhode island. After watching house of dark shadows i realized that had i gone to see this movie at my local drivein movie theatre in the early seventies when i was a teenager, i would have enjoyed it very much and would have been jumping at shadows. The original dark shadows tv show was filmed in four locations.
Unlike the newest remake, these early 70s films were shot at lyndhurst in tarrytown. Curtis followed this film one year later with night of dark shadows, another expansion of. The exterior for the first tv series was the seaview terrace mansion in newport, rhode island. During the time of filming, the television program was in the middle of its 1970 parallel time storyarc. Seaview terrace, newport, rhode island, usa 8 of 8 found this interesting interesting. This house should be familiar to fans of the 1960s vampire soap opera dark shadows, for it appeared in the television series as the old house.
Built in 1795 by joshua collins, collinwood has been home to the collins familyand other sometimes unwelcome supernatural visitorssince its inception. The most memorial piece of information about the estate for me was that the tv series, dark shadows, was filmed at lyndhurst, and barnabas and angeliques paintings from. Presently the movie the discover with robert redford is being filmed there. The eatery pays tribute to the food of hong kong, with a focus on noodles, familystyle cantonese barbecue.
A newport ri mansion that was used for the gothic soap opera, dark shadows. Vampire barnabas collins resides in the spectrefilled collinswood. House of dark shadows 1970 is the moviehouse version of the then popular gothic soap opera. The gothic mansion stood in for the series great house, collinwood. Earlier in the film, carolyn tells barnabas that she, shall be in london this summer, implying that the current. The rich collins family of collinsport, maine is tormented by strange occurrences. The collinwood scenes were filmed at the lyndhurst estate in tarrytown, new york. It suffers from pet project syndrome, and it feels time for burton and johnny depp to move out of their comfort zone. The lyndhurst estate, a national trust property in tarrytown, new york served as the new version of collinwood, with additional filming taking place in connecticut. House of dark shadows 1970 film night of dark shadows. Filmed at the lyndhurst estate in tarrytown, new york, with additional location shooting in scarborough, new york and norwalk, connecticut, house of dark shadows was directed by dan curtis and continued storylines and characters from. This rhode island mansion was a standin for the exteriors of collinwood in the original dark shadows series.
In this film expansion, vampire barnabas collins searches for a cure for vampirism so he can marry a woman who resembles his longlost fiancee josette. House of dark shadows was released on region 1 dvd on october 30, 2012. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. House of dark shadows is a 1970 film directed by dan curtis and was based on the popular daytime gothic soap opera, dark shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971. The film is based on the 1960s1970s tv series of the same name. This film is based on the popular 1960s tv gothic serial dark shadows. Additionally, the 1970 film house of dark shadows included scenes set in a terrarium in scenes cut from the theatrical release.
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