Burnt Offerings 1976   PG, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, Oliver Reed, Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery, Bette Davis, Dub Taylor, Anthony James
A young family–with elderly aunt in tow–rent an old home for their summer vacation and discover, too late, that it is haunted.
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 Dracula 1973   TV, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Pamela Brown, Fiona Lewis, Penelope Horner, Murray Brown, Virginia Wetherell, Barbara Lindley, Sarah Douglas, George Pravda, Hana Maria Pravda, Fred Stone
This version of Bram Stoker's novel, about the vampire Count Dracula who feeds off the blood of London's citizens in order to survive, features Jack Palance as the terrible Count Dracula.
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang 1979 TV, 145 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Cliff Potts, Randy Quaid, Larry Wilcox, Don Collier, Sharon Farrell, Matt Clark, Royal Dano, Julie Hill, John Karlen, Bo Hopkins, Mills Watson, Jack Palance
This made-for-TV film provides the wild semi-biographical account of the Dalton brothers as they form their gang and proceed to become train robbers, bank robbers, and horse thieves. It all leads up to their final robbery: the raid on Coffeyville, Kansas. Plenty of cameo appearances.
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Me and the Kid 1993  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Danny Aiello, Alex Zuckerman, Joe Pantoliano, Cathy Moriarty, David Dukes, Anita Morris, Abe Vigoda, Rick Aiello, Desmond Wilson, Ben Stein, Robin Thomas, Todd Bryant
After failing a robbery attempt at 10-year-old Gary's (Alex Zuckerman) home, Harry (Danny Aiello) kidnaps the boy. Events surrounding Harry's plans to hold Gary for ransom change when he and Gary strike up a friendship; the two of them collect the ransom and go on to become partners in crime.
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The Night Strangler 1973 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Richard Anderson, Scott Brady, Wally Cox, Margaret Hamilton, John Carradine, Nina Wayne, Al Lewis
This made-for-TV thriller/mystery is a sequel to the successful "The Night Stalker," and Darren McGavin is back as the reporter who uncovered a vampire in the original. Now in Seattle, he is after a man who strangles his victims and drains their blood. Not bad.
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Our Fathers 2005 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Ted Danson, Brian Dennehy, Daniel Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, Kenneth Welsh, Steven Shaw, Will Lyman, Wayne Best, Colin Fox, Richard Kiley, Aidan Devine
Based on David Frank's investigation and subsequent book "Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal," this made-for-TV movie provides a dramatized account of the pedophile scandal that shook the Catholic Diocese of Boston.
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Trilogy of Terror 1975 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm, Gregory Harrison, Tracy Curtis, Kathryn Reynolds, Orin Cannon
Dan Curtis, of the "Dark Shadows" TV show, brings three interwoven stories to a made-for-TV film–all starring Karen Black. "Julie"-A student is infatuated with his teacher, gets her out on a date, then drugs and photographs her. When he tries to blackmail her, she kills him, and now it starts over with another student. "Millicent and Therese"-Two estranged sisters have opposite personalities. When Millicent tries to kill her sister using a voodoo doll, we find out that they are actually the same person. "Amelia"-This one makes the film and has become a classic in itself. Amelia bought a doll that supposedly contains the soul of a great tribal warrior. When a chain around the doll breaks, the soul is released, and the doll and Amelia fight it out around the apartment. When Amelia thinks she has killed the doll, she finds she is mistaken since the warrior now possesses her. This film broke new ground in TV with its sex and horror theme.
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Trilogy of Terror II 1996  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Lysette Anthony, Geraint Wyn Davies, Blake Heron, Matt Clark, Geoffrey Lewis, Richard Fitzpatrick, Thomas(2) Mitchell, Gerry Quigley, Dennis O'Connor, John McMahon
Over 20 years after his "Trilogy of Terror," Dan Curtis is back with another trio of thrillers with Lysette Anthony starring in all three. Not as good as the prior trilogy. "The Graveyard Rats"-After killing her husband, a woman realizes that information on his secret bank accounts was buried with him. But the monster rats are after her when she tries to recover the accounts. "Bobby"-A woman conducts a ritual to bring back her drowned son. It appears to have worked, but why is Bobby now after her? "He Who Kills"-In this continuation of the near-famous "Amelia" from the first trilogy, the police investigate the grisly death of Amelia and her mother and find the Zuni tribe doll. The doctor at the museum inspects the doll, which comes to life and possesses her–and here we go again.
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The Turn of the Screw 1974 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Lynn Redgrave, Jasper Jacob, Eva Griffith, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Megs Jenkins, James Laurenson, Benedict Taylor, John Barton, Anthony Taylor
This made-for-TV adaptation of Henry James' gothic tale relates the story of Jane (Lynn Redgrave), who is hired to be governess to two children who seem to be possessed by ghosts.
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The Winds of War 1983 TV, 882 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, Polly Bergen, Lisa Eilbacher, David Dukes, Topol, Peter Graves, Jeremy Kemp
This epic World War II Herman Wouk story is about a U.S. Navy family's ordeals from 1939 to 1941. Robert Mitchum plays the patriarch, Commander Victor (Pug) Henry, and Ali MacGraw is Natalie, the beautiful Jewish woman stranded behind Nazi lines.
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| 1. Burnt Offerings (1976)
2. Dracula (1973)
3. The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
4. Me and the Kid (1993)
5. The Night Strangler (1973)
6. Our Fathers (2005)
7. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
8. Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
9. The Turn of the Screw (1974)
10. The Winds of War (1983)
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