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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 430174" data-attributes="member: 57984">I&#039;ve been watching HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS and NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS this afternoon, two theatrical films inspired, of course, by the iconic daytime soap and released just before (and just after) DARK SHADOWS left the small screen.Their narrative merits aside (I&#039;d like at least one scene inside the soap&#039;s foyer set, so the viewer could recognize something from the Collinwood TV interiors) and regardless whether or not either movie qualifies as &quot;haunted house&quot; films -- and they should! -- I just love the autumnal, deeply melancholic vibe, photographically and in terms of production design, that was commonplace on the cusp of the &#039;60s/&#039;70s, petering out of use by, say, 1974.It&#039;s sooooooooooo heart-brokenly atmospheric, and I really missed it when this cinematic approach fell out of fashion by the middle of the &#039;70s (especially on the small screen). In the wake of the volatile &#039;60s, the colour neo-noir style from the start of the following decade conveyed an intense sense of loss, decay and forlorn passage I rather adored.Imagine if they&#039;d been able to shoot the cheapy, rushed daytime version in this manner.To me, it almost seemed like the height of cinema. (I would have liked to have seen this gothic neo-noir style used here-and-there in episodes of DYNASTY, certainly FALCON CREST, and even the latter seasons of DALLAS -- which actually did the reverse; but this cinematic high-stylization was probably just too extreme for anything from the 1980s to even be thought of, much less executed. And certainly not on TV at the time).Hand-held cameras (without stabilizers), dolly shots, deep shadows and no flat lighting, pan-and-blur (or unblur-and-pan), echoes in the audio. It&#039;s just so organic and moody and focusing!<img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H2C8I-B2iK0/VC-Ej4HPFyI/AAAAAAAADBk/2suQWeFUVNc/s1600/hshadows8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 430174, member: 57984"] I've been watching HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS and NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS this afternoon, two theatrical films inspired, of course, by the iconic daytime soap and released just before (and just after) DARK SHADOWS left the small screen. Their narrative merits aside (I'd like at least one scene inside the soap's foyer set, so the viewer could recognize [B][I]something[/I][/B] from the Collinwood TV interiors) and regardless whether or not either movie qualifies as "haunted house" films -- and they should! -- I just [I][B]love[/B][/I] the autumnal, deeply melancholic vibe, photographically and in terms of production design, that was commonplace on the cusp of the '60s/'70s, petering out of use by, say, 1974. It's sooooooooooo heart-brokenly atmospheric, and I really missed it when this cinematic approach fell out of fashion by the middle of the '70s (especially on the small screen). In the wake of the volatile '60s, the colour neo-noir style from the start of the following decade conveyed an intense sense of loss, decay and forlorn passage I rather adored. Imagine if they'd been able to shoot the cheapy, rushed daytime version in this manner. To me, it almost seemed like the height of cinema. (I would have liked to have seen this gothic neo-noir style used here-and-there in episodes of DYNASTY, certainly FALCON CREST, and even the latter seasons of DALLAS -- which actually did the reverse; but this cinematic high-stylization was probably just too extreme for anything from the 1980s to even be [I][B]thought [/B][/I]of, much less executed. And certainly not on TV at the time). Hand-held cameras (without stabilizers), dolly shots, deep shadows and [B][I]no [/I][/B]flat lighting, pan-and-blur (or unblur-and-pan), echoes in the audio. It's just so organic and moody and focusing! [IMG]https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H2C8I-B2iK0/VC-Ej4HPFyI/AAAAAAAADBk/2suQWeFUVNc/s1600/hshadows8.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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