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May 24 2009, 1:29 AM EDT (current) Midaba2004 19 words added, 1 widget added, 1 widget deleted
May 12 2009, 12:19 PM EDT mr3urious 2 words added, 2 words deleted, 1 photo added, 1 photo deleted, 2 widgets added, 2 widgets deleted

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Logo descriptions by Michael Bass
Editions by mr3urious and SeanElGatoTV2k8
Video captures courtesy of Eric S., disabled1955, and SoapCreditsDude


1st Logo
(1966-1971)
Dan Curtis Productions (1966-1971)Dan Curtis Productions (1966-1971)


Logo: Scrolling up in the credits of Dark Shadows, we see a superimposed logo with stylized text (the first letters of each word are in boxes) as follows:

Dan
Curtis
Productions, inc.
copyright © (year)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Variants:
  • On some 1970-71 episodes, a text-only version was used as follows:

DAN CURTIS
PRODUCTIONS, INC.
copyright (c) year

  • Another variation, seen on the 1969 TV movie Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon, is like the stylized-text version used on Dark Shadows, except this copyright disclaimer is used:

© MCMLXIX DONNYBROOK PRODUCTIONS, INC.
All rights reserved
FX/SFX: Scrolls up in the credits.

Music/Sounds
: The end theme of Dark Shadows, or a voice-over saying, "Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis Production."

Availability: Found on all episodes of the original Dark Shadows TV series, which ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971.

Scare Factor: Low to nightmare, depending on what you think of the spooky Dark Shadows theme song or a sudden voice-over catching you off-guard.

2nd Logo
(1973)
Dan Curtis Productions (1973)

Logo: On a dark background with a scary-looking face, we see this text:

A
DAN
CURTIS
PRODUCTION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
The logo would then cut to a Metromedia Producers Corporation logo that would be superimposed on the same background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A scary-sounding end theme, which is that of The Norliss Tapes.

Availability: Seen on the 1973 TV movie The Norliss Tapes.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare; the scary-looking face, as well as the scary-sounding music, may scare you.