Logo descriptions by Michael BassEditions by mr3urious and SeanElGatoTV2k8
Video captures courtesy of Eric S., disabled1955, and SoapCreditsDude1st Logo
(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)
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.