I am feeling a little shocked and stunned. I like many here feel great sympathy for the Curtis family.
I think that Dan got a bit of our enthusiasm and admiration for his work when he appeared at the director's guild. I'm sorry he never got to a full festival to see how far that extended. While like everyone here, Dark Shadows is my favorite, but I also have such a fondness for his other Gothic pieces and on down from "Jekyll and Hyde" through "The Love Letter."
I hope the industry itself acknowledges the loss of one of its true mavericks. Who knows, maybe there's making a great new Kolchak film for us at the great studio in the sky.
Michael