Now that I've shared just about everything I have that refers to Curse of Dark Shadows, ...
Oops, that wasn't quite right because I have the following that I also want to share -
- which offers the perfect opportunity to reshare this article from the NoDS Pressbook about the drowning sequence (and the dream sequence) -
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A Swimming Pool, Without Glamour- and something that's not referred to in that blurb, this article, also from the NoDS Pressbook, about the danger faced while shooting a hanging sequence up in a tree -
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Too Much Realism...AlmostBut the thing I've always found most interesting about the blurb is that, while there are several instances that talk about the drowning, the hanging and the bike riding dangers the actors faced while shooting the film, this blurb is the only place I'm aware of that mentions Selby's problems with horseback riding. And I'm not a bit surprised that Grayson Hall helped him with it because they were close friends during the time they worked on DS together...