The centuries-long confinement of vampire Barnabas Collins at his family's estate in Maine is broken when he is accidentally released. His descendants, who have no knowledge of his existence, become his targets as he relentlessly pursues Maggie, the reincarnation of his lost love. Directed by Dan Curtis and written by Sam Hall and Gordon Russell, House of Dark Shadows (1970) stars Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, and Kathryn Leigh Scott.