Johan_Wondering_on_Waves Review of Night of Dark Shadows

Night of Dark Shadows (1971)

I have the feeling they edited the wrong parts

[6/10 · 2 March 2015]

I probably rate this movie too low giving it 6/10 now that I know that they have cut some 40 minutes from it. This really shows in some sequences. However an over 2 hour version would probably have been too long. At 45 minutes of film the whole mystery behind the mansion and its previous inhabitants from over hundred years ago was clear by then. I think they better did cut a bit more in the second part as that was way less interesting than what happened after the whole revelation. The action scenes towards the ending were pretty awful. The solution seemed too easy and that's a sign that there is going to be some twist and indeed, a predictable one too. Enjoyable yes but the back story of the previous inhabitants was much more interesting than those of the new ones. I particularly liked how the story of the previous inhabitants was told in some kind of flashbacks.