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- Taken on its own terms, the story is a lot of fun and does hang together, more or less, building up to a conclusion that works in context, even if it's predictable. The music is fit for purpose. But there are some delicious absurdities.
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Curse of the Black Widow is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Tony Franciosa, Donna Mills, Patty Duke, Vic Morrow and June Allyson. It originally aired on ABC on September 16, 1977 and was re-released in 1979 as Love Trap.
- Crime Horror Mystery Sci-Fi
Curse of the Black Widow: Directed by Dan Curtis. With Anthony Franciosa, Donna Mills, Patty Duke, June Lockhart. The private investigator Mark Higbie is drinking in a bar with his friend Frank, who is waiting for his fiancée Leigh Lockridge, and the bartender Carlo Lenzi.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- Dan Curtis
"Curse of the Black Widow" (1977) is similar to other spooky thrillers of the 70s by Dan Curtis, like "The Night Strangler" (1973), "The Norliss Tapes" (1973) and "Scream of the Wolf" (1974), all of which were made-for-TV. One critic said it's unintentionally funny, but I didn't see that.
Curse of the Black Widow is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Dan Curtis the creator of the cult serial, "Dark Shadows" directed "C...
- 97 min
- 5.5K
- The Made-For-Television Movie
The young girl gymnast in the film is the daughter of its director, Dan Curtis. Her name is Tracy Curtis. She only appeared in two made-for-TV films, both of them directed by her father: Trilogy of Terror (1975) and this one. She stayed in show business throughout her life as a film editor.
Patty Duke - plained down with glasses and a tight bun - keeps losing men to her pretty Donna Mills sister. Luckily for her, Patty has been cursed with freaky black widow morphing abilities -along with an evil alter-ego who is keen to murder all and sundry (including her own Italian? accent).
Macabre maestro Dan Curtis's sinisterly spun 70s TV shocker finds Private Eye Mark Higbie (Tony Franciosa) investigating the increasingly fantastic links between a series of murders and two beautiful, apparently cursed siblings (Donna Mills, Patty Duke Astin).
