.jpg) Dark
Shadow arrives on DVD
The infamous Gothic daytime soap with vampires and witches
comes to dvd.
Dark Shadows: The Beginning
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DVD Collection 1
4-Disc includes Episodes 1- 35.
Original Airdates: June 27, 1966 - August 12, 1966
Street Date: August 28, 2007
Series ran 1966-1971
LOS ANGELES, CA -
For the first time on DVD
you can watch that kooky vampire Barnabas Collins and his starchy family
wreak havoc on a quaint little New England town called Collinsport.
If you’ve experienced
the show, then you know. For those who haven’t got a clue, this
is a find. You’ve probably heard the lore of the vampire soap opera.
Now you can relive the hit, one episode at a time.
MPI Home Video has included
the early episodes (BBC “Before Barnabas Collins”) for its
first batch. It’s filled with foreboding suspense that will have
your fangs drooling and your MasterCard ready for the next batch.
They have included the show’s
first 35 half hours with the premier episode — with the original
commercials!
The Dark Shadows show was created
by Dan Curtis. It’s this wonderfully dark soap-opera based on a
Kennedy-esque family in upper Maine.
The creepy family (complete
with old-school dram styles) hires a beautiful governess named Victoria
(Alexandra Moltke). It turns out this gal will raise the dead. Literally.
Granted, this series introduction
does not include the charming “visiting” kinfolk, Barnabas
(Jonathan Frid), but it is none-the-less worth every cent. The production
values are low, but the suspense levels are high. Thanks to the music,
even walking up the stairs is ominous.
Two folks get off the train
in Collinsport in the fisrt episode. The nanny and Burke Devlin. Devlin
(the original one: Mitch Ryan) has something on Uncle Roger (Louis Edmonds).
Of course it will take half a dozen episodes for us to be in on it. But
that's the glory of this over-the-top series.
Dan Curtis said that the famous
vampire was an after-thought. The ratings would skyrocket after every
crazy supernatural cast member was introduced. So, he decided to throw
a British-laced vampire into the script in 1967. Viola! A legend is born.
Err, reborn.
Oh this daytime mega-hit goes
for it. The family is just bizarre. There’s the nutso kid, an über-selfish
fore-mention uncle, a few conniving cousins and the mansion’s widow
to meet.
As the stories go on there
will be a few classic monsters added for your perusal. And before you
know it, the show goes off the deep end: you’ll meet a bevy of driven
witches and mysterious ghosts, with lusty undertones stitched all the
way through.
The show’s fashions are
pure late ’60s. From the heavy eye-liner to the go-go boots, the
release may just restart the Mod revolution!
Starring: Joan Bennett, Louis
Edmonds, Nancy Barrett, Mitchell Ryan, Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Henesy,
Joel Crothers, Mark Allen, George Mitchell, Frank Schofield, Elizabeth
Wilson, Conrad Bain, Michael Currie, Jane Rose, Barnard Hughes, Joseph
Julian, Katherine Bruce and Alexandra Moltke
DVD Bonuses include:
¨ New Dark Shadows Introduction
with Alexandra Moltke (Victoria Winters)
¨ Dark Shadows History
with Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie Evans).
¨ Original Network Promo.
¨ Episode 1 with the original
1966 commercials.
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