Monday, June 17, 2019

DARK SHADOWS

When I was young younger, I used to race home from school to watch Dark Shadows on the boob tube. Yes, it was a poorly made, low budget horror? soap, but most kids from my generation ate it up as if it was written by God himself.

Several years ago I bought the complete Dark Shadows set and I sat and watched it with my Shih Tzu, Fenway. She and I thoroughly enjoyed the simplicity/complexity of it and its packaging was simply genius. The DVD's come in a coffin housing the individual DVD's that make a picture of Barnabus Collins (Jonathan Frid), a 175 year old vampire resting in his coffin.

Is there anyone out there who was a Dark Shadows fan and wants to come binge watch Dark Shadows with me? I'm sorry, but the plane ticket is not included, but the popcorn is!




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20 comments:

  1. Mistress MaddieMonday, June 17, 2019 at 9:40:00 AM CDT

    I love me ALOT of Dark Shadows!!!!

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  2. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - MaybeMonday, June 17, 2019 at 9:55:00 AM CDT

    I remember watching it. It was very campy and fun to watch.

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  3. BootsandBraidsMonday, June 17, 2019 at 11:30:00 AM CDT

    I too would rush home to see the latest installment of Dark Shadows. One of the stations began rerunning Dark a few years ago and I thought how funny that it use to so intrigued and terrify me and now it seemed laughable. Still love vampire movies, but Barnaby no longer does it for me.

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    1. Mildred Ratched Monday, June 17, 2019 at 12:09:00 PM CDT

      I liked True Blood when HBO ran it years ago. I loved the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice but not so much the movies. Movies always seems to cut out too many details.

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  4. Debra She Who SeeksMonday, June 17, 2019 at 12:51:00 PM CDT

    When I was an adolescent, I was a huge Dark Shadows fan too. But we didn't get the TV show on our stations in Canada where I lived. I knew the series through cheapo paperback books that were published simultaneously. I've never seen the TV series to this day.

    Did you see the movie that was made of "Dark Shadows" with Johnny Depp? I haven't seen it but I hear it was NOT well received.

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    1. Mistress MaddieMonday, June 17, 2019 at 8:22:00 PM CDT

      It was so so. Thank god the one saving grace was the talent of Helena Bonham Carter. Although her Dr. Julia Hoffman was a comical drunk.

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    2. Mildred Ratched Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 1:50:00 PM CDT

      The Mistress says it best. I really wanted the movie to be better than it was, but sometimes when things are redone it loses something in creative translation.

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  5. Elephant's ChildMonday, June 17, 2019 at 2:38:00 PM CDT

    Not a show we got. Or at least I don't think so (but we didn't get television until late either).

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  6. Geo.Monday, June 17, 2019 at 6:46:00 PM CDT

    Back in the '60s my friend --who is still my friend-- got me watching "Dark Shadows" and I was hooked. Then one day there was a parade downtown on K street --which later became a pedestrian mall. In the procession I was treated to a slow-moving car topped with a mattress and Jo Anne Worley --she waved and blinded us with her beautiful teeth to advertise her role in "Once Upon A Mattress" at Sacramento's Music Circus. Afterwards came Jonathan Frid, in vampire garb, loosely held by chains an another car roof. He had his crazy teeth in and made clawing motions at us spectators. We cheered and clapped. Everybody loved both performers. Norma, however, was not beside me. She was playing piccolo in the marching band. Thanks for sending me back to this memory.

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    1. Mildred Ratched Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 8:57:00 AM CDT

      WOW! That's incredible! Too bad your friend didn't see him, but what a treat for you!

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  7. anne marie in phillyMonday, June 17, 2019 at 7:00:00 PM CDT

    OMFG, this show was DA BOMB back in the day! I would LOVE to binge watch with you!

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  8. MargieMonday, June 17, 2019 at 9:45:00 PM CDT

    Never did get into it but my sister raced home every day just like you to catch the show...

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  9. jnutsSunday, June 23, 2019 at 11:05:00 AM CDT

    After school it was Dark Shadows and The Lloyd Thaxton show...a Bandstand ripoff. Seems I'm old.

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  10. neyse iyi gecelerSaturday, September 21, 2019 at 8:02:00 AM CDT

    great book, great series.

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