Some of the best writing and acting bar none. We would run home at 3pm in the evening to keep up with this on going saga.. No Soap Opera ever touched it and never will. Thanks Dan Curtis.
The terrific chemistry between Jonathan Frid and Louis Edmonds was always one of the highlights of the series. And it was never better than it was during these episodes set in the 1790s.
I can never grow tired of barnabas collins of the dark shadows , as a youth i would hurry home , not mis any scene . The era dress is impressive . Forever Collins port , Maine and Barnabas.
I loved the 1795 storyline of how Barnabas became a Vampire also the events surrounding it both before and after. This soap opera went where none have gone before or since. It stands alone in it's achievement. Here in America Barnabas is second only to Dracula in Vampire lore. He has gone on to become a slice of Americana. A true American Icon!
yes yes the show was and still is very addictive. The many popular Dark Shadows Facebook grps have from 8 to 12,000 Thousands devoted fans who watch the reruns on several streaming video services.
I will always love the original! Jonathan Frid was a true actor! I suggest looking at some of his other works on UA-cam! Such a wonderful body of work. Great acting even when just reading Shakespeare.
I have looked at every Frid film, documentary, etc. His reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "When I'm Dead" are especially mesmerizing. He also does a beautiful job with the DS song "Always". He had the most beautiful voice. It could send chills down your spine ("ABIGAIL!!! What are YOU doing h-h-here!!" 😱... or melt your heart ("Julia, NEVER without you..." 😍)
For me personally this is one of the most memorable moments in the whole Dark Shadows series. The 1795 Timeline episodes were magnificent and grandiose.
+Alfredo Garcia Jr or me as a kid the tear jerker was when Barnabas' mother Naomi died in her son's arms. Joan Bennett's acting seemed genuine and you believed that Frid was her son regardless of his older age That was a real heart stopped and then again in 1840 when Human Angelique, shot by Trask, dies in Barnabas' arms before she hears him tell her that he had always loved her.
@@thejupiter2574 Joan Bennett was actually 14 years older than Jonathan Frid. When the series first began in 1966 she was already nearly sixty years of age, but she was so youthful in appearance-well into her old age-that few guessed her REAL age unless they remembered her from her early film career.
I LOVE the fact that the first thing Joshua does when he finds out his son is a murderer is to scold him for not thinking of his mother. That is terrific.
@@evangriner411 Joshua may not have loved Naomi, but he knew Barnabas loved Naomi dearly and that he and Barnabas were not close. Joshua knew that Barnabas would care more about how this would affect Naomi. That's not to say Barnabas didn't care about how it would affect Joshua since he even says he never intended Joshua to find out and later questioned if Joshua and Naomi could go through with him going to trial. His attempts to protect his secret were so the image Joshua and Naomi had of Barnabas before he was turned would stay intact and hopefully Angelique's curse would not affect them more than it had.
Joshua's whole world collapsed on him, and he and his lost son would soon be helpless witnesses to the decimation of the family. These were the best episodes of the series, with Jonathan Frid and Louis Edmonds giving the audience their finest moments as Barnabas and Joshua.
Agreed. The concluding weeks of the 1795 story arc were almost Shakespearean. I'm also a big fan of the couple of weeks building up to the seance that started the 1795 story arc (when Barnabas and Julia call off their tense truce), and the last couple of weeks of Quentin's haunting of Collinwood. And Maggie's kidnapping was so chilling, lest I forget.
You are so right. My father hayed soap operas and sci fi, but the father/son interaction always pulled him into any show -- the Outer Limits, Star Wars. Jor-el puttig Kal-el in the rocket. I don't remember what part of this scene he started watching, but he was.deeply moved -- until Barnabas said, "I am a vampire." Then my father said -- just like,Joshua,would have -- What a lot of nonsense. How can y'all watch this?" And he left the room. Had rhe writing been this,good from the beginning, DS would not have required shifting to ghosts and witches to keep the show going.
Yes. And in my opinion the whole thing is carried by Johnathan Frid. His performance is the foundation of the house that Dark Shadows built and everything else is built upon and revolves around him.
From two veteran stage actors. Frid was too old in real life to be playing Barnabas Collins, who at the very least would have been more than ten years, younger than Frid, and not so sunken-looking. . And Edmonds was too old to play Roger, bu maybe not Joshua.But their acting skills were so good, they made the characters their own .
@@georgewilliams6251 Jonathan Frid certainly WASN'T too old to portray the vampire. Frid was only in his early forties when his character was introduced, and being that he was a VAMPIRE, his taut, world-weary face was perfect for the role. Like Frid, Louis Edmonds was in his early forties and was also-IMHO-not too old to portray either Joshua or Roger Collins. I agree with you that both were superb actors who made the roles their own. An interesting tidbit: Louis Edmonds wasn't-as many assumed- English, but was actually born and raised in SOUTHERN United States.
I think Louis Edmonds played all his many characters flawlessly. He was excellent as the butler, brother , father and whatever they threw at him. That is so crazy to use the same actor to play several major parts in the same film.
Marilyn Willett, l was so happy to read your comments, you're a breath of fresh air!!!! I think Jonathan would have loved your comments. I thought the producers should've listened to him. I was so alone in my comments, but l stood by them, then you!!!! We may be in the minority, but Jonathan was outspoken, and l think we should be also :-)
I also like your comments. Thanks so much. I'd be thrilled to know he enjoyed my frankness. Whenever Josette opens her loud mouth I turn my volume down. As Frid told Lara Parker; there are a thousand ingenues but YOU have the plum role.
According to Louis Edmonds during an interview, they treated it as theatre and the actors as a repertory company of players. Most were stage and Shakesperian trained to begin with.
what I used to like about louis is that he was able to cover his mistakes so quickly you would never know he made a mistake it was like it was in the script brilliant actor may he rest in peace.
I wish they would remake this series. Look at the difference in the acting compared to the filth we have today. This series was considered a gothic soap opera, what a novel idea. Long live Barnabas LOL 😄😄😄
I too watched this as a teen. Got off the bus and right inside, grab a snack and then in front of the tv to watch Dark Shadows. Barnabas was the catalase of this series. Watched all the to the end. Shame it ended... these were actors, stage sets were excellent. Jonathon Fritz’s character was my favorite actor as was his character. It’s sad to watch these episodes and know most of these actors have passed on. I had 2 other shows that I watched after watching Dark Shadows was Malibu U and Shin Dig...
I was a toddler in the 60s but in 80s my mother put me down with it on Wbff TV. 45 in 1983 and iam proud to say iam a dark shadow fan. Fanatic. I understand y'all. That seen it fresh in the 60s I love it
This is the greatest one for me. I liked others later, like General Hospital in the very early 80's and The Edge of Night (saw the episodes with Gunther in the mid 80's). Dark Shadows is still my favourite, just something highly magical with this one.
@@robsemail ... Though that show was a comical take off of soap operas, I don't know, was it actually a soap opera? I think soap operas are serious dramas, and SOAP was a comedy.
Jonathan Frid's pale skin, jet black hair, facial structure, handsome features, and background in Shakespearean theater made him the perfect actor for the role of Barnabas. He actually looked like a vampire and had the experience for the role.
This eas one of the best soap operas of its time. In 1966 i was 7 when it first came on tv. I was a dark shadows fan back then.watched it till 1971. Some actors went on to movies and tv. Kate jackson and david selby.
Finally watched House of Dark Shadows 1970.... Barnabas was so mean in this-killed off just about everyone. Only 2 Collins left were Elizebeth and David and then theres Jeff and Maggie..... Like the series better.......
I agree Barnabas in House of dark shadows was unredeemable and not sympathetic at all, here in the soap opera he's conflicted, sympathetic, and your heart goes out to him because you realize that he doesn't want to be the way that he is... he never wanted it.
oh how remember running home from school every day to watch this show as a kid and how I later went to dark shadow festivals as an adult so much fun and even still as a 60 year old man I still watch the show on dvd greatest show ever put on tv.
I wasn't allowed to watch this because of bad dreams But if I was quiet and sneaky I found away. I actually wanted to be a vampire but that didn't happen.
My younger sisters would hide behind a half wall separating the kitchen from the living room. Scared out of their minds when Barnabas was on... Great times growing up !! Roseville, Michigan...1967.
There is a site called Tubi, which is free. There you will find every Dark Shadows episode, including the bits before Barnabas "arrived" at Collinwood.
I actually met Johnathan Frid .I look at him like he was a god . He look at me like I was a nut . but he didn't call the police . so it was best moments of my life . I also got his autograph .
@@lindalcoomes are not our lives composed of moments ? And our memories the most treasured of these ? Thank you Barnabas , Julia , Willy et al for introducing color and exciting possibility into my imagination and enabling to escape ,if just for a moment , the deal horror of long division and insane demonically possessed teachers , parents and nuns . You taught me that there was hope that evil can be confronted and overcome .
Always loved Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins and thought he was dreamy as a vampire ! Had a big crush on him the part he played and wished I had been one of the ladies hed bite ! He was Aa much nicer kinder vampire than Christropher as Dracula as Dracula was just ruthless and Cruel but Barnabas had a kind heart !
My list of some of the most memorable moments in Dark Shadows : 1. Josette jumping off Widow’s Hill and then being resurrected by Barnabas 2. Lt. Forbes shooting Barnabas with a crossbow but missing his target. 3. Barnabas introducing himself to the Collins family (esp in the film, House of Dark Shadows). 4. Willie “finding the Collin’s Hidden Jewels treasure inside a coffin”(or so he thought). 5. Dr. Eric Lang curing Barnabas of his illness. 6. Quentin Collins… 7. Barnabas meticulously describing the history of the construction of the Old House to Vicki 8. Barnabas heartbroken, mourning the loss of his Josette while standing in front of her portrait at the Old House. 9. Joshua finding his son Barnabas was still alive. Can you all think of others?
you can't beat this show with a vampire theme. it's being revived (2019) with someone who grew up on the original run, and promises to stay true to it with an updated look.
NO ONE today can possibly stay true to it, and nobody needs an updated look. Today's actors do not have what it takes to be 60's men, and today girls cannot simply wear a flip hair style and pretend to be Carolyn. No.
@@marilynwillett804 but then we don't get to revisit it brought up to date. The show is frozen in time and a new audience won't ever appreciate it because of the dated technology used to bring it to the screen in the first place.
My father hated soap operas. But he would fall for any Father-Son relationship scene. So he sat down and watched this, rapt. He bought the whole scene and enjoyed it deeply up until the moment that Barnabas said, "I'm a vampire." That disgusted him. I think he felt he had been taken.
Dark Shadows is back on Decades TV. Check out Decades.com for the cable or over the air channel listing in your area Unfortunately Decades TV doesn't stream over the internet. Decades TV is a great channel.
That is why most Dark Shadows Fans prefer to watch the reruns on streaming video sites like Tubi TV .com and on the IMDB site and on Plex TV and on Amazon Prime starting with the listings entitled "Dark Shadows The Beginning" those sites have all five years of the show
Yes, maybe in True Blood sleeping under floorboards which is not a coffin. Luckily, we can now order the Walk In Coffin, made in America from the finest cypress from Lebanon 🐳👽👽🎬5️⃣2️⃣🎥💰🇳🇴💤
There Is And Never Will Be Any Other Production In TV Entertainment That Will Top This Gothic Romance Thriller SOAP It Is A Unique Masterpiece That Is The Ultimate In Capturing Its Audience With Suspence, Terror, Thrills, Passion, Secrets, Villans, Time Warps, Ghosts, A Phoenix, Vampires And Especially "Barnabas Collins" Tne Vampire You Will Fall In Love With, And The Werewolves And Especially "Quentin Collins" The Werewolf You will Fall In Love With, Its Own Frankenstein, Zombies, Witches Especially "Angelique" So Beautiful But Yet So Evil, Warlocks, The Stories Will Encapture Your Attention You Won't Be Able To Miss An Episode. There Is Just So Much Still I Haven't Mentioned. Believe Me When I Tell You "DARK SHADOWS" Is A Treasure Of Memories To All Of It's Fans. It Is Truly Unforgetable. Thanks To All The Beloved Cast & Crew And Especially To The Man Who Created The Series Thank You ❤ 🕊 Dan Curtis❗
Dark Shadows was BAD ASS !!! I used to go STRAIGHT to the TV and watch this after school at 4 pm !!! ;D WILD time for a Vampire show !! ;D - And my sister had a schoolgirl crush On Barnabas Collins !! ;D
Read in Wilipedia that Dark Shadows was the first soap opera in color. Color televisions were new in those days and gaining in popularity, prompting most prime time programs to be shot in color by 1966.
Some of the best writing and acting bar none. We would run home at 3pm in the evening to keep up with this on going saga.. No Soap Opera ever touched it and never will. Thanks Dan Curtis.
Same here. Watched it every day at 4 pm as teenager and binge watching for 2nd time on Amazon Prime. It's absolutely addicting.
4 PM was a sacred time! We loved whenever nightfall came!
I was so in love with Barnabas.
Wow! It seems like you really had it bad for him. LOL!
but imagine how much it would hurt, him biting your neck.
A lot of women were.
Are you still
ABSOLUTELY!!! My sister & I ran home everyday, after school to watch Barnabas Collins & his family!!! It was the ONLY soap opera I ever watched!
me, too!
@@sandrapalacio9614 Me three!
Me four! 😉🧛♀️🦇🖤
The terrific chemistry between Jonathan Frid and Louis Edmonds was always one of the highlights of the series. And it was never better than it was during these episodes set in the 1790s.
and they , Frid and Edmonds were very close, dear friends in real life.
You took the words right out of my mouth. They were both brilliant actors, terrific chemistry on stage and great friends in real life.
They became life-long friends from the first day when Louie Edmonds helped Jonathan Frid run lines.
I can never grow tired of barnabas collins of the dark shadows , as a youth i would hurry home , not mis any scene . The era dress is impressive . Forever Collins port , Maine and Barnabas.
Me either..dosent matter how long ago this was filmed . I still cant stop watching!!
It's the Gold standard of acting in a show that transcends time, both in story-line and in popularity.
I loved the 1795 storyline of how Barnabas became a Vampire also the events surrounding it both before and after. This soap opera went where none have gone before or since. It stands alone in it's achievement. Here in America Barnabas is second only to Dracula in Vampire lore. He has gone on to become a slice of Americana. A true American Icon!
Oh the days of running home from school to catch Dark Shadows on ABC. Dan Curtis knew what scared you, especially at 3:30 in the Afternoon 😁
I recall watching Dark Shadows as a kid and having nightmares that Barnabas was outside my window looking in! But I couldn't stop watching it!
Watching Dark shadows can be addictive.i I was surprised to learn that it was only ran for five years.
yes yes the show was and still is very addictive. The many popular Dark Shadows Facebook grps have from 8 to 12,000 Thousands devoted fans who watch the reruns on several streaming video services.
Me 2!!
My little brother had nightmares and would yell “Mom”! And I had to change the channel! Lol
I know. Scared the hell out of me!!
the music was the best! loved this when i was a kid
This truly is a fantastic moment between Father and Son !!!
Yes, the ties that bind and strangle us.........
I will always love the original! Jonathan Frid was a true actor! I suggest looking at some of his other works on UA-cam! Such a wonderful body of work. Great acting even when just reading Shakespeare.
I have looked at every Frid film, documentary, etc. His reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "When I'm Dead" are especially mesmerizing. He also does a beautiful job with the DS song "Always". He had the most beautiful voice. It could send chills down your spine ("ABIGAIL!!! What are YOU doing h-h-here!!" 😱... or melt your heart ("Julia, NEVER without you..." 😍)
one of the best moments in shows history
Loved this show then and now
For me personally this is one of the most memorable moments in the whole Dark Shadows series. The 1795 Timeline episodes were magnificent and grandiose.
+Alfredo Garcia Jr or me as a kid the tear jerker was when Barnabas' mother Naomi died in her son's arms. Joan Bennett's acting seemed genuine and you believed that Frid was her son regardless of his older age That was a real heart stopped and then again in 1840 when Human Angelique, shot by Trask, dies in Barnabas' arms before she hears him tell her that he had always loved her.
Yep. I need a good cry right now
Alfredo Garcia Jr I completely agree with you
@@thejupiter2574 Joan Bennett was actually 14 years older than Jonathan Frid. When the series first began in 1966 she was already nearly sixty years of age, but she was so youthful in appearance-well into her old age-that few guessed her REAL age unless they remembered her from her early film career.
@@thejupiter2574 Another sad scene was his little sister Sarah dying in his arms.
I use to wacth this every day after school. it was the best !!
Me as well...such dramatic actors!
John Herbert use to tour.
Still is
Me too!!!
I still can remember "Josettes Theme" music box now. I am 63....
I LOVE the fact that the first thing Joshua does when he finds out his son is a murderer is to scold him for not thinking of his mother. That is terrific.
Which is kinda weird given that Joshua admits later that he didn't love Noami that much, at least at this point in time.
@@evangriner411 Joshua may not have loved Naomi, but he knew Barnabas loved Naomi dearly and that he and Barnabas were not close. Joshua knew that Barnabas would care more about how this would affect Naomi. That's not to say Barnabas didn't care about how it would affect Joshua since he even says he never intended Joshua to find out and later questioned if Joshua and Naomi could go through with him going to trial. His attempts to protect his secret were so the image Joshua and Naomi had of Barnabas before he was turned would stay intact and hopefully Angelique's curse would not affect them more than it had.
"Your mother will be very disappointed."
Just trying to put guilt on Barnabas. Joshua never showed respect or concern for her.
My dad would've thought I was joking if I was a vampire and told him as such. He'd say: Quit fucking around, they don't exist.
Joshua's whole world collapsed on him, and he and his lost son would soon be helpless witnesses to the decimation of the family. These were the best episodes of the series, with Jonathan Frid and Louis Edmonds giving the audience their finest moments as Barnabas and Joshua.
LordZontar ABSOLUTELY!!!
Agreed. The concluding weeks of the 1795 story arc were almost Shakespearean.
I'm also a big fan of the couple of weeks building up to the seance that started the 1795 story arc (when Barnabas and Julia call off their tense truce), and the last couple of weeks of Quentin's haunting of Collinwood. And Maggie's kidnapping was so chilling, lest I forget.
You are so right. My father hayed soap operas and sci fi, but the father/son interaction always pulled him into any show -- the Outer Limits, Star Wars. Jor-el puttig Kal-el in the rocket.
I don't remember what part of this scene he started watching, but he was.deeply moved -- until Barnabas said, "I am a vampire." Then my father said -- just like,Joshua,would have -- What a lot of nonsense. How can y'all watch this?" And he left the room.
Had rhe writing been this,good from the beginning, DS would not have required shifting to ghosts and witches to keep the show going.
This was the best storyline of the series!
I think mine was when Dr. Lang entered the show, and when Barnabas kept Maggie in the cellar, but it was so mean. wow
Louis Edmonds and Jonathan Frid were amazing actors. The very best on the series. I especially love this scene.
In real life both Jonathan Frid and Louis Edmonds were both very sweet n dear friends right up until Louis' passing.
Greatest scene in soap history.
Great scene...I love this show...Barnabas Collins is one of the top 10 TV characters ever!!
YES TOM!! I AGREE...JS BOSTON
One of my favorite episodes!
Howtallwasbarnabascollinsfromyourfandìanekiley
Beautifully acted. Say what you will about the scenes and the props, but the actors alway did their best.
Especially given the time constraints they worked under. Whatever the got in the scene shoots is what they had to go with. There weren't any reshoots.
Yes. And in my opinion the whole thing is carried by Johnathan Frid. His performance is the foundation of the house that Dark Shadows built and everything else is built upon and revolves around him.
@@peterdavino4408 I was 10 and he was wonderful!!They all were. I still remember all of this!!
I'll never get tired of Dark shadows.
WOW!!! Two power house performances!!!
From two veteran stage actors. Frid was too old in real life to be playing Barnabas Collins, who at the very least would have been more than ten years, younger than Frid, and not so sunken-looking. . And Edmonds was too old to play Roger, bu maybe not Joshua.But their acting skills were so good, they made the characters their own .
@@georgewilliams6251 Jonathan Frid certainly WASN'T too old to portray the vampire. Frid was only in his early forties when his character was introduced, and being that he was a VAMPIRE, his taut, world-weary face was perfect for the role. Like Frid, Louis Edmonds was in his early forties and was also-IMHO-not too old to portray either Joshua or Roger Collins. I agree with you that both were superb actors who made the roles their own. An interesting tidbit: Louis Edmonds wasn't-as many assumed- English, but was actually born and raised in SOUTHERN United States.
@@shirleypena4133 Women are very protective of Barnabas Collins. ;D
@@michaelh1889 yes we are thank you very much
Sublime acting by both actors with a great script.
now thts a REAL "father and son" talk!
I just watched the scene. Now I know why I was so addicted to it so long ago.
It was the best soap on tv.
I love these two actors, especially Jonathan Frid. He was wonderful ❤️.
This is the moment that the ice in Joshua's heart melted.
Un clásico del suspenso televisivo de los 70 .yo crecí viendo fascinado los capítulos acá en Santiago chile.
God.. I loved this show!
1 of the best episodes in the series.
I think Louis Edmonds played all his many characters flawlessly. He was excellent as the butler, brother , father and whatever they threw at him. That is so crazy to use the same actor to play several major parts in the same film.
True, and to use the same actor to play Jason McQuire and then Carolyn's dad, oh please.
Marilyn Willett, l was so happy to read your comments, you're a breath of fresh air!!!! I think Jonathan would have loved your comments. I thought the producers should've listened to him. I was so alone in my comments, but l stood by them, then you!!!! We may be in the minority, but Jonathan was outspoken, and l think we should be also :-)
I also like your comments. Thanks so much. I'd be thrilled to know he enjoyed my frankness. Whenever Josette opens her loud mouth I turn my volume down. As Frid told Lara Parker; there are a thousand ingenues but YOU have the plum role.
According to Louis Edmonds during an interview, they treated it as theatre and the actors as a repertory company of players. Most were stage and Shakesperian trained to begin with.
what I used to like about louis is that he was able to cover his mistakes so quickly you would never know he made a mistake it was like it was in the script brilliant actor may he rest in peace.
Both of these Actors should have been in motion pictures!! Most of the Actors/Actresses should also have been in
motion pictures as well.
The two best actors were Jonathan Frid and Christopher Lee as vampires.
Yes
Memories of watching this show with my mom 😢
I wish they would remake this series. Look at the difference in the acting compared to the filth we have today. This series was considered a gothic soap opera, what a novel idea. Long live Barnabas LOL 😄😄😄
In the'90's there was a remake that stayed with the storyline, with Ben Cross as Barnabas. Often preempted by the Gulf War, it lasted one season.
Truly awesome acting, so well done by all concerned. The intensity in this episode was magnificent!
I too watched this as a teen. Got off the bus and right inside, grab a snack and then in front of the tv to watch Dark Shadows. Barnabas was the catalase of this series. Watched all the to the end. Shame it ended... these were actors, stage sets were excellent. Jonathon Fritz’s character was my favorite actor as was his character. It’s sad to watch these episodes and know most of these actors have passed on. I had 2 other shows that I watched after watching Dark Shadows was Malibu U and Shin Dig...
The acting in this scene was extraordinary.
Jonathan Frid was an acting professor. OUTSTANDING !!
I was a toddler in the 60s but in 80s my mother put me down with it on Wbff TV. 45 in 1983 and iam proud to say iam a dark shadow fan. Fanatic. I understand y'all. That seen it fresh in the 60s I love it
Agreed, this is the best acting for the whole series.
I am NOT or have I ever been a fan of soap opera, but Dark Shadows has the exception for me.
I usually hate soap operas but I feel Dark shadows was an extended play like Shakespeare. Many moments of wonderful dramatic acting. Loved it
The kind of soap opera if I was an adult in the 1960s I would like.
‘Soap’ was good too.
This is the greatest one for me. I liked others later, like General Hospital in the very early 80's and The Edge of Night (saw the episodes with Gunther in the mid 80's). Dark Shadows is still my favourite, just something highly magical with this one.
@@robsemail ... Though that show was a comical take off of soap operas, I don't know, was it actually a soap opera?
I think soap operas are serious dramas, and SOAP was a comedy.
this show had its moments. I like the earlier, scary barnabas.
Louis Edmonds excellent actor.
I could not wait to see Dark Sadows when I got home from School and turned on the TV
Dark was awesome.
Jonathan Frid's pale skin, jet black hair, facial structure, handsome features, and background in Shakespearean theater made him the perfect actor for the role of Barnabas. He actually looked like a vampire and had the experience for the role.
I loved this when I was 7 years old I ran to see this show. Similar to Jack the ripper and the British Royal family.
Scared me so much as a small child, but I was compelled to watch Dark Shadows. And, I did. 🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️
This eas one of the best soap operas of its time. In 1966 i was 7 when it first came on tv. I was a dark shadows fan back then.watched it till 1971. Some actors went on to movies and tv. Kate jackson and david selby.
Finally watched House of Dark Shadows 1970.... Barnabas was so mean in this-killed off just about everyone. Only 2 Collins left were Elizebeth and David and then theres Jeff and Maggie..... Like the series better.......
I agree Barnabas in House of dark shadows was unredeemable and not sympathetic at all, here in the soap opera he's conflicted, sympathetic, and your heart goes out to him because you realize that he doesn't want to be the way that he is... he never wanted it.
True, I actually threw it out. He was beyond mean and evil. How could he kill Carolyn and break Elizabeth's heart.
oh how remember running home from school every day to watch this show as a kid and how I later went to dark shadow festivals as an adult so much fun and even still as a 60 year old man I still watch the show on dvd greatest show ever put on tv.
I wasn't allowed to watch this because of bad dreams
But if I was quiet and sneaky I found away.
I actually wanted to be a vampire but that didn't happen.
god I love this stuff
It was a great 👍 show from the beginning to end everyone on the show was a very good 😌 actor and actress
Love dark shadows!!
I use to watch every day after school. Had to fine out on what happening to Barnabas
Such drama..very good actors...
I love this show and I'm only 29 yrs old. I'm almost finished watching the whole series. I have 18 more disc to go.
One of the top 10 favorite scenes of mine.
This show was a gothic masterpiece!
This is great drama!
"Hi, Dad. Guess what? I'm a vampire."
My younger sisters would hide behind a half wall separating the kitchen from the living room. Scared out of their minds when Barnabas was on... Great times growing up !! Roseville, Michigan...1967.
I want to see what happens next!!! omg I cannot remember from 50 year ago!!!
There is a site called Tubi, which is free. There you will find every Dark Shadows episode, including the bits before Barnabas "arrived" at Collinwood.
Aaaaah! those were the days when Barnabas Colquechambi was so popular also in my country Bolivia. I was maybe 17 or 18.
Watched this when I was little had nightmares every night
Ahaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your father, Joshua, has already caught you coming out of your coffin.
They seem like a nice family stable lol
Lord! In one era they are siblings, and in another they are a married couple? Wild.
I actually met Johnathan Frid .I look at him like he was a god . He look at me like I was a nut . but he didn't call the police . so it was best moments of my life . I also got his autograph .
So funny. You are very fortunate to meet that sweet, humble acting genius! What a moment for you.
@@lindalcoomes are not our lives composed of moments ? And our memories the most treasured of these ? Thank you Barnabas , Julia , Willy et al for introducing color and exciting possibility into my imagination and enabling to escape ,if just for a moment , the deal horror of long division and insane demonically possessed teachers , parents and nuns . You taught me that there was hope that evil can be confronted and overcome .
@@robertyoungman8961 IT WAS OVERCOME, ON CALVARY.
Jonathan Frid was a great actor RIP!!!! LOVE HIM !!!!!!❤
I agree 110 percent!
Yes, he was..a Shakespearean actor@@andrew.dallas
Very sad scene :( but the shows are good but sadly tragedies happen 😢☹️
Always loved Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins and thought he was dreamy as a vampire ! Had a big crush on him the part he played and wished I had been one of the ladies hed bite ! He was Aa much nicer kinder vampire than Christropher as Dracula as Dracula was just ruthless and Cruel but Barnabas had a kind heart !
Best story arc of the series.
The lids always creak!!!
Lynne Braun Hahahaha!!! TURE STORY 😄
WD-40 will cure that
@@28mark my bedroom door makes that sound. Barnabus, is that you?
My list of some of the most memorable moments in Dark Shadows : 1. Josette jumping off Widow’s Hill and then
being resurrected by Barnabas 2. Lt. Forbes shooting Barnabas with a crossbow but missing his target. 3. Barnabas introducing himself to the Collins family (esp in the film, House of Dark Shadows). 4. Willie “finding the Collin’s Hidden Jewels treasure inside a coffin”(or so he thought). 5. Dr. Eric Lang curing Barnabas of his illness. 6. Quentin Collins… 7. Barnabas meticulously describing the history of the construction of the Old House to Vicki 8. Barnabas heartbroken, mourning the loss of his Josette while standing in front of her portrait at the Old House. 9. Joshua finding his son Barnabas was still alive.
Can you all think of others?
Forbes shoots the crossbow, not Trask!
Get straight, it was Lt. Forbes who shot Barnabas with the crossbow.
It was Dr. Eric Lang who cured Barnabas, not Julia.
another goodie was when angelique set a curse on barnabas
I like when Vickie shows Barnabas and Burke an empty house by the ocean, Barnabas goes upstairs and brings down a handkerchief for Vickie.
Barnabas eyes absolutely horrified to watch played living dead perfectly music is bonus
Joshua: You shall never find out how I know (pause). There was a woman in the village.
It wasn't easy for Joshua to accept the fact that his own son, Barnabas Collins, has been put under a curse, one that turned him into a vampire!
I want to live with Barnabas in the mausoleum
I want to live with him in the Old House.
you can't beat this show with a vampire theme. it's being revived (2019) with someone who grew up on the original run, and promises to stay true to it with an updated look.
NO ONE today can possibly stay true to it, and nobody needs an updated look. Today's actors do not have what it takes to be 60's men, and today girls cannot simply wear a flip hair style and pretend to be Carolyn. No.
@@marilynwillett804 but then we don't get to revisit it brought up to date. The show is frozen in time and a new audience won't ever appreciate it because of the dated technology used to bring it to the screen in the first place.
Unfortunately, due to Covid and other issues, they've decided not to go through with it. I was so disappointed, I was really looking forward to it.
Dark Shadows was well written and acted; it was a magical place that l still revisit.
My father hated soap operas. But he would fall for any Father-Son relationship scene. So he sat down and watched this, rapt. He bought the whole scene and enjoyed it deeply up until the moment that Barnabas said, "I'm a vampire."
That disgusted him. I think he felt he had been taken.
sounds as if he loved you very much, he put so much emphasize on your relationship, that is awesome.
Dark Shadows is back on Decades TV. Check out Decades.com for the cable or over the air channel listing in your area Unfortunately Decades TV doesn't stream over the internet. Decades TV is a great channel.
That is why most Dark Shadows Fans prefer to watch the reruns on streaming video sites like Tubi TV .com and on the IMDB site and on Plex TV and on Amazon Prime starting with the listings entitled "Dark Shadows The Beginning" those sites have all five years of the show
0:40 they never show a vampire getting out of a coffin ; it wouldn't be graceful .
mlongpre100 yup! I always thought the same thing!
Never thought of it. But you are right.
Yes, maybe in True Blood sleeping under floorboards which is not a coffin. Luckily, we can now order the Walk In Coffin, made in America from the finest cypress from Lebanon 🐳👽👽🎬5️⃣2️⃣🎥💰🇳🇴💤
I believe it was another vampire actor who said that and I guess its true.
Watch "Nosferatu" The vampire gets out of the coffin in the hold if the ship so spookily that it adds to the fright.
There Is And Never Will Be Any Other Production In TV Entertainment That Will Top This Gothic Romance Thriller SOAP It Is A Unique Masterpiece That Is The Ultimate In Capturing Its Audience With Suspence, Terror, Thrills, Passion, Secrets, Villans, Time Warps, Ghosts, A Phoenix,
Vampires And Especially "Barnabas Collins" Tne Vampire You Will Fall In Love With, And The Werewolves And Especially "Quentin Collins" The Werewolf You will Fall In Love With, Its Own Frankenstein, Zombies, Witches Especially "Angelique" So Beautiful But Yet So Evil, Warlocks, The Stories Will Encapture Your Attention You Won't Be Able To Miss An Episode. There Is Just So Much Still I Haven't Mentioned.
Believe Me When I Tell You
"DARK SHADOWS" Is A
Treasure Of Memories
To All Of It's Fans.
It Is Truly Unforgetable.
Thanks To All The Beloved Cast & Crew And Especially To The Man Who Created The Series Thank You
❤ 🕊 Dan Curtis❗
Dark Shadows was BAD ASS !!! I used to go STRAIGHT to the TV
and watch this after school at 4 pm !!! ;D WILD time for a Vampire show !! ;D
- And my sister had a schoolgirl crush On Barnabas Collins !! ;D
Loved this show...
I used to whistle the Dark Shadows theme music to my little sister to scare her. 😂
Great to see this agsin!
Happy Father's Day to you too, dad.....
Joshua collins still had power over barnabas even in his vampire form.
I got off the bus and ran up the driveway,only missed first 15 minutes.
Seems there are episodes that I've never watched...
Same here, and time jumps make me nuts, lol.
Johnathan Frid Was Electrifying
and Alfredo Garcia Jr, it's also memorable in family drama, romance, horror, supernatural and tragedy.
Read in Wilipedia that Dark Shadows was the first soap opera in color. Color televisions were new in those days and gaining in popularity, prompting most prime time programs to be shot in color by 1966.
I love dark shadows
I watch this show on Tubi