Dark Shadows (1991– )

Victoria Winters comes to Collinwood, an isolated mansion in coastal Maine, to work as a governess, but soon finds herself drawn into a strange, Gothic world of vampires, ghosts and a ... See full summary »

Creator:

Dan Curtis

Stars:

Ben Cross, Joanna Going, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Ben Cross	...	Barnabas Collins (12 episodes, 1991)
Joanna Going	...	Victoria Winters (12 episodes, 1991)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Daniel Collins (12 episodes, 1991)
Jim Fyfe	...	Willie Loomis (12 episodes, 1991)
Roy Thinnes	...	Roger Collins (12 episodes, 1991)
Barbara Steele	...	Dr. Julia Hoffman (12 episodes, 1991)
Barbara Blackburn	...	Carolyn Stoddard (12 episodes, 1991)
Jean Simmons	...	Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (12 episodes, 1991)
Veronica Lauren	...	Sarah Collins (12 episodes, 1991)
Julianna McCarthy	...	Mrs. Johnson (12 episodes, 1991)
Michael T. Weiss	...	Joe Haskell (11 episodes, 1991)
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Sheriff George Patterson (11 episodes, 1991)
Ely Pouget	...	Maggie Evans (10 episodes, 1991)
Stefan Gierasch	...	Joshua Collins (10 episodes, 1991)
Lysette Anthony	...	Angelíque (8 episodes, 1991)
Eddie Jones	...	Bailiff Henry Evans (6 episodes, 1991)
Ellen Wheeler	...	Phyllis Wicke (5 episodes, 1991)

Storyline

Victoria Winters comes to Collinwood, an isolated mansion in coastal Maine, to work as a governess, but soon finds herself drawn into a strange, Gothic world of vampires, ghosts and a family curse that dates back centuries.

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Plot Keywords:

curse | gothic | mansion | governess | vampire | 

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Taglines:

Be seduced by the darkness

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 January 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dark Shadows Revival

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dan Curtis Productions, MGM Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

341 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

VHS editions that were released in the 1990s had an extended pilot episode and extended final episode. The U.S. DVD set are the aired versions.

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Connections

Remade as Dark Shadows (2005)

User Reviews

Almost as good as the original !

I had barely seen the original series until this remake or mini-series, however you want to call it, was cancelled. The new series should have been a break-out hit on the Friday night void left behind by "Dallas" if it had not been done in by the Gulf War coverage. That's the only thing that killed the show and kept it from becoming a long-running series.The movie that spawned it was incredible and astounding, everything the original would have been with the budget of a prime-time series. Ben Cross was a younger Barnabus for the Nineties, and Joanna Going was more beautiful than any of the three original Victoria's. I can find nothing wrong with the cast except for the unknown Barbera Blackburn who was called upon to play Carolyn; she just didn't look like she belonged in the cast. Everyone else had fit the bill to a tee ! I'm also sure that if the series had continued, we would have started seeing some of the old DS stars in cameos in new roles.