Strange Paradise (1969–1970)

A Gothic soap opera that took place on a small Caribbean island, Strange Paradise featured the occult in the story of wealthy but cursed Jean Paul Desmond who resided in his castle ... See full summary »

Creators:

Jerry Layton, Ian Martin

Stars:

Colin Fox, Cosette Lee, Dawn Greenhalgh

Cast

Series cast summary:
Colin Fox	...	Jacques Eloi Des Monde (1 episode, 1969)
Cosette Lee	...	Raxl (1 episode, 1969)
Dawn Greenhalgh	...	Dr. Alison Carr (1 episode, 1969)
Kurt Schiegl	...	Quito (1 episode, 1969)
Jon Granik	...	Dan Forrest (1 episode, 1969)
Patricia Moffatt	...	Irene Hatter (1 episode, 1969)
Trudy Young	...	Dinah Heath (1 episode, 1969)
Joe Austin	...	Dr. Menkin (1 episode, 1969)
Lara Cochrane	...	Erica Desmond (1 episode, 1969)
Patricia Collins	...	Huaco Des Mondes (1 episode, 1969)
Nonnie Griffin	...	Beryl Forbes (1 episode, 1969)

Storyline

A Gothic soap opera that took place on a small Caribbean island, Strange Paradise featured the occult in the story of wealthy but cursed Jean Paul Desmond who resided in his castle Maljardin with his servants Raxl, a voodoo priestess, and Quito, a mute strongman. When the series began, he was mourning the deaths of his wife Erica and their unborn child. His desire to bring his wife back to life resulted in more tragedy. Eventually Maljardin burned down and the action moved to Desmond Hall, the family home in Canada, and many new characters were introduced.

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Plot Keywords:

gothic | soap | caribbean | canada | occult | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Krantz Films, Strange Paradise Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min (195 episodes)

Color:

Color

User Reviews

strange paradise

This tripe caused me to have nightmares as a young child . It aired in the middle of the day back during it's original run and I watched unsupervised. The show is full of skulls, snakes , evil rabbits, death, fire etc. I've recently seen some of the episodes on Drive -In and have noticed it's poorly written, poorly acted, poorly filmed...everything you'd expect from Canadian television. I guess I've tuned in as a kind of therapy for what terror it caused me as a young child. This show is so bad , however it's really hard to sit through and I wouldn't recommend anyone else to watch it. I mean , not even it an I want to see a train wreck' or an Ed Wood movie sort of way.