Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~22 min/episode
- Length
- 12 seasons · 1225 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Moderate
The story
Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.
- vampire
- supernatural
- curse
- mansion
- werewolf
- gothic horror
- mausoleum
- ghost
- family estate
- haunted
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Grayson Hall
- David Selby
- Joan Bennett
- Lara Parker
- David Henesy
- Dana Elcar
- Diana Millay
- Joel Crothers
- Kathryn Leigh Scott
- Thayer David
- Roger Davis
- Directed
- John Sedwick, Lela Swift, Dan Curtis
- Created
- Dan Curtis
Production
- Network & studio
- ABC, Dan Curtis Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
