Product Description
With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue DARK SHADOWS (1966-71 ABC-TV) became one of the most popular daytime series of all time. The character of Barnabas Collins a guilt-ridden 175-year-old vampire brought the show tremendous success. Now for the first time on DVD MPI presents the spooky series rare early episodes before Barnabas.Victoria Winters and Frank Garner anxiously search for clues to Laura Collins strange origins and are led to a series of bizarre discoveries. Elizabeth Collins Stoddard orders Laura to leave Collinwood but Laura secretly visits Elizabeth while she sleeps and places her in a trance. Laura warns Victoria that she will take control of her son David Collins but becomes frightened when the ghost of Josette Collins appears to her. Against Roger Collins wishes a psychic investigator Dr. Peter Guthrie is called in to examine the strange occurrences at Collinwood and a seance is held. Victoria and Guthrie learn that the body of a dead woman identified as Laura has disappeared from the morgue in Phoenix Arizona.INCLUDES:Episodes 144-178January 12 1967 - March 1 1967BONUSES:New interviews with actress Diana Millay author/horror expert Leonard Wolf and writers Ron Sproat and Malcolm Marmorstein.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY UPC: 030306780597 Manufacturer No: DVD7805
- Actors: Dark Shadows the Begining, Joan Bennett
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2008-07-29
- Running Time: 690 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 1966-06-27