Dark Shadows, the 显示 that millions of kids ran 首页 from school to watch. The first 哥特式 soap opera aired on ABC-TV.

The 显示 was the creation of a man named Dan Curtis, a TV producer and creator. Initially as a character-driven show, it aired first on June 27, 1966, with Alexandra Moltke's "My name is Victoria Winters. My journey is beginning. A journey to link my past with my future..." While a great beginning, the audience wasn't buying it. The series main attraction was Joan Bennett, a 流行的 movie 星, 星级 from the 30's and 40's. She played the mistress of Collinwood, widowed Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.

Curtis intially tried to stay away from 邪恶力量 occurences, at least until the ghost of Josette was introduced. The 秒 邪恶力量 character was Laura Collins, the immortal phoenix. Following the Laura Collins storyline, the series introduced the third 邪恶力量 character, the character that changed the 显示 forever. Barnabas Collins.

Barnabas Collins, a guilt-ridden, 175-year-old vampire, is released from his chained coffin 由 jewel-seeker, Willie Loomis. Barnabas was initially portrayed as a villian. He was just an evil, maroding vampire. After the introduction of Jonathan Frid in the part, the 显示 became 更多 流行的 than ever. 更多 people started tuning in every afternoon to see this vampire. Barnabas commited several evil deeds in his early episodes, at one point, kidnapping a girl named Maggie Evans, because she resembled Josette, a woman he loved and 迷失 in the 1790's. He tries to turn her into Josette but she escapes and loses her mind.

Barnabas' original plotline was to have him as an evil vampire and kill him off after 13 weeks. He became so 流行的 that they decided to keep him on. The 下一个 character that was introduced was his partner.

While Holmes had Watson, Barnabas had Dr. Julia Hoffman as his sidekick. She initially came on the 显示 to investigate what happened to Maggie Evans. The actress who played Julia, Grayson Hall, was the wife of staff writer Sam Hall. Sam Hall decided to write her in as one of the main characters.

Julia Hoffman was in 爱情 with Barnabas and tried to find a way to cure him of his vampirism. The original intention for that was to have Barnabas kill her and then soon he too, be killed.

They became so 流行的 that they were in a sense, the show! They were the main attraction and the chemistry between Frid and Hall was real!

The 显示 went on to be a 邪恶力量 phenomenon.
There were great actors and great storylines and the 显示 is just as 流行的 today. Dark Shadows used to be on Sci-fi but unfortunatley, has been taken off. The 显示 is available on DVD through MPI 首页 Video. The 显示 ran for 5 years, from 1966 to 1971. It even sparked two movies, House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows.

Dark Shadows has millions of 粉丝 and shows no sign of letting up. Forty years after the 显示 came on, it is still loved 由 many.

The fanbase of Dark Shadows is gigantic. The spot on Fanpop.com has 85 粉丝 of the show, people of all ages who have one thing in common: the 爱情 for a 显示 that has lasted for a lifetime.

Dark Shadows was not only a great TV show, but a cult classic. It is loved, respected, and adored.
It has lasted not only for its generation and our generation, but for all time.