| Dark Shadows (1991) | |
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Dark Shadows title card |
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| Format | Soap opera |
| Created by | Dan Curtis |
| Starring | Ben Cross Joanna Going Joseph Gordon-Levitt Michael T. Weiss Lysette Anthony Roy Thinnes Jean Simmons Barbara Steele Barbara Blackburn Jim Fyfe Veronica Lauren Julianna McCarthy Ely Pouget Eddie Jones Stefan Gierasch Adrian Paul |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
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| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dan Curtis Productions MGM Television |
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| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | January 13 – March 22, 1991 |
Dark Shadows, often referred to as Dark Shadows: The Revival Series, is a re-imagining of Dan Curtis's original Dark Shadows television series which aired from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971 on ABC. It aired as a weekly show during primetime. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci-Fi Channel and Chiller.
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Also developed by Curtis, it tells a streamlined version of the original storyline - the arrival of Governess Victoria Winters at Collinwood, vampire Barnabas Collins being released from his coffin, Dr. Hoffman's attempt to medically cure Barnabas' vampirism, and finally Victoria's time warp into the past to witness the still-human Barnabas' encounter with Angelique, and his transformation into an undead creature.
This version was produced by MGM Television, whose parent company had produced the two earlier theatrical films (now owned by Warner Bros./Turner Entertainment). A majority of the series was filmed at the Greystone Park and Mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
Though the series premiered to great success, watched by nearly 1 in 4 households according to ratings of the period, NBC frequently pre-empted or abruptly re-scheduled later episodes in favor of news coverage during the onset of the Gulf War. Ratings rapidly declined in turn and the show was not picked up for a second season as a result.
The original VHS release from MPI Home Video features an extended pilot episode and extended final episode. The October 18, 2005 DVD release of the series was re-mastered in High Definition and formatted for 1.78:1 Anamorphic widescreen but did not include the unaired scenes available on the VHS release.
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