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{{quote|''My name is [[The Protagonist|Victoria Winters]]. My journey is beginning. A journey that I hope will open the doors of life to me, and [[Rewatch Bonus|link my past with my future]]. A journey that will bring me to a strange and dark place. To the edge of the sea, high atop Widows' Hill. A house called [[Haunted House|Collinwood]]. A world I've never known, with people I've never met. [[Big Screwed-Up Family|People who tonight are still only shadows in my mind, but who will soon fill the days and nights of my tomorrows...]]''|The opening narration of the very first episode.}}
'''''Dark Shadows''''' was a [[Soap Opera]] which ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. While the show did have Gothic themes, it was not until six months into the first season when it gained notoriety by [[Genre Shift|introducing]] overtly [[Supernatural Soap Opera|supernatural elements]].
Though many soaps have since flirted with plots involving ghosts and psychic energy, ''Dark Shadows'' used almost every [[Monster Mash|classic horror element]] (vampires, werewolves, zombies, magic users) as well as sci-fi tropes like [[Time Travel]] and alternate dimensions.
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* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Several [[Story Arc]]s were taken whole hog from classic horror fiction; ''[[The Turn of the Screw]],'' ''[[The Lottery]],'' [[H.P. Lovecraft]], etc.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: It's heavily implied that Barnabas and Angelique had sex. It's not clear whether this was before or after he became engaged to Josette, but Angelique got the short end of the stick either way. These events were the catalyst for Angelique's hatred for the Collins family.
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* [[You Look Familiar]]: Some have appropriately described the cast as a theater troupe. If someone's character died, there was a good chance that the same actor would be back in a few weeks playing a different character.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: See "[[Woman Scorned]]" above.
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