Dark Shadows (TV series): Difference between revisions

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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.}}

 

 

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.

 

There was a short-lived television remake in [[The Nineties]], as well as a [[Big Finish]] radio series. A [[Tim Burton]] [[Dark Shadows (film)|movie version]] came out in 2012, with [[Johnny Depp]] portraying Barnabas Collins.

 

* [[Aborted Arc]]: Victoria's parentage, once the [[Driving Question]], was left unresolved once Alexandra Moltke left the show. [[Word of God]] says: {{spoiler|Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is her mother.}}

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Oddly enough for a show not only set, but created, in [[The Sixties]], the series, with few exceptions, seems to be almost completely oblivious to technological and social changes, particularly after the first season or two. The aversion of this trope by [[The Movie]] makes this glaringly obvious.

* [[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.

* [[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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