Night of Dark Shadows: Charles and Angelique

1970 Parallel Time: Amy Collins

Two of Frid

1897: Angelique in the Mirror

Barnabas Collins

House of Dark Shadows: Carolyn's Funeral

1966: Joe Haskell

Leiber's CONJURE WIFE: Witchcraft and Dark Shadows!

I discovered Conjure Wife, Fritz Leiber's 1943 classic novel of witchcraft in academia, when I was a freshman in high school, and I devoured it greedily.  Fans of Dark Shadows should check it out as well, as we'll discuss in a moment:  the novel concerns sociology professor Norman Saylor and his lovely wife Tansy who, he discovers, has been using witchcraft to protect him and further his career.  Naturally (derp) he makes her stop.  Almost immediately he learns that every woman knows something or other about witchcraft, and Norman must race against time to save both himself and Tansy from the spidery faculty wives who, as the cover below states, have trapped them both in "a web of witchcraft."

Storyline aside, you can see from the cover -- this is my actual, very much loved copy -- that this edition, re-released in 1968, was aimed specifically at the Dark Shadows audience.

If you decide to not take my advice, you should at least check out the 1962 British adaptation Burn Witch Burn (known as Night of the Eagle in its native land), which, while over-simplifying the plot, is still a tense and suspenseful shocker and a decent adaptation.  Superior to the other two adaptations, Weird Woman (1944) starring Lon Chaney Jr., and Witches' Brew (1980) starring Terri Garr and a certain Kathryn Leigh Scott as one of the witchy faculty wives.  The latter two are currently available on the youtubes.

1971: Episode #1262

Previously on Dark Shadows:  Quentin Collins returned to the great house of Collinwood with his bride, Tracy.  But she was murdered by an unknown assailant ... an assailant with monstrous eyes and terrible teeth.  And meanwhile, the Barnabas Collins from 2019 has used the I Ching to return to 1971 to save his relatives -- again -- from the tragedy that still awaits them in the very near future.  And Joe Haskell, in contact with the devilish spirit of Nathan Forbes and under the thrall of Barnabas Collins, seeks help from a familiar, wicked face ...

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1966: Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

Grayson in the Makeup Chair

In Memoriam: John Karlen (1933-2020)

He was always nice to my Mom when he saw her.  And called her "Blondie."  Rest in peace, sir.

1971: Episode #1261

Previously, on Dark Shadows:  JULIA IS A VAMPIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1897: The Staking of Barnabas Collins

House of Dark Shadows: The Wedding (Which Needs a Witness, I Guess)

Probably not Roger Davis though.

Raised from the Dead!

Oooh!  Oooh!  A Cassandra photo I've never seen before!  "A walking dead man?  How is that possible?!?"

Night of Dark Shadows: Quentin and Tracy

1897: Staking Dirk Wilkins

5 from 1991

1979 Dark Shadows Shadowcon Calendar

To celebrate my birthday (last week ...)

Dark Shadows 1991: A Legend Reborn

29 years ago!

1795: Natalie and Josette

Dark Shadows Episode #1260

Previously on Dark Shadows:  Barnabas Collins has used the I Ching once again, but this time he has traveled from the year 2019 and possessed his body back in 1971 in order to prevent another tragedy that would completely wipe out the Collins family.  Meanwhile, Angelique has drained the dreaded Mask of Ba'al of all its magic and become the most powerful witch in the universe, and Quentin has begged her to use this power to bring his dead wife Tracy back to life.  And Julia Hoffman suffers a mysterious illness that will put all of her loved ones in danger ...

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