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Since 2006 Big Finish Productions has been producing audio dramas of the cult gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows. In the next release, Bloodline, Big Finish is thrilled to announce that Julie Newmar will be reprising the role of Doctor Julia Hoffman. Co-producer Joseph Lidster tells us more: “Saying that the character of Julia Hoffman is an icon is the biggest …

MPI MEDIA GROUP WRAPS PRODUCTION ON HIGHLY ANTICPATED DOCUMENTARY  ‘MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS’  VETERAN ACTORS IAN MCSHANE, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, ALAN BALL AND MANY OTHERS COME TOGETHER TO REFLECT ON DAN CURTIS’ CLASSIC GOTHIC DAYTIME DRAMA MPI Media Group today announced it has completed production on the highly anticipated MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS, a comprehensive celebration of the legendary Gothic daytime series Dark …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS:  An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. REVIEW: Sadly I am old enough to remember watching “Dark Shadows” when it originally aired on daytime TV. I wasn’t a real fan of it but my mother was & I would …

Even viewers who claimed to despise soap operas could find a soft spot in their heart for Dark Shadows, television’s first unequalled great ‘ghost opera’. In part, this soapie had others beat because, if a character was killed off, there was no need to concoct a lengthy explanation to justify their return – they would just come back as a …

Horror comedies are hard to pull off. Despite some similarities in the genres, it’s difficult to find a balance between the screams and laughs. There are a variety of pathways from which to accomplish one, whether through reaction, satire or balls out craziness. However, the big question is how the classics in this subgenre accomplished it. A lot of it …

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I literally could not believe this when I read it on Facebook this morning. Actor Jonathan Frid who claimed horror icon status with his portrayal of Barnabas Collins on “Dark Shadows” passed away on Saturday in Hamilton, Ontario. He was 87 years old. Some of the fondest memories of my young horror fandom as sitting in front of the TV …

Been a strange day for this trailer. It has been posted and removed from just about every horror news site on the net several times. I was at work all day so I didn’t get to partake in the “post it, take it down” fun but tonight, finally, the trailer has been OFFICIALLY released and you know what? it was …

This thing opens on May 11th and we still have not seen frame one of what this one may look like, Given that it’s a Tim Burton flick, it’s granted that we probably already know but still – it would b nice to have at least a glimpse. Another new picture did surface though. It shows Johnny Depp and Eva …

Dark Shadows is another franchise just around the corner featuring its rather illustrious ensemble waiting to hit theatres. Though it sounds like Helena Bonham Carter has some doubts about how it will be recieved. In this quote that comes directly from a British Academy of film clip you can read her response “This is a thing he raced home to …

EW.com had this latest phto to post in this upcoming 2012 release. If you havent caught the Depp photo you can also take a peek as he does his best Robert Blake Synopsis: “In the year 1752 Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England, to start a new life in America. But even an ocean …

Gothic-horror tale, Dark Shadows, starts filming this week in England and will star an incredible cast that consists of Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and newcomer Gulliver McGrath. The film is a screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, story by John August and Grahame-Smith, and based on the …

Johnny Depp sat down with MTV to discuss his new movie RANGO and talked a little bit about his new role as a centuries old vampire Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton’s remake of the 1960s cult classic soap opera, DARK SHADOWS. In the interview Depp discusses his admiration for the life Jonathan Frid imbued into the immortal character and assures …

DARK SHADOWS, television’s legendary Gothic soap opera is set for a resurgence of interest in 2011, as director Tim Burton starts work on a big screen remake starring Johnny Depp. But the legacy of the original ABC‐TV series is alive and well, continuing in a series of brand‐new audio dramas from Big Finish Productions, starring the classic cast, produced under …