I recently started watching the soap opera "Dark Shadows"..and I have to say, the show is 1000% better then most soap operas! Right now it's right after Doctor Woodard was killed by a lethal injection by Julia & Barnabas..I feel sorry for Vickie since her fiance's plane crashed :(

Catch it on SCI FI at 10 and 10:30 AM EST

I watched it as a kid more than 30 years ago, and you are right it is great.

I am a BIG FAN of this show. I'll probably start watching it again.

I remember Barnabas Collins being a very scary character back when I used to watch the show. I wonder if people still have the same perception of him.

In any case I encourage anyone who has never seen this show to tune in.

He looked scary back then and he stil does!!! :eek: :eek2:

LOL well so far I've seen over one hundred episodes, and I've recorded #341-#418, #420-#448. Here's some remarks on the acting seen since #341:

Alexandra Moltke: I LUV her as Victoria Winters. I feel so sorry for Victoria in 1795. And she's pretty too lol.

Jonathan Frid: He is great as Barnabas. He is a very sympathetic chracter at times.

Lara Parker: Oh I Luved her as Angelique! She makes me hate angeique yet feel sorry for her at the same time! Definatly great acting.

Kathryn Leigh Scott: So far I've seen her as Maggie and Josette. Both roles are sweet and innocent and she fits them well. One of the better actresses on the show.

Nancy Barrett: She is a VERY versitile actress. Before 1795 she was playing the cool and calm Carolyn Stoddard, now she's close to mental insanity as Millicent.

Grayson Hall: Very good acting. Love her as Julia and Countess Natalie duPRes.

Roger Davis: Eww. He shouts at his co-stars a lot lol and he seems to be rough with them especially with his bunny honey on the show (not in real life) A. Moltke.

Joel Crothers: He is versitile too. He's played Joe Haskell, the sort of dull all american type. Now he is after Millicent's money as Nathan Forbes.

Anthony George: I saw him as Burke (RIP) and Jeremiah (RIP 2) He was good.

Thayer David: VERY versitile. I know he'll end up playing a professor (T. Elliot Stokes) after his role as the humble Ben Stokes.

Louis Edmonds: I love him as Joshua Collins, daddio of Barnabas. He is kind yet stern.

Joan Bennet: I love her on the show. She is very good. She was good in "House of Dark Shadows" too.

Clarice Blackburn: I've mostly seen her as the religious Abigail. One word for Abigail: WACKO! LOL

Jerry Lacy: He went from lawyer Tony Peterson to reverand Trask. I luved him in both roles, sorta hard to imagine a 'reverand' going out with Carolyn aka Nancy Barrett.

David Henesy: I luved him as David and Daniel Collins. He is a very good child actors, very good with conveying emotions.

David Ford: He was good as Andre duPres and Sam Evans. Kinda hard to imagine that he was married to Nancy Barrett for two years!

Originally posted by Burke Snow Winters

Kathryn Leigh Scott: So far I've seen her as Maggie and Josette. Both roles are sweet and innocent and she fits them well. One of the better actresses on the show.


Yes...that because MAGGIE AND JOSETTE ROCK!!!!lol I think you can guess who my favorite characters are?heehee

I must begin watching this show. However, I must not like it better then DW. MUST NOT!!!!!! Ahhhhh. LoL. I'm rambling,

Originally posted by JOblairJOblair


Yes...that because MAGGIE AND JOSETTE ROCK!!!!lol I think you can guess who my favorite characters are?heehee

Maggie and Josette rox, but Victoria is the best! LOL

Originally posted by Burke Snow Winters
LOL well so far I've seen over one hundred episodes, and I've recorded #341-#418, #420-#448. Here's some remarks on the acting seen since #341:

Alexandra Moltke: I LUV her as Victoria Winters. I feel so sorry for Victoria in 1795. And she's pretty too lol. - I felt bad that they didn't give her much to do. Seeing her being blamed as the witch is sad.

Jonathan Frid: He is great as Barnabas. He is a very sympathetic chracter at times. - When Barnabus came on the scene Dark Shadows really took off!

Lara Parker: Oh I Luved her as Angelique! She makes me hate angeique yet feel sorry for her at the same time! Definately great acting. - She is one of my favorites. She was so beautiful as Angelique. Very, Very Believable.


Kathryn Lee Scott I loved when she played Josette. She was sooooo good on Dark Shadows.

Nancy Barrett: - She was such a great actress. Too bad she dissappeared after Dark Shadows. I know nothing of Nancy Barrett.


Grayson Hall: Her husband wrote a great deal of the show. She was so good on Dark Shadows.

Roger Davis: He sure does shout doesn't he? LOL........ I tried to take a photo of him in person and he turned his face. I felt bad because I was such a fan. I got my feelings hurt. He use to be married to Jaclyn Smith.

Joel Crothers: I thought he was so handsome when I first saw DS. Too bad he passed away at an early age. :(

Anthony George: I saw him as Burke (RIP) and Jeremiah (RIP 2) He was good.

Thayer David: VERY versitile. I know he'll end up playing a professor (T. Elliot Stokes) after his role as the humble Ben Stokes. - He was a good actor but, I was kind of scared of him............. :lol:

Louis Edmonds: I love him as Joshua Collins, daddio of Barnabas. He is kind yet stern. - This is one of the most sweetest men I ever have met. He is so gracious (in person). and kind. I really love him.

Joan Bennet: I love her on the show. She is very good. She was good in "House of Dark Shadows" too. - She was fantastic as the matriarch but, I use to laugh at her forgetfuness of her lines. :lol:

Clarice Blackburn: I've mostly seen her as the religious Abigail. One word for Abigail: WACKO! LOL - She was perfect in her role as the snoop. :lol:

Jerry Lacy: He went from lawyer Tony Peterson to reverand Trask. I luved him in both roles, sorta hard to imagine a 'reverand' going out with Carolyn aka Nancy Barrett. - AHHH.... The Reverend Trask. I remember him well. Great acting as the Reverend.

David Henesy: I luved him as David and Daniel Collins. He is a very good child actors, very good with conveying emotions. - I miss seeing David - I use to like him as a young girl. Whatever became of him?

David Ford: He was good as Andre duPres and Sam Evans. Kinda hard to imagine that he was married to Nancy Barrett for two years! Is this true? I never heard this?

I believe David Henesy now is married with children and lives in the Carribean where he owns a hotel. LOL

I wish I could see David Henessy. Just to see the man that he's become.

Oh! I just edited the post above for the 20th time. :lol:

Originally posted by Burke Snow Winters


Maggie and Josette rox, but Victoria is the best! LOL

Yeah Victoria is nice...but Josette and Maggie are still better!!!(especially Josette)

Have you ever met Katheryn Lee Scott? I met her in the Dark Shadows festival and she's the sweetest thing....... I love the character Josette too.

Originally posted by JennyLee22
Have you ever met Katheryn Lee Scott? I met her in the Dark Shadows festival and she's the sweetest thing....... I love the character Josette too.

You have met Katheryn Lee Scott?! :eek: OMG lucky...Well anyway its nice to see another Josette fan :D

Originally posted by JennyLee22
Have you ever met Katheryn Lee Scott? I met her in the Dark Shadows festival and she's the sweetest thing....... I love the character Josette too.

You've met Kathryn Leigh Scott? You're sooo lucky! I wish I could meet one of the "Dark Shadows" stars, I know Alexandra Moltke I lsles lives in New York but I don't know about the others. Josette is one of my favorites along with Victoria and Maggie, also Angelique and Millicent "I'm Ruined" Collins. She was a real sweet character and it was sad to see all the terrible things that happeneed around her and then to her.

I'm thinking about watching this show because a lot of people like it....maybe I'll tape an episode to see what its like.

Oh I just love this show, it's probably the most unique & entertaining thing on TV today (as it was back then!). :clap: I didn't start watching this show till it was WAAAAY in re-runs on the Sci-Fi Channel since I wasn't born when it aired originally... but I fell in love with it non-the-less!

My favs have to be Quentin Collins (David Selby) and Angelique (Lara Parker).

Quentin -- well ya just gotta love David Selby in that role, he was made for it. Great actor, great character. His looks didn't hurt either! :blush:

Angelique -- who couldn't love this evil witch??? She was wonderful! Lara Parker was great as the lovely bewitching witch. :wink2:

For the first time I went to a Dark Shadows Event last year (the Night of DS 30th Annviersary) - it was so great to meet those two fine actors and get their autographs. :D

Well... enough of my rambling!

~Scarlett