Constructor: Dan Margolis. R elative difficulty: Easy. The series became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins Jonathan Frid was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts , werewolves , zombies , man-made monsters, witches , warlocks , time travel , and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor.
The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric interiors, numerous dramatic plot twists, broad cosmos of characters, and heroic adventures. Unusual among the soap operas of its time, which were aimed primarily at adults, Dark Shadows developed a large teenage audience and a dedicated cult following. By , it had become ABC's highest-rated daytime series. The original network run of the show amassed 1, episodes.
The success of the series spawned a media franchise that has included two feature films House of Dark Shadows in and Night of Dark Shadows in , a TV remake , an unsprouted remake pilot , a film reboot directed by Tim Burton , and numerous spin-off novels and comics. Since , the series has continued as a range of audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions , featuring members of the original cast including David Selby , Lara Parker , and Kathryn Leigh Scott.
Matt Gaffney here filling in for Rex, who's cloud-surfing behind a hot-air balloon over Nova Scotia as I write these very words I'm guessing. So that's a decent theme -- tight set and as far as Google knows it hasn't been done before, plus the revealer ties it up nicely in a bow. Save And Share :. Thanks Matt! Wow, record brief writeup, Matt! I'll have to take your word for that; I may have heard of "dark rye" but none of the others.
I did this down clues only and it started slow but ended up very well; I didn't have to "cheat" at all. Fun Tuesday. No erasures and no WOEs. Very easy. Solved downs-mostly with a bit of peeking at across clues and still matched my record time. Came here to see what the theme was. Slowed me way down to have to go through every clue a second time before I figured out what was wrong. I wonder how many in the younger demographic will have an issue with that one.
