For millions of viewers in the late 1960s, the Dark Shadows TV show wasn't just another daytime soap—it was an obsession. Kids rushed home from school to catch it, adults adjusted their schedules ...

Joe Caldwell, a writer on the original 1960s gothic cult-hit daytime TV series Dark Shadows who co-created the show’s signature vampire character Barnabas Collins, died Monday, July 13, following a ...

A new documentary recalls the life and career of Jonathan Frid, the actor who played Barnabas Collins, a 175-year-old guilt -ridden vampire on Dark Shadows, the horror-themed daytime soap opera that ...

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's Dark Shadows has released its first trailer. Based on the '60s gothic horror soap opera, the movie sees Depp take on the role of vampire Barnabas Collins as he encounters ...

Caldwell and co-writer Ron Sproat are why 'Dark Shadows' endure to this day and will get an upcoming animated TV series. Reading time 2 minutes Earlier this week, Joe Caldwell, a writer on the 1960s ...

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For a generation of viewers in the late 1960s, Dark Shadows was a daily ritual of chills, romance, and gothic glamour accompanied by the common proclamation, "I used to run home from school to watch ...

Jonathan Frid, 87, the Canadian actor who popularized the character of Barnabas Collins in the original 1960s series Dark Shadows, died last week — on Friday the 13th. Johnny Depp, who plays Collins ...

The first pictures of Johnny Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins in Dark Shadows have emerged. The movie, based on the '60s gothic soap opera involving vampires, werewolves, ghosts and zombies, is Depp's ...

When it comes to monsters on television, vampires have the market cornered. And so popular are TV vampires that opening this weekend is a movie... 'Dark Shadows': The Birth Of The Modern TV Vampire ...