best soap opera ever - imaginative, campy, mellow dramatic, great story line, ahead of it's time - all the ingredients needed for a winner. Never been another one like it. My mom used to watch this show religiously - after I got her hooked on it as a little girl.
This is great! I'm a DS fan, have been for years. Now I live in CT - an easy drive to Collinwood! I know it's now a private home, but I'd be content just to see it from a distance. Looks like a summer journey might be in order. You did a great job on this video...I especially loved the ocean shots. Thank you.
Thanks tons for this. Oh, man, that unforgettable Robert Cobert musical score! I taught myself to play "Josette's music box" on the piano when I was seven. I was thoroughly disgusted when DS was cancelled in April 1971. There was even an article about it in the Weekly Reader. We had a brief discussion about the show in my fourth grade class that day.
Thanks for this wonderful video, it's nice to know it's still around. What a shame about the Old House, I believe the place was deserted in reality too. "Collinsport" is still around, don't recall the name of the place until I get my books out again.
The first voice over was the very first episode, the final voice over was the very last episode. I shot the video myself when I was in Newport a couple of weeks ago. The house is used as a dormitory for upperclassmen from Salve Regina University. To my knowledge the house is not open for tours. and I too wish I could live there!
When I saw the rocks in the opening sea shot I thought how they looked like 40 Steps area in Newport. Guess some things just never leave your memory when you have seen them enough.
Ran Home from Catholic School Everyday to Watch it I was 11 yrs old in 1966 Favorite Characters: Barnabus Collins Willie Loomis Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Carolyn Stoddard Vicky Winters Maggie Evans ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
We were just there in person two weeks ago. The Carey's who own it are wonderful people and are now in the process of restoring it. The Salve Regina school is now out. The inside of the mansion is wonderful!!! It's every bit as fabulous as the outside. One of the guys in our group knows the Carey's personally so we were able to explore "Collinwood" for a whole day. It's actually called "Seaview Terrace"
In my next life, I will either buy or build this house. It will become my dearest home, not only for me but for my descendants for the next 1000 years,. It will be called COLLINWOOD.
I'll be going wildly and insanely crazy in living in Collingwood, the Old House and along the ocean waves running wild and screaming all over the DS area scenes.
This is now a privately owned residence, they've let all the hedges grow so you can no longer even see the house. Plus they have no trespassing signs on the property, they're not very friendly.
Great footage, but that isn't the actual location they used for Widow's Hill. The real location is located along the Cliff Walk, just down from the 40 Steps, right behind Ochre Court, the old main building for Salve Regina.
Nice video footage of the house. I enjoyed the the show's opening and closing audio sequences serving as a framing device. One can imagine Victoria Winters stepping out for a quick trip to Collinsport. It's very clear to see that the ivy growth has been removed, as it was apparently a threat to the condition to the building's facade.
Always loved this show. Robert Cobert did a fantastic job with the atmospheric music. The same great work on the original "The Night Stalker" tv movie, and "Dan Curtis' Dracula". Guess he was Dan's go to guy.
I have never seen the entire production of DS - all the way to 1971 when it went off the air. I now am in the process of watching the re-runs on DVD. I finally discovered how it all began. I think it was the best when Willie and Jason came on to the show. Things started to pick up from there. Sincerely, JAMES.
However the interiors of this house are nothing like the "set" they filmed at. If I had the money I would design a house with the same interiors as the show (somewhat limited).The big front doors,staircase,and drawing room. Oh and I can't forget those stained glass windows!!! My husband would think I was nuts but that's my dream house!! Lol
The only thing that scared was watching House Of Dark Shadows where Barnabas killed everyone who stood in his way because he wanted Maggie Evans to be his bride
Robert Yglesias That is a great movie. I read that the way Barnabas and Willie died at the end of the movie, is how that storyline was supposed to end in the tv show. When Barnabas became such a fan favorite, they didn’t kill him off. Thank God.
I toured the one in NY used in the 2 DS ovies It is really cool! The old house used on the show was on that property, but it burned down. Id have to find someone who lived in that dorm to show me around. You know they ave to have places it there where they have parties.
check out 4:25 minutes into the video, and pause at the window...I don't know about ya'll but I swear there is someone looking out of that glass door!!!
Wow. Does this ever make me emotional. Is there any possibility of you making it an option to see this with the "Watch in high quality" option now available here on You Tube? Thank you so much.
WOW!!! Thanks for posting this. I also loved the show, ran home from school each day to watch it, also wanted to live there. So nice to know it is being restored. Yes, it would be perfect if Johnny Depp used it for the new movie. I can't wait as he will be perfect as Barnabas, maybe even better than Jonathan Frid.
OK I know someone has probably brought this up already but being a fan of Dark Shadows I would like to know where this house is and if anyone still lives there.
What a shame, that big grassy area is perfect for horseshoes, been bags, volley ball, or a softball game. It wouldn't matter to me if it were mortals or immortals playing.
their only one place in the world. like this. a place high above sea a place called collinwood. i due have fond menories of collinwood. i due reminese.
Me too I love y'all I wish we could all watch it together I grew up getting off the school bus in the summertime in the 80s hot damn Barnabas Collins would scare the ultimate hell out of you any of the rest of those vampires coming through those woods at Collinwood you you couldn't pay me to stay in that house I don't care if you have Mark Zuckerbergs money today I will not do it🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💥 boo boogers and Spooks and secret David and Amy's little bad butts passageways hell-to-the-no in the graveyard when I was a kid that Eagle Hill Cemetery would scare The "F" of me but I would still be glued to that damn TV😇😇😇😇😇🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂🤭🤭🤭🤭🤫🤫🤫🤫 love Dark Shadows to always Julia Quinton Angelique Miss is Stoddard Joe Haskell Chris Jennings Rodger Collins Carolyn lady Hampshire Bruno Professor Stokes Ben Stokes count petofi Chris and Amy Aunt Hannah the fortune teller the other psychic lady that fell down the stairs and died or just fell down the stairs because Quinton had already killed her Beth Chavez all of them the blue whale but I got to tell you that damn werewolf got on my nerves that old rotten Abigail Barnabas scared the potato salad out of her🤣🤣🤣 but don't get me wrong I love the house from a distance like bette Midler and the storylines in the plots in this game to the parallel times and the Elegance in the characters but it was always spooky as hell it always rained in the thunder and lightning and clapping and the candlesticks and everybody scared shi less🤫🤭
