45 years later and I am only, only just realizing that the character of Charles Collins in the flashback during the hanging scene played by David Selby, his character should have been restrained by the Reverend's henchmen to hold him back as he should have been struggling and fighting to save her, the Witch from being hung since they were madly in love. He should have fought them.
1:04-1:17 clips from deleted scenes. Both NODS and HODS are supposed to finally come out on DVD in 2013 with those missing scenes restored with a new soundtrack.
The first and most influential TV series devoted exclusively to horror. Some might say that The Twilight Zone holds that distinction, but that would be incorrect because sci fi, fantasy, and non horror/sci fi episodes which merely featured convoluted storylines and surprise endings were also included. "One Step Beyond" was primarily concerned with paranormal phenomena as opposed to out and out horror. Finally, "The Outer Limits" was strictly sci fi.
In reality, Twilight Zone embraced both of those genres under a general heading of the psychological, with the hope of being a "life's lessons instructor" in large part. It dealt with the hot buttoned societal issues of that day in a sort of round about way so as not to get cancelled(more so by the networks than society's viewing audience) I liked the other two as well, Outer Limits more, but Twilight Zone was highest on my list. I see it as one of the greatest television shows in history (top ten, probably)
The original title for this film was: Curse of Dark Shadows. I always wondered why they changed it. I also wish they would restore the footage edited from this film and found in 1999. I guess they don't want to pay (voice actors) to restore the audio. Though they were set to restore the film around 2011-2012.
One day I hope to get to the longer version one scene that was cut out explains that The crazed handy man was the housekeepers nephew no wonder this film neve made any Sense
Back when movies 🎥 we’re good and the mansion is actually real to I believe it’s a church in Rhoad island the town were the orginal tv 📺 show was recorded
There really was no point in doing the movies other than to make a buck. The series has a special intimate appeal on videotape which doesn't transfer to film.
To me, film always looks better than video tape. Tape is cheap which is why so many shows had used it in the 60s, 70s ... and tape does not get HD treatment today because that can only be done best with celluloid movie stock. Now, I do understand the intimacy thing, but that can also happen with a filmed TV series: The Odd Couple had a first season shot on film in '71 and it was like you were there with the characters on their lovely apartment set. Then when they switched to multi-cameras and live audience, everything became broad and louder like a stage play being recorded. The whole tone changed. I actually wish Dark Shadows had been financially able to shoot its entire run on film, and without such a rushed schedule. It would have looked like a movie instead of a soap opera ... and there would have been less (or maybe zero) flubs, prop mishaps, and line screwups. Just my own opinion. Of course, those bloopers and mishaps are such a big part of the DS charm, so I'm not sure I want to make this wish, LOL.
