DARK SHADOWS (TV SERIES) Barnabas Is Freed From His Coffin In 1967

This is when Barnabas Collins played by Jonathan Frid was introduced to the show. In 1967 Willie Loomis finds a chained up coffin in the Collins Family Mausoleum at the Eagle Hill Cemetery where he believes that their family jewels are hidden. He is unaware however, that the coffin is that of vampire Barnabas Collins who has been chained up and imprisoned there since 1795. Willie unwittingly releases him from his coffin, and subsequently Barnabas proceeds to return to the Collins family mansion posing as a distant cousin from England and a direct descendant from the original Barnabas Collins from the eighteenth century; whom in truth of course is he himself. A far contrast from the Johnny Depp version of this character.

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[Maria Vitale]

I loved the original. NO remake can ever compare to me.

[Punkergal28]

3:01 doesn't that smile look like a creeper smile to anyone else???

[Tazzman]

You got that right! And here Tim Burton makes the movie a comedy!

[Gary Valdez]

No body can beat the excellence of the Original Dark Shadows. Rated number one till it's final broadcast. The series ended only because the writers burned out the story lines! Barnabas Collins "UN-LIVES FOREVER"

[Jacqueline Herring]

Who would want to open up a casket? It would smell terrible!

[LoyalPadme]

2:29, *not* Jonathan Frid's hand...that was a funny tidbit to find out in the bonus interviews, lol. And yes, 3:01...jeez, William! Get a hold of yourself!

[LoyalPadme]

I know it's 200 something, and you're referring to Maggie Evans. She's the woman who bears a striking resemblance to Josette--Barnabas's first (and pretty much only) love. I forgot the episode number, but I remember he locked her in there because he was punishing her for trying (yet again) to run away after he failed at his attempt to brainwash for into thinking she was Josette for the thousandth time, lol. That one got me too, there's a lot of good screamer moments on this show.

[Sebastian Villegas]

What about Houseof Dark Shadows.

[Michelle Gregory]

I started watching after the movie. Didn't take much to get me hooked I ABSOLUTELY love Jonathan he does a

[Andrew Brendan]

I missed this episode when it was first aired. The one that scared me out of my mind--and I'm not sure I'm back in it yet--was the one in which in the ending a young woman wakes up in a coffin and is screaming as Barnabas closes the lid on her. Does anyone know what episode that is? I'd love to see it again. I think...

[Jak Mar]

In one of the episodes before this it is said that some of the people from the Collins family were buried with thier jewls.

[darkshadowspod]

I agree!