Dark Shadows: The Complete Franchise—Screen, Print, and Audio

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Whether you’re a first-generation Dark Shadows fan who watched the gothic soap opera daily in the 1960s, a second-gen enthusiast who joined the flock years later when the show was rerun on Sci-Fi Channel and released on VHS and DVD, or a newcomer thanks to Tubi, Amazon, or other streaming services… welcome! This is a show worth revisiting again and again, and many fans experience withdrawal symptoms upon reaching episode #1245 and realizing there are no more chapters.

But there are more chapters! The TV show is just part of the story, for the Collins family’s adventures have continued and been rebooted in multiple media. Presented below and on the following pages is an index listing every episode, film, novel, short story, comic, stage play, and audio that has been broadcast, published, or recorded in the Dark Shadows mythology since 1966, enabling you to enhance and extend your viewing experience beyond the televised serials. And it all starts with…

BEFORE DARK SHADOWS

• 1954 “pilot”: The Web, episode “The House” by Art Wallace
  • Inspired Jason Maguire arc, and later incorporated into Shadows on the Wall; included on Master of Dark Shadows Blu-ray.
• 1957 “pilot”: The Goodyear Playhouse, episode “The House” by Art Wallace
  • Different cast but same script, expanded with new scenes due to longer length; now considered a “lost” hour of television.
• Story bible: Shadows on the Wall, Art Wallace (partly based on “The House”)
  • Outlined the entire first year’s storylines, from Victoria Winters’ arrival until the end of Jason McGuire’s arc

TELEVISION

• 1966 TV show: Dark Shadows, 1,225 episodes
  • Numbered #1 to #1245 due to preemptions. Note: This show never aired in seasons, despite marketing for VHS, DVD, and streaming, nor was “The Beginning” ever part of the title. It was just a daily soap opera.
    Story Arcs:
  • 1966/1967
    • 1–127: Victoria Winters’ parentage
    • 1–201: Burke Devlin’s revenge
    • 13–32: David Collins’ patricide attempt
    • 46–126: Bill Malloy’s murder
    • 123–192: Laura Collins the phoenix 1
    • 193–275: Jason McGuire’s blackmail
    • 205–365: Barnabas Collins the vampire
      • VHS movie: Dark Shadows: The Resurrection of
        Barnabas Collins (overview of the show’s first
        year, plus the first five Barnabas-era episodes)
    • 221-261: Maggie Evans’ abduction
    • 265–365: Julia Hoffman’s experiments
  • 1795
    • 366–426: Angelique Bouchard’s curse
      • TV movie: Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
        (edited from 210–212 and 370–460)
    • 400–461: Victoria Winters’ witchcraft trial
    • 419–460: Nathan Forbes and Millicent Collins
  • 1968/1969
    • 461–665: Peter Bradford and Jeff Clark
    • 466–636: Adam and Eve
    • 477–548: The dream curse
    • 513–672: Elizabeth Stoddard’s live burial
    • 549–628: Angelique Bouchard the vampire
    • 549–633/634: Nicholas Blair’s master race
    • 627–700: Chris Jennings the werewolf 1
    • 639–700: Quentin Collins and Beth Chavez
      • TV movie: Dark Shadows: The Haunting of
        Collinwood (edited from 639–694)
  • 1796
    • 657–667: Barnabas revisits his past
  • 1897
    • 700–839: Preventing David Collins’ possession
    • 707–748: The tragedy of Crazy Jenny Collins
    • 728–761: Laura Collins the phoenix 2
    • 728–761: Magda Rakosi’s revenge curse
    • 762–884: Gregory Trask and Judith Collins
    • 778–814: The hand of Count Petofi
    • 812–850: Amanda Harris and Charles Delaware Tate
    • 844–885: Kitty Soames and Josette DuPres
    • 849–883: Count Petofi’s body swap
  • 1969/1970
    • 886–980: The Leviathans
    • 888–934: Grant Douglas and Olivia Corey
    • 889–978: Chris Jennings the werewolf 2
    • 935–980: Jebez Hawkes’ redemption
  • Parallel Time: 1970
    • 969–1060: Angelique Collins’ death
    • 978–1035: Cyrus Longworth and John Yaeger
    • 1039–1060: Barnabas Collins and Roxanne Drew (parallel)
  • 1995
    • 1061–1070: Gerard Stiles’ destruction of Collinwood
  • 1969/1970
    • 1071–1109: Gerard Stiles and Daphne Harridge
    • 1081–1109: Barnabas Collins and Roxanne Drew (present)
  • 1840
    • 1110–1150: Barnabas Collins and Roxanne Drew (past)
    • 1117–1138: The head of Judah Zachery
      • VHS movie: Dark Shadows: 1840 Flashback
        (edited from 1130 and 1131)
    • 1139–1196: Judah Zachery’s body swap
    • 1162–1197: Quentin Collins’ witchcraft trial
  • Parallel Time: 1840/1841
    • 1186–1245: Bramwell Collins and Catherine Harridge
    • 1194–1245: The lottery of the cursed room
• 1986: “Joan Bennett Reveals Elizabeth to Be Victoria’s Mother on
  Dark Shadows”—recorded at Bennett’s home (View online)
• 1991: Dark Shadows revival—12 episodes, prematurely canceled
• 1995: Beyond the Shadows TV series epilogue (View online)
• 2004: Dark Shadows pilot—produced but unaired (View online)

MOVIES

• Original Cast: House of Dark Shadows (1970, Dan Curtis,
  original title: Dark Shadows)
• Original Cast: Night of Dark Shadows (1971, Dan Curtis,
  original titles: Dark Shadows II and Curse of Dark Shadows)
• Reimagining: Dark Shadows (2012, Tim Burton)
• Documentary: Master of Dark Shadows (2019, David Gregory)
• Documentary: Dark Shadows and Beyond—The Jonathan
  Frid Story (2021, Mary O’Leary)

STAGE PLAYS

• 1988: Off-Broadway play, Brian Jucha—Read more, and more)
• 2000: Broadway play, Robert Cobert and Rupert Holmes, canceled—Read more)
• 2003: Return to Collinwood (Dark Shadows Festival—released on CD by MPI)
• 2007: Vengeance at Collinwood (Dark Shadows Festival—Read more)
• 2012: Jerry Lacy and Nancy Barrett as Tony Peterson and Carolyn Stoddard
  (Dark Shadows Festival—View online)

OTHER REVIVAL ATTEMPTS

• 1970s: Death of Dark Shadows (mentioned by MGM press agent, Dan Curtis declined)
• 1980s: Darker Shadows proposal by Lisa Morton and Scott
  Young—rejected by Dan Curtis (Read more)
• 1993: Proposed feature-film remake of House of Dark Shadows,
  rejected by Miramax
• 1997: Dark Shadows daytime revival—rejected by Fox
• 1998: Dark Shadows TV movies proposed by NBC—rejected when
  Dan Curtis instead outlined a new serialized TV show
• 2001: Prime-time Dark Shadows for FOX, produced by Aaron Spelling—rejected
• 2001: Spanish-language Dark Shadows using 1960s series’ scripts—rejected
• 2001: Prime-time Dark Shadows show for TNT—rejected
• 2001: HBO animated series proposed by Dan Curtis—never written
• 2002: Proposed Dark Shadows feature film by Dan Curtis—never written
• 2016: Ghosts of Dark Shadows, proposed by Ansel H. Faraj—written but never filmed
• 2019: Dark Shadows: Reincarnation—repeatedly delayed, current status unknown

STAGE PLAYS

• 1988: Off-Broadway play, Brian Jucha—Read more, and more)
• 2000: Broadway play, Robert Cobert and Rupert Holmes, canceled—Read more)
• 2003: Return to Collinwood (Dark Shadows Festival—released on CD by MPI)
• 2007: Vengeance at Collinwood (Dark Shadows Festival—Read more)
• 2012: Jerry Lacy and Nancy Barrett as Tony Peterson and Carolyn Stoddard
  (Dark Shadows Festival—View online)

PROSE

• Paperback Library (novels by Dan “Marilyn” Ross—reprinted by Hermes Press)
  1. Dark Shadows
  2. Victoria Winters
  3. Strangers at Collins House
  4. The Mystery of Collinwood
  5. The Curse of Collinwood
  6. Barnabas Collins
  7. The Secret of Barnabas Collins
  8. The Demon of Barnabas Collins
  9. The Foe of Barnabas Collins
     • The Secret of Victoria Winters (Craig Hamrick, approved by Dan Ross, based on Ross’s notes for a never-published 10th novel—Read online)
  10. The Phantom and Barnabas Collins
  11. Barnabas Collins vs. the Warlock
  12. The Peril of Barnabas Collins
  13. Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost
  14. Barnabas Collins and Quentin’s Demon
  15. Barnabas Collins and the Gypsy Witch
  16. Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy’s Curse
  17. Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost
  18. Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin
  19. Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin
  20. Barnabas, Quentin and the Witch’s Curse
  21. Barnabas, Quentin and the Haunted Cave
  22. Barnabas, Quentin and the Frightened Bride
      • House of Dark Shadows novelization (unnumbered “Special Edition,” published in the same month as volume #22)
  23. Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse
  24. Barnabas, Quentin and the Serpent
  25. Barnabas, Quentin and the Magic Potion
  26. Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers
  27. Barnabas, Quentin and Dr. Jekyll’s Son
  28. Barnabas, Quentin and the Grave Robbers
  29. Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost
  30. Barnabas, Quentin and the Mad Magician
  31. Barnabas, Quentin and the Hidden Tomb
  32. Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty
      • Barnabas, Quentin and the Mad Ghoul (canceled final novel in the series; summary published in A Guide to Collecting “Dark Shadows” Memorabilia)

• Pomegranate Press
  • The Dark Shadows Movie Book, Kathryn Leigh Scott (movie scripts)
• GAF (storybooklet)
  • Dark Shadows View-Master
• Gold Key (novella by D.J. Arneson—reprinted by Hermes Press)
  • Dark Shadows Story Digest Magazine: “The Interrupted Voyage”
• TV Guide (fiction article by Sam Hall, Oct. 9, 1971)
  • “Here’s What Really Happened to Barnabas & Co.”
• HarperCollins and TOR (novels)
  1. Angelique’s Descent (Lara Parker)
  2. Dreams of the Dark (Stephen Mark Rainey & Elizabeth Massie)
  3. The Labyrinth of Souls (Stephen Mark Rainey, canceled—Read online)
  4. Hawkes Harbor (S.E. Hinton, canceled—published as a non-Dark Shadows novel)
  5. The Salem Branch (Lara Parker)
  6. Wolf Moon Rising (Lara Parker)
  7. Heiress of Collinwood (Lara Parker)

• The Diaz Brothers (self-published book containing rejected revival proposal)
  • Darker Shadows (Scott Young, Lisa Morton, and Lori Bowen)
• Moonstone (Kolchak/Dark Shadows crossover)
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles: “An Interview with the Vampire?” (short story)

• Daytime Gothic (Stuart Manning, digest books for charity)
  • Volume One
    • “The House” (short story by Ben Ewin)
    • “Ode to Angeliques” (short story by Laramie Dean)
  • Volume Two (upcoming)
    • [TBA]
• Carroll & Graf Publishers (novel, Barnabas Collins cameo)
  • Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha (Kim Newman)
• Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press (novel, Barnabas Collins cameo)
  • The Quest of Frankenstein (Frank Schilidner)

NOVEL READINGS (AMAZON AUDIBLE)

• Angelique’s Descent
• The Salem Branch
• Wolf Moon Rising

COMICS

• Gold Key
  • Dark Shadows (comic book—reprinted by Hermes Press)
    1. The Vampire’s Prey / Angelique’s Revenge / Epilogue
    2. The Fires of Darkness / Torment of the Doomed
    3. Return for Revenge / The Seeds of Vengeance / A Hope for the Future
    4. The Man Who Could Not Die / The Curse of the Amulet / The Devil His Due
    5. The Curse of Collins Isle / Mark of the Werewolf / The Raging Waters
    6. Awake to Evil / A Cry in the Night / Beyond the Tomb
    7. Wings of Fear / Barnabas Collins—Vampire / The Willing Victim
    8. The Vampire Trap / Barnabas—Beware! / The Grim Truth
    9. Creatures in Torment / The Lady Named Desdemona / The Fatal Pursuit
    10. Souls in Bondage / A Message from Barnabas / The Temple of Evil
    11. The Thirteenth Star / A Fateful Omen / The Murder of Barnabas Collins
    12. The Glove / Treachery Unfolds / Murder Most Foul
    13. Hellfire / Into the Pit / To Save a Soul
    14. The Mystic Painting / A Tragedy Recalled / Stain of Guilt
    15. The Night Children / Masks of Innocence / The Pursuit of Quentin
    16. The Scarab / The Spell of Potiphar / Treasure of the Undead
    17. The Bride of Barnabas Collins / Mists of Time / The Wedding Day
    18. Guest in the House / The Man from New York / A Second Visitor
    19. Island of Eternal Life / The Phantom Galleon / Fountain of Youth
    20. Quentin the Vampire / The Changing Curse / The Search
    21. The Crimson Carnival / Circus of Evil / War of the Wills
    22. Seed of Evil / To Catch a Vampire / Deadly Harvest
    23. The Cult of the Dasni / Journey into Terror / Village of the Vampiress
    24. On Borrowed Blood / The Millionaire Vampire / Emperor of Darkness
    25. The Immortal / The Exchange / The Alliance
    26. The Witch Dolls / Meet Granny Bumpers / The Enchanted Hour
    27. My Blood or Yours / The Cure That Kills / The Road to Lucifer
    28. The Visitor / The Way of the Will / Death in the Family
    29. Stolen Centuries / The Return / Rite of Passage
    30. The Weekend Witch Hunters / Mysterious Detour / Man Without a Shadow
    31. The Doom of Hellgi Kolnisson / Spell from the Past / The Sea Battle
    32. The Secret of the Lighthouse / The Death of Barnabas Collins / Smuggler’s Cove
    33. King of the Wolves / A Search for Blood / The Silver Bullet
    34. Collinwood Possessed / The Final Touch
    35. The Missing Manuscript / The Life and Times of Sarah Collins

• Newspaper Enterprise Association
  • Dark Shadows (daily comic strips—reprinted by Hermes Press)
    1. Revenge
    2. A Vision of Isis
    3. The Werewolf
    4. Mr. Sinestra
    5. Desiree Kapora
    6. Phantom Fire

• Innovation (based on 1991 revival)
  • Dark Shadows, Book One
    1. Dark Shadows
    2. A Time of Innocence… and Confidences
    3. Old Friends
    4. Swann’s Way
  • Dark Shadows, Book Two
    1. Lost in Thought: Part One—Touchy Situation
    2. Lost in Thought: Part Two—Very Touching
    3. Lost in Thought: Part Three—Touch Me Not
    4. Lost in Thought: Part Fou—Touch and Go
  • Dark Shadows, Book Three
    (canceled Angelique tale by Lara Parker and David Campiti; never published; initially solicited as Book Four under the title “Origin of Angelique”)
    1. Remember Martinique, Part One
    2. Remember Martinique, Part Two
    3. Remember Martinique, Part Three
    4. Remember Martinique, Part Four
  • Dark Shadows, Book Three
    (replacement for “Remember Martinique”; issues #2–4 were never published; initially solicited under the title “The Twisting Turning Path”)
    1. A Motion and a Spirit: Part One—Visits and Visitations
    2. A Motion and a Spirit: Part Two
    3. A Motion and a Spirit: Part Three
    4. A Motion and a Spirit: Part Four
  • Dark Shadows, Book Four
    (canceled gay werewolf tale by Andy Mangels; never published)
    1. [Title unknown], Part One
    2. [Title unknown], Part Two
    3. [Title unknown], Part Three
    4. [Title unknown], Part Four

• Moonstone (Kolchak/Dark Shadows crossover)
  • Kolchak Tales Annual #1: “An Interview with the Vampire?”
    (comic adaptation of the above short story)

• Dynamite
  • Dark Shadows 1–23 (monthly comic)
  • Dark Shadows/Vampirella 1–5
  • Dark Shadows: Year One 1–6

• Daytime Gothic (Stuart Manning, digest books for charity)
  • Volume One
    • “Night Haunts”
  • Volume Two (upcoming)
    • [TBA]

• Hermes Press (upcoming graphic novel series)
  • Curse of Dark Shadows

AUDIOS (BIG FINISH)

• Full-Cast Dramas
  1. The House of Despair
  2. The Book of Temptation
  3. The Christmas Presence
  4. The Rage Beneath

• Dramatic Readings
  1. Angelique’s Descent: Innocence
  2. Angelique’s Descent: Betrayal
  3. Clothes of Sand
  4. The Ghost Watcher
  5. The Skin Walkers
  6. The Path of Fate
  7. The Wicked and the Dead
  8. Echoes of Insanity
  9. Curse of the Pharaoh
  10. Final Judgement
  11. Blood Dance
  12. The Night Whispers
  13. London’s Burning
  14. The Doll House
  15. The Blind Painter
  16. The Death Mask
  17. The Creeping Fog
  18. The Carrion Queen
  19. The Poisoned Soul
  20. The Lost Girl
  21. The Crimson Pearl
  22. The Voodoo Amulet
  23. The House By the Sea
  24. Dress Me in Dark Dreams
  25. The Eternal Actress
  26. The Fall of the House of Trask
  27. Operation Victor
  28. Speak No Evil
  29. The Last Stop
  30. Dreaming of the Water
  31. The Haunted Refrain
  32. A Collinwood Christmas
  33. The Phantom Bride
  34. Beneath the Veil
  35. The Enemy Within
  36. The Lucifer Gambit
  37. The Flip Side
  38. Beyond the Grave
  39. Curtain Call
  40. The Harvest of Souls
  41. The Happier Dead
  42. Carriage of the Damned
  43. The Devil Cat
  44. The Darkest Shadow
  45. Panic
  46. The Curse of Shurafa
  47. In the Twinkling of an Eye
  48. Deliver Us From Evil
  49. Tainted Love
  50. And Red All Over…

• Kingdom of the Dead
  • Episodes 1–4

• Bloodlust
  1. Episode 0: Snowflake
  2. Episodes 1–13

• Blood and Fire
  • Episodes 1–4

• Echoes of the Past
  1. Trask the Exorcist
  2. The Missing Reel
  3. Lunar Tides
  4. Confession

• Haunting Memories
  1. Hell Wind
  2. Communion
  3. The Ghost Ship
  4. A Face From the Pasts

• Phantom Melodies
  1. Last Orders at the Blue Whale
  2. The Scarlet Bride
  3. On the Line
  4. In a Broken Dream

• Dreams of Long Ago
  1. The Reflected Man
  2. Old Acquaintance
  3. Devil’s Rock
  4. Cobwebs

• Love Lives On
  1. Tuesdays and Thursdays
  2. The Velvet Room
  3. Behind Closed Doors
  4. The Suitcase

• Shadows of the Night
  1. Trio
  2. Honeymoon from Hell
  3. Retreat
  4. 1:53 AM

• The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries
  • Series 1
    1. The Mystery at Crucifix Heights
    2. The Mystery of La Danse Macabre
    3. The Mystery of Flight 493
    4. The Mystery of Karmina Sonata
  • Series 2
    1. The Mystery of Stone Heart Studios
    2. The Mystery of West Vale Sanitarium
    3. The Mystery of Apartment 493
    4. The Mystery of the Soulmates Hotel
  • Series 3
    1. The Mystery of the Grandest Order
    2. The Mystery of the Fisherman’s Wife
    3. The Mystery of a Mother’s Love
    4. The Mystery of the Jack-in-the-Box

• Maggie & Quentin: The Lovers’ Refrain
  1. The Girl Beneath the Water
  2. The Sand That Speaks His Name
  3. The Hollow Winds That Beckon
  4. The Paper to the Flame

• Bloodline
  • Episodes 1–13

• Windcliff (not yet released)
  • Episodes 1–13

• Thirteen (not yet released)
  • Episodes 1–13

• Dramatic Readings of Dan “Marilyn” Ross’s novels
  • Volumes 1–32

NON-FICTION BOOKS AND PODCASTS

• Terror at Collinwood: A Dark Shadows Podcast (Danielle “Penny Dreadful” Gelehrter)
• Running Home to Shadows Memories of TV’s First Supernatural Soap by Today’s Grown-Up Kids (Becky Books, Jim Beard)
• Musings on Monsters: Observations on the World of Classic Horror (Rich Handley and Lou Tambone; contains a detailed discussion of Dark Shadows by Ross Johnson)
• Daytime Gothic, Vol. I and II (Stuart Manning)
• Our Shadowed Past, Vol. I and II (Bob Issel and Stephen Mark Rainey)
• My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows (Kathryn Leigh Scott)
• The Dark Shadows Companion: 25th Anniversary Collection (Kathryn Leigh Scott)
• The Dark Shadows Almanac: 30th Anniversary Tribute (Kathryn Leigh Scott)
• Dark Shadows Memories (Kathryn Leigh Scott)
• Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood (Kathryn Leigh Scott)
• House of Dan Curtis: The Television Mysteries of the Dark Shadows
  Auteur (Jeff Thompson)
• Nights of Dan Curtis: The Television Epics of the Dark Shadows
  Auteur (Jeff Thompson)
• The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker
  and Other Productions (Jeff Thompson)
• The Dark Shadows Daybook (Patrick McCray)
• The Dark Shadows Daybook Unbound (Patrick McCray)
• Dark Shadows: The Introduction of Barnabas (Jim Pierson)
• Dark Shadows Resurrected (Jim Pierson)
• The Dark Shadows Collectibles Book (Craig Hamrick)
• Barnabas & Company: The Cast of the TV Classic Dark Shadows
  (Craig Hamrick and R.J. Jamison)
• Dark Shadows Tribute (Edward A. Gross and James Van Hise)
• The Dark Shadows Files: The Terror Begins (Edward A. Gross)
• The Dark Shadows Files: The Secret of Barnabas (Edward A. Gross)
• The Dark Shadows Files: A 20^th Anniversary Tribute (Edward A. Gross)
• The Dark Shadows Special: Return to Collinwood (Edward A. Gross)
• Dark Shadows Handbook (James Van Hise)
• Dark Shadows in the Afternoon  (Kathleen Resch)
• The Dark Shadows Program Guide (Ann Wilson)
• The History of Dark Shadows: 1966-1967 (Dark Shadows Festival)
• Dark Shadows The First Year (Nina Johnson and O.Crock)
• A Guide to Collecting “Dark Shadows” Memorabilia (Shirley Stockel and Victoria Weidner)
• The Physics of Dark Shadows: Time Travel, ESP, and the Laboratory (Frank Borzellieri)
• Barnabas Collins in a Funny Vein (Paperback Library)
• The Dark Shadows Cookbook (Compiler Malis and Jody Cameron)
• Barnabas Collins: A Personal Picture Album (Paperback Library, Jonathan Frid)
• The Dark Shadows Book of Vampires and Werewolves (Paperback Library)
  [Note: This book contains no Dark Shadows-based content, despite the title.]