DARK SHADOWS (TV SERIES) Vampire Barnabas - His Realization

In 1795, Barnabas discovers the consequences of Angelique's curse and now realizes what being one of the living dead actually entails. He tells Ben Stokes about his need for blood and the loathing he has for his condition. This original, afternoon supernatural soap opera drama was a far cry from the Johnny Depp fantasy, comedy film version.

[@leonardcaplan5601]

Nothing compares or ever will compare to the original soap with the original cast. This 1795 origin story should have been made into the two original Dark Shadows movies in 1970 and 1971. The two that were released back in the day cashed in on the popularity but did not capture the spirit of this very unique show and unique story of how an innocent man, because of youthful indiscretion, wound up a vampire by a vengeful witch (a LITERAL witch!) Classic. The remakes aren't even worthy of discussion.

[@mikehartsook5281]

Leonard CAPLAN • I LOVE DARK SHADOWS THE ORIGINAL I REMEMBER WATCHING IT IN 1969 AND 1970, AND 1971, TONIGHT ON MOVIES NETWORK AT 8:00 P.M. HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS IS COMING ON THEN NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS IS COMING ON AFTER THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THEM. I LIVE IN EAST TENNESSEE AND GET MOVIES NETWORK ON CHANNEL 19.6, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE CABLE.

[@unhappyview54]

These 1795 episodes were the best of the series. How he got the curse, I first watched this show after school as a young kid in the late 1960s and then saw the whole series again on sci-fi channel in the early 2000s.

[@melissaking6019]

Jonathan was magnificent.

[@Victory378]

I love the original Dark Shadows, thanks for uploading this.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

Possibly the best series ever...

[@delavalmilker]

This was really gruesome for a TV show at the time. And especially for an afternoon soap. At the very most, other shows might have shown a slight trickle of blood from one side of the mouth. But here we see Barnabas with his entire mouth slobbering blood. Running down his chin, and covering his throat and front vest. I wonder how they got it past the censors.

[@cherylsmith4826]

I don't remember seeing this in later episodes but seeing it here us a little shocking... not that it upsets me at all

[@josetteandres]

It would've made more sense if they had blood around his mouth and dripping down his chin everytime he bit someone, and even showed his victim bleeding as he drank their blood, it would've made him seem even more like a vampire.

[@dagnabbit6187]

Johnathan Frid played the best Vampire of all time who of course was Barnabus Collins

[@iamblade7862]

Dont like the Johnny depp version but I'm grateful to him though....his shenanigans introduced me to this masterpiece....why have I never heard of this series before?

[@GeneralLDS]

I love this series. I’ve watched every episode. I’m only 16, though ;)

[@rockytheyorky]

Just the fact that Dan Curtis thought enought to not tape over the last episodes like the other soap operas at that time and saved all the tapes.Today we are able to see every episode and the only soap opera to be as popular today as it was then.Many make light of its popularity but you should have been at the Devon Horse show that year when Jonathan Friday appearence drew over 200,000.fans.Enough Said.

[@zimjun7]

Boy!! How familiar this "music" is!! Brings back such memories.

[@Sleepy_Alligator]

zimjun7 Yes!

[@4string59]

The one and only Robert Cobert.

[@tomkozic8505]

Really miss this show

[@thommysides4616]

Back in 1969 or so, as a latchkey kid I would come home from elementary school while my mother was still at work and first thing I'd do is put the TV on. Soon Dark Shadows would come on and I'd sit there on the couch with a blanket over my head while watching this scary show. It was only @ in the Afternoon, and still daylight outside, but no matter.... lol. I think I actually enjoyed getting scared by that show...the acting was that good! It was the only soap I use to really watch...and I loved it! Then soon... I would run outside and start to play with my friends until my Mom came home from work. Those days I often had to make my own TV dinners too, but our house was filled with love. It's not easy on a mother, having to raise up her son alone, but she did it! Somehow too.... I survived the terrors of Dark Shadows on TV.... and the Munster's, and the Adam's family....why? Well...compared to today's TV....they were tame by comparison. They all had father figures in the home...and somehow I think they helped to fill the hole that was in our family. You don't get even that much....out of television today. I'm glad I was a 60's kid and not a kid raised on today's wacko TV, with it's so-called family series that have no real father in the home. By the way... I too, love music. Here's a "Lockdown Music Video" we produced not long ago. Cheers ya all.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3q1qaGghMh_rZI

[@brucefultz2462]

I loved this show

[@deborahtowns8983]

Use to run home from school to watch this..had to hide it from mom!!

[@debradonato7363]

He was FABulousNESS ♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟

[@josetteandres]

Not to mention a total hottie!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@deborahdyess2158]

This was a great series Jonathan Friday was a class act Johnny Dept couldn’t even come near his level I didn’t watch drops version of barnabas

[@ThymeBottle]

As time went on, Barnabas became a much neater consumer of "other people's blood". This scene was shocking to my ten year old self. I've always wondered how the untidy Barnabas got past the censors. Thanks for putting this scene up. Mr. Depp almost duplicates the look of Barnabas' first night munchies with much spillage upon his own cravat.

[@robbhahn8897]

This was obviously before Barnabas learned to drink his 'meals' a little more carefully without spilling so much of the groovy red.

[@priscillajones1728]

I'm there biggest fan

[@lisanidog8178]

I’ve seen a few interviews of Frid on KZbin. What a nice man he was. He’s also in Wikipedia for those who want more info about him.

[@don2768]

I saw the previews of the movie, and it told me that I didn't want to see it. However, I thought the 1990 remake wasn't bad, they seem to be trying to do the original justice. Ben Cross made a pretty good Barnabas, and they stuck to the original story line, I would have liked to seen a completed version of it.

[@billyfennell9301]

Dark Shadows great acting kept you interested. A classic.

[@ryanfoley2585]

He took the concept and made a campy film. It is appealing to the audience of today, but it is nothing compared to the original.

[@jmad3157]

Ben was the ring announcer in the first Rocky movie.

[@carlwilliams8681]

Kate Jackson was on Dark Shadows.

[@stevencohen624]

1:28 This shocked me the first time I saw it.

[@rodlabbe2976]

Dark Shadows at its best.

[@mabel8179]

Me too- poor Barnabas- we see his shock and despair.

[@mikehartsook5281]

HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS IS COMING ON AT 8:00,PM TONIGHT ON MOVIES NETWORK THEN NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS IS COMING ON AFTER THAT I LIVE IN EAST TENNESSEE AND GET THE CHANNEL ON 19.6, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE CABLE. HOPE EVERYONE GETS TO WATCH IT

[@kevinpyne5808]

The look on Ben Strokes face was priceless.

[@suzannewillis817]

Yeah that's true but he didn't have to fear barnabas unless he made him mad.its good to be buddies with this vampire.

[@vickiewhite9863]

wish this show would come bk on sifi channel again

[@AudreyRDavis-vk8cu]

Me too! All good things...... You know the rest

[@kennethparker3007]

How can you watch this crazy soap opera!

[@hypermecha223]

Hah, the old SciFi Channel logo. Hehehe. Johnny Depp does such a job of copying Frid, that it's almost just flat-out mimicry. In a way it's impressive, but in another way it's TOO perfect. Depp just ended up trying to copy the original so closely, that it comes off as a joke, & I don't mean the intentional humor of the movie, either. Nothing beats the original...Frid was the ONLY Barnabas!! R.I.P.

[@josetteandres]

Well, with Depp, they added some of Jack Sparrow's personality. The Tim Burton version of Barnabas was very obvious about being a vampire, where as Frid's version did everything he could to keep his vampirism a secret.

[@rickyrm123]

Stokes rules.

[@boingokky]

I wanna see a sequel that is more of a prequel, it would be period specific and could be even darker than the 1st, giving us a more sleepy hollow meets sweeney todd tone to the film. Thoughts?

[@marcusscott661]

I love watching dark shadows the old TV series I would love getting the show in DVDs let me know where l can buy them

[@tenhirankei]

Wouldn't they have it in Amazon.com?

[@GeneralLDS]

You can watch the whole series on Amazon Prime. You absolutely can buy DVDs, but getting the whole series is really expensive.

[@josetteandres]

God, when I discovered the TV show and saw Barnabas's sensitive side, I was immediately smitten. Last year around my 18th birthday, I had a dream that he came into my bedroom in the middle of the night. He stood over me, bared his fangs, then bit me and drank my blood. Best dream I've ever had the pleasure of having. I'm currently trying to make myself have a similar dream.

[@yvonzilla1]

super cool and great to.

[@denisemay2283]

Love Dark Shadows

[@its-morbintime]

I know you didn't. I love both TV shows, the movie was "so-so". Amazingly I saw the three adaptations; 2012, 1966, 1991 in that order. I'm only 17 so give me a break. I love the TV shows and what would work best is if someone were to get out there and do them justice.

[@lisanidog8178]

What I like about Dark Shadows are characters who were in the past and present. Makes one wonder how many times we’ve been reincarnated.

[@thejupiter2574]

I read hundreds of very romantic and sentimental comments on youtube from Women who loved Frid and his sensitivity and his deep felt emotions that he channeled into his character. What saddens me, breaks my heart is that all, all these hundreds of ladies, DS fans, they all had the freedom to openly love and too marry who they wanted and too share that love openly without shame. Whereas actors like Jonathan Frid, Louis Edmonds, Joel Crothers, Craig Slocum, Keith Prentice and Christoper Bernau from Dark Shadows and the TV actor that someone down in the comments also mentioned, Richard Chamberlain as well, none of these gentlemen were allowed to legally have those loving relationships and marriages like all the Straight Women in the comments were allowed to have. All these Gentle men and gentle souls also had deeply felt romantic feelings in their lives but were not allowed to share them back then when it was still illegal to be Gay. That saddens me.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Very well said. ❤

[@josetteandres]

It was never confirmed if Mr. Frid was gay though.

[@silverstar4289]

Anyone go to the cinema to watch the Dark Shadows movie. Man, it was awesome and gory for the time. My mother took us and waited in the lobby after a few scenes.

[@user-hn6zf4ig4z]

Thayer David played the promoter in the movie Rocky.

[@ladysman21751]

The tim burton version wasn't a comedy, the trailer is not the film, the trailer has all of the funny moments in it. The film was dark, violent, fun and gothic. If you're a dark shadows fan, go watch the darn film, its a fantastic retelling of the show and the film wasn't silly.

[@Reneebenson]

I felt for barnbas

[@kennethparker3007]

Vampires scare me [e-mail]

[@hypermecha223]

I got talked into seeing the Depp movie...I don't like that they made a parody out of it, although it wasn't entirely comedy & had some real violence in it. I just am not a Burton fan at all, and even though Depp put all his effort into it, there just is no duplicating the feel & charm of the original. While they did stay close to the original story, you just can't cram everything about the series into 2 hours or less. If anything, hopefully the movie exposed new fans to the original series.

[@patriciacurcio9455]

I saw dark shadows with Johnny deepe so many times I know the movie 🎥 by ❤️ I know everything that happen in the movie 🍿

[@John-cf5im]

Dang. That was scary.

[@rigomortisfxstudios]

THE TIM BURTON FILM! I was made to this gen and what a waste , they have no idea what a good program we had growing up and the films , the remake tim made a real joke but the teens loved it LOL

[@woodie62]

Johnny Depp, in all honesty, is a good actor. In the films he'd done so far, he played best in the ones which were dramas, fantasies or bios. Whenever they remade the dramas as comedies, I was done. Dark Shadows was definitely one which flopped. IMO. I say to all of those producers, leave the classics ALONE!!! That's how they should always stand...

[@RPenta]

I am a fan of DS from just about the time Barnabas appeared in 1967. I must say I have in the last year seen the great and underrated pre-Barnabas episodes with Diana Millay as the "Phoenix" Laura Collins. But the essence of DS has to be the acting and the writing-if you are going to write a comedy-parody a la Depp-Burton, then leave me out.

[@boingokky]

It would have been better with a Sleepy Hollow kind of vibe, rather than the beetlejuice vibe that it had.

[@priscillajones7623]

I'm a big dark shadows fan I didn't like the new one I love old movies

[@lisanidog8178]

How does Barnabas adjust to daylight savings time I wonder.

[@Flo-zr3yi]

En español ...dónde está completa en español !

[@spectrumlocalb191]

Robert C. No I noticed everything. I could tell you everything about Dark Shadows.

[@RPenta]

No, I have not. I suspect that I have missed out on your wooden head.

[@estjpa59]

Buenas noches, en Venezuela esta serie se llamaba ( Sombras Tenebrosas ) la pasaban en el canal 8 en los años 70 muy buena por cierto, pero no la termine de ver, por que me fui de viaje, yo tenia 11 años, si pudieras bajar las series completa y en Español latino, seria fantástico, y para no tener problemas con la obra de autor, la puedes poner, como la otra serie de tv que anda por You Tube se llama los invasores, todo se ve al revés, no se como se llama ese tipo de copia de series grabada así, ( invasores, serosavni ) gracias, saludos,,,,

[@Luvie1980]

The movie did not do this show any justice at all. The movie was a complete joke!

[@boingokky]

The trailers did not do the film justice, but the movie did not do the soap justice. The movie was good for a Tim Burton film, but it did lack the melodrama that the soap had and wished they used. It's still a decent movie, so go see it and then decide. I never trust trailers, the movie had funny moments, but it did have some dark stuff that I did like. I think it would have been better as an R rated movie so they could get away with more darker elements like Sleepy Hollow did.

[@davidcarson1959]

Who are you

[@gformyle]

The Dark Shadows movie was fine in its own way and I enjoyed it, but it was a very different creature. It wasn't Dark Shadows in the true sense. I felt the TV series in 1990 or 1991 was a pretty faithful representation of Dark Shadows and it was more than 20 years removed from the original series. If they could do it, I hoped Tim Burton and Johnny Depp could. They are all fine in their own way.

[@tenhirankei]

The Burton/Depp movie was meant as a parody or lampoon of the series and in that they succeeded. I recall the 1990-91 series and had hopes for it, but they were unable to keep such a stellar cast for long. How long could they expect to maintain having Ben Cross, Barbara Steele and Michael Weiss?

[@Super_Mario128]

so this was Days of our Lives meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

[@tenhirankei]

Not as tasteless and vulgar as either one. And I was a Days fan during the 1980's to 1990's - their golden age.

[@its-morbintime]

What did you guys think of the Ben Cross adaptation of Dark Shadows? I'm just a curious "newbie" fanboy.

[@suzannewillis817]

The original is better.

[@iceprincess1898]

I like both because they each show different sides of the same character.

[@rifleman1961]

don't at all care for the Johnny Depp version...

[@Reneebenson]

J Riner it was a silly comedy I like the old series

[@suzannewillis817]

The original barnabas would destroy the fake barnabas and whip him like a government mule.he would be wiping the floor of that faker like it was nothing!

[@DruAnnFulk]

The original is the best😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@its-morbintime]

I agree with that but the version Cross was in was hardly "awful".

[@boingokky]

See the Burton adaption, never judge a film by the trailers, never! After you see it, then give us your new thoughts.

[@ryanfoley2585]

I am making my own movie of "Dark Shadows". I am doing my best to base it off of the original show. Although it is going to take place in 2014, I am going to make as much an effort to tie it to the original show, and keep as much of the story true to the show. I WILL NOT MAKE IT A CAMPY COMEDY LIKE THE TIM BURTON FILM! I PROMISE YOU THIS! I promise, it will be amazing. /watch?v=65CZ3SpjN6k

[@cocofromohio3790]

Can't wait where can I find it

[@josealfredo4098]

Buena serie pero si estubiera en espanol seria mejor

[@HemiVic]

The Johnny Depp version was not good at all! The original Dark Shadows is the best!

[@heathjon5788]

Pure to Power, Am I , still of thought , I'am Known.

[@rockytheyorky]

Check out episode 242.a couple comes in the blue whale and the guy does not shut the door.The sheriff is seen waiting outside waiting for his cue to enter.A great blooper.

[@robertc.1958]

@Scott Denny: So? Is that the ONLY one you noticed? Because - there were a LOT more than that. Like, in various episodes: doors that wouldn't open, or doors that opened back after being "shut;" walls that shook when someone shut a door; candles that went out to soon, or candles that wouldn't go out when they should; fake tombstones that fell, or got knocked, over; crew members visible in the background in some shots; crew, and sometimes cast, members walking across an "empty" set which was actually being filmed for the end credits to be shown over; boom mic, and in some cases the boom mic AND its handle, visible in some shots; actors "going up on" ( forgetting ) their lines; and MANY, MANY more.

[@chrisreidy439]

@@robertc.1958 I read somewhere that the cast would voice their concerns to Dan Curtis about all the 'bloopers' and he would tell them 'Don't worry about it, this will only be shown one time'. Little did Curtis know that 50 years later people would be watching these over and over...and loving every minute of it.

[@robertc.1958]

@@chrisreidy439 : Yeah, I think one of the cast members related that story at one of the Dark Shadows Conventions [ may have been KLS ( Kathryn Leigh Scott. ) ] OR - it may have been told, by KLS, in her excellent behind-the-scenes book "My Scrapebook Memories of Dark Shadows" ( Pomegranate Press, 1986. )

[@panthervoodoo]

Just wondering...what made it such a horrific movie?The condensing of a series into a feature film? The set design? The acting?

[@Luvie1980]

I know when the movie was made. But really, it was awful. However that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. I just disagree with you.

[@panthervoodoo]

the movie was also made decades after this show was out of syndication, and the core audience was presumably much too old to consider. I thought the movie did a wonderful job of putting a current spin on the campiness of this beloved classic.

[@fanboy2015]

No Mr. Barnabas. I don't want you fighting Balboa! How about Creed?? He's old and not what he used to be!

[@noecamarena1896]

wtf im here cause ling of queens

[@nancymelchor1154]

Messy eater

[@ragetobe]

"But the essence of DS has to be the acting" the acting is really very wooden I hope your joking, because if this is your idea of good acting then I feel you may have missed out on some truly amazing performances elsewhere.

[@johnieblankenship-fg1xg]

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