NEW Dark Shadows - Barnabas Meets the Collins Family of 1897

Barnabas finds himself in a coffin as he is transported to 1897. He meets the Collins family of 1897.

[@carolzerucha7429]

We, the first generation of viewers, *all ran home*! We were among the first to feel its magic hand touch our lives forever!

[@darkshadowsfansunite8140]

That is so true, Carol. Many have followed but I, too, was an original viewer.

[@melodiefrances3898]

We certainly did. I even left play dates early 😂😂😂

[@stephaniestanley8041]

❤I told the nuns my brother and I had to leave school 15 minutes early to catch a bus. We lived a mile and a half away. There was NO bus. I made John run that way every day. Nothing would come between DS and me.

[@ronaldgholson5107]

Yes!! It came on at 3:30, just minutes before school was out! I'd jump on my bike and race home as fast as I could. But, could only catch the last 15 minutes. I never understood why it couldn't have been aired at 4:00.

[@pauljoseph2400]

I just bought Dark Shadows Volumes 1 & 2 on Vudu. It still holds up all these years later, since it wasn't really of it's time in the late 60's. This was taped live for broadcast, so there was no editing or stopping if there was a flub, they had to just keep going. It really was live theater. We all sprinted home from the school bus, faster than we ever did in gym class.

[@AliceBowie]

But with theater productions, they have months to rehearse. I think with Dark Shadows, they did a dress rehearsal and then the live taping. They flub a line now and then, but they did incredibly well, for a live show. It aired 5 days a week, I think? I could be wrong.

[@TheBob3759]

Lol.

[@lisaperry7297]

Grayson Hall is my favorite female actress and her ability to play the different people throughout the show is amazing

[@jamesmiller9515]

incredible performances by these actors of the theatre...top notch drama, realistic settings...DS was ahead of its time...Thank you Dan Curtis...

[@darkshadowsfansunite8140]

Yes, the show was really ahead of its time. Thank you for commenting, James.

[@bingusbingus776]

Loved this show. I would run home from my school bus stop to be home in time to see it on tv.

[@ethelhoose1196]

I did to

[@LauraHenderson-wx6xy]

You, me and Johnny Depp. We all ran home for this show. It’s actually a wonderful childhood memory. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🚌

[@stephaniestanley8041]

See my comment. I made my brother run with me every day❤

[@cambonious23]

Johnny Depp and that movie was…

[@dunderwood4444]

Dark Shadows ROCKS. Bless up from Brooklyn NY, We out lived Rocky Horror and the fan base is growing

[@stephaniestanley8041]

❤Selby was gorgeous and completely in control in his part.

[@MosaicRose99]

He was very attractive....

[@danielcorreard3746]

i've always loved how the barnasbas and quentin characters became good friends.

[@ruckanitepreacher5618]

As a child in Arkansas I was simply fascinated by Dark Shadows. When it was time for me to begin the first grade in September 1970 I cried because I wasn't going to be able to see Dark Shadows any more due to the time I would be getting home from school. That's how much I loved the show. I am glad to see that I am not alone in my love for this venerable show. Thanks for uploading these videos. Mark

[@bruce8808]

I can relate. You're not alone. In 1968 the very first episodes I watched on weekdays were after school. I also had my fits when my Dad wanted to take me to the Barbershop for a haircut. It was hard not to cry knowing I was going to miss an episode. Also I lived a good part of my life in the country so, every other day after school I had to operate the tractor on slow mode while Dad filled 4 long feeders. I was 9 going on 10. At least in the mid 70s he didn't object to my watching D.S. on weekdays, I was 17 by then. I pretty much moved forward. If anyone in 68 would've told me that 40 years later in 2008 I be collecting one set or 2 at time on DVDs I would've found that impossible to believe. Dark Shadows has had me hooked for decades although their were a few years I didn't see it after it was on the Sci-Fi Channel. D.S. will always have millions of dedicated fans.

[@ChaplainDaveSparks]

Rest in Peace, sweet Lara/Angelique....

[@carolcunningham6595]

Barnabas and quentin are my favortie. I like the rest of the cast as well.

[@manofaction1807]

I'm watching this on TUBI. It's one of the craziest Soap Opera's I've ever seen.

[@delavalmilker]

Quentin sported some of the meanest looking "lamb chop" sideburns ever!

[@patriciahayes2664]

I remember a scene which had Barnabas, Quentin, Edward, and Nicholas together. What a line-up! The four powerhouses of "Dark Shadows, all on screen together. It's a memory I'll always treasure. 😁

[@MontrealNorth]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 burn witch burn that was ridiculously good they thought they could get rid of Angelique but they were wrong I wish I had that screaming as a ringtone it would scare the hell out of somebody 🤣🤣🤣 when they went up to that Tower room they thought it was over and later on Ben said I knew we couldn't get rid of you I feel out laughing she was ridiculous in love with a man for a one-night stand in Martinique and you were a witch and turned him into a vampire because you had slept with a warlock Juda Zachary and that name is not good in the Bible juda at all and wasn't there a Barnabas in the Bible too😳🤣🍻👏🤫🐵🤷‍♂️🙈🍦👋 wth that old grandmother that was upstairs bedroom should have trusted in God instead of Magda and her jewels did you see how she was draped in all those rings come on now they should have took a 5 gallon bucket of holy oil up there and rubbed her down🤣

[@markgardner4426]

I am actually re-watching DS from the beginning and have reached the 1897 period. Brings back old memories.

[@brendaamata9233]

How can u not watch this 1897 storyline.....wait till Anjelique shows up

[@danbaranowski]

Call me crazy but the more I watch the 1897 storyline of the show, the more I love Grayson Hall’s Magda over Julia

[@hotgritz4sho]

AGREED! Zandor was pretty scary too!

[@melodiefrances3898]

I'm betting that Grayson Hall loved playing Magda. 😂❤

[@brendaamata9233]

So cool

[@jonhinson5701]

@@melodiefrances3898 Sam Hall in an interview said that Magda was Grayson's favorite. Mine as well.

[@davidgardiner4620]

@hotgritz4sho yes indeed, Thayer David portrayed Professor Stokes, Ben Stokes, Zander and Count Petoffi, all different characters

[@scretching08]

As a child in Philadelphia Pa., during the early 1970s, I watched Dark Shadows. along with my Older sisters and brothers and Parents, it gave me the shivers as a child but I grew older and just loved horror and sci-fi films.

[@bryanwiley5511]

Currently being shown on Decades Cable Channel, on Verizon's Fios in New York City. I would run home from elementary school back in 1968 (4th grade) was when I started watching DS. My favorite character was the Evil - Beautiful - Angelique/Cassandra.

[@susanheston4483]

Our school was half a block away, my sister and I got home in time to watch every day. Never missed Dark Shadows.

[@Dstew57A]

I loved this show. Looked so forward to getting home after school rushing home to watch it.

[@melodiefrances3898]

I LOVE this storyline. SOOOOOO many great characters.

[@scotnick59]

Used to literally run home from Grammar school in order to catch this Gothic Soap par excellence

[@marypolk9820]

I did too!!!!! Everyday.... it was so scary good. I loved everything

[@itzhakbentov6572]

I grew up in New Orleans. I loved watching DS, after my 1st grade classes

[@lennysmom]

The first few weeks of this storyline were so good.

[@melodiefrances3898]

They really were. The way the characters and intrigue were introduced was SOOOOOO good. I actually loved the entire 1897 storyline. But the beginning was particularly well written.

[@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203]

Quentin looks like Wolverine before Wolverine was Wolverine.

[@Antares007]

Ha ha yes 😀

[@dianekiley4394]

[H[[wtall>@davdselleyfromdarksha#owsdainekiley

[@ashleycurrin4317]

I love, Dark Shadows.. I remember watching reruns of it on, Sci-Fi as a,kid.. My watched it on DS original, run. Her favorite character is, Quentin. Barnabas and Adam are my, favorites!

[@kevinmckinney3785]

I was in elementary school when I watched this show after school. As a young kid, I was confused by how some of the actors played different characters at different times through the series. Another thing is I of course remember scary Barnabas, but I also thought the mean guy acting of Quentin Collins was quite good.

[@brandongary8234]

Quentin was a great enemy but a more powerful ally

[@MontrealNorth]

You're not lying but beautiful women was his weakness that he had before the werewolf curse was put on him he wanted everybody's Nookie Cookie and Magda sent it on down through the years but she was a foolish woman because julianca sent it back to her in the worst way her own Kinfolk that's how it always happens dirty it's so good jewels ghost werewolf vampires Gypsy tramps and thieves🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 they made Willy so stupid sometimes but he was so cute but Barnabas and Jason had sent Willie through too many things so had Mrs Johnson this show was too damn good it still is I love it👏👏👏👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋🍾🍾🍾🥂 I hope you all are having a wonderful day wherever you are in this world❤🌹🍻

[@novastariha8043]

I have never seen this timeline ❗️incredible ❤just love this Quentin Dude‼️

[@mcmlxii4419]

I always thought Quentin was terrifying looking. I was a very, very young child when I watched this show, and it was because of Quentin that I learned what sideburns were. Lol!

[@melodiefrances3898]

He was scary, imho. He would just as soon strangle you.

[@bruce8808]

@@melodiefrances3898 I watched an interview with David Selby and he said that when he played Quentin in 1897 his long thick sideburns were called Mutton Chops.

[@lisaperry7297]

There's a scene, I think during the leviathan story line when Amy sees Quentin and is afraid. It takes place in the antique store. Quentin is so gentle with her explaining that he is not the ghost. I just remember the way he talked to her.

[@olivernevels7790]

I Also ran Home at 2:50 to See Dark Shadows at 3pm during Daylight Savings time !!! This is My Favorite Time frame 1897 !!! There was So Much Happening !!!! Loved Quentin,The Werewolf,Count Petofi !!! I was Sad when 1897 Ended !!!❤❤❤

[@gm4639]

Have been an addict since seeing it as a child in the 60s and just got a tattoo of my lifelong idol, Barnabas on my shoulder!

[@alondralabute2310]

Woah! $1000.00 in 1897 would be $33,675.53 in 2021 (the inflation calculator site is always a year behind). Plus another half of that. That's a lot of money Quentin. But I don't blame him for not leaving. However if he'd known what was gonna happen to him maybe he would have. Judith: "Quentin, I'd forgotten how boring you are." Boring? Quentin is a lot of things (mostly very handsome) but boring? Never! Lioness of Judith. LOL!

[@michaelmakemson4390]

Love this day time soap opera on ABC I grew up watching this as a very little kid barnabas use to scare the shit out of me I’m 60 today I own the Barnabas Collins game the dark shadows game all the episodes model kits booklets I still love this show

[@stephaniebibb9102]

I am your age and Barnabas had the same effect on me, scared me so much! I have recently purchased the DVD collection and enjoying it, ol Barny still creeps me out a bit though!!

[@michaelmakemson4390]

@@stephaniebibb9102 it’s great to watch all the series again I have the collection too

[@earlleeruhf3130]

Magda was so afraid of Barnabas until he mentioned the Jewels, suddenly she was all smiles.

[@OnceAspark]

Poor Joan Bennett and Jonathan Frid look like they struggle to remember their next line. Selby pretty much blows them all away.

[@VAlerieStupid]

DARK SHADOWS IS ON ROKU FOLKS ALL THE EPISODES BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR

[@mastersadvocate]

I like the paper bat! lol! What a hoot! I've never seen this show before, and this video just showed up on my recommended videos line up. Weird, but fascinating! ~Janet in Canada

[@johnny3038]

one of the greatest productions of the 20th century

[@bobpierce115]

And a series only possible back in the 20th as well.

[@calvinsweet3400]

That. Bat though ha ha. But I love this soap!

[@kevinmckinney3785]

I like how the Collins had a phone in 1897. At 24:20. In our old family home, my grandparents first had a phone in the home in the later 1920's. My father told me, neighbors would come to the home and ask to use the phone.

[@bruce8808]

The crew did a great job putting victorian 19th century furnishings in the drawing room and loved the old style 1897 phones. What was hilarious was in the present 1968 20th century the ghost of Quentin would ring that old phone continuously until David Collins answered it.

[@maryduarte3248]

Classic dark shadows

[@thurmanjackson8026]

I can remember coming home from elementary school and my older sister's first words would be "come on, lets watch dark shadows. Now the scenes were not what really scared me. It was the creepy a_s music they played from the opening theme, throughout the episode, to the creepy ending music. The music use to do a number on me seeing I was only 9 or 10 years old. I had never heard such creepy music in my life. Ha, ha, ha,!!

[@palmereldritch7777]

MadameBlanche / Kitty - Joan Bennet is epic.

[@Melancholy1966]

I think it's so sad when Barnabas sees the Old House in the state it's in. When Sandor said "See, I told you it wasn't much." he answers "It was...it was."

[@bruce8808]

The 1897 storyline by far to me is the best that Dan Curtis put together. l know it was longer than 1840 and 1795. The way Joan Bennett and David Selby's characters start out at the beginning of the 1897 storyline is excellent as Quentin and Judith bickering over Quentin wanting some of Grandma Edith's money when she pass'es away. These episodes are far from dull, suspenseful.

[@TheBob3759]

Count Petofi made the 1897 storyline work.

[@cambonious23]

Yes, there were 2 parts. The Laura Collins part and the Count Petofi part while Barnabas was trying to figure out the Quentin/werewolf connection and not be hunted himself. Also, throw in Josette’s reincarnation!!!

[@Radio_Jingles_55]

Bring on the rubber bats !

[@davidbosworth4751]

joan bennett was a great actress and she had many memorable scenes ,especially in 1897 but the final episodes with her had jerry lacy as trask were amazing. she actually seemed to have fun doing those scenes!

[@itzhakbentov6572]

Thanks for uploading! In 1st grade I tried to get my hair to be like Barnabas! BTW, who is Beth?

[@HyPhuyenTheSwordPrince]

Is that where #FinalFantasyXVI has Barnabas' name is from after a character here in the history channel series of Television series? I can't believe Barnabas is named as an antagonist of a king and this is proof that Barnabas is in a dark series.

[@danielcorreard3746]

i believe johnathin frid and grayson hall were probably good friends off set they just had such great chemistry on set.

[@MosaicRose99]

I actually read recently that Grayson Hall and David Selby were very close friends. They would socialize off the set and go to dinner at each others homes....

[@danielcorreard3746]

@@MosaicRose99 i've gone to 4 ds festivals and i noticed that most of them are still very close friends kathryn leigh and lara david selby roger davis pretty much all of them are good friends it's really pretty cool

[@MosaicRose99]

@@danielcorreard3746That is cool. :)

[@kidfrombrooklyn66]

Started watching the series from episode 1 -- streaming from TUBI - just in the start of THE BARNABAS EPISODES -- 14 episodes in--- and got a long way to go to get to this episodes and will each episodes before I arrived to this one - I'm in NO hurry .

[@JB-bo6yf]

I'm subscribed I love this show I have the whole series grew up with it too😇😇😇😇💖💕💕💕💕🌞🌞🌞🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@randilevson9547]

The mutton chop sideburns on Quentin (David Selby). Amazing!!

[@terryanndickson7644]

Remember watching this with my two Auntie as child when my family came to America 🇺🇸

[@brendaamata9233]

Magda rules!! So cool

[@marirodriguez2420]

Does anyone know if Natalie Wood was ever featured there? I might have confused myself thinking she was Maggie

[@stephaniestanley8041]

❤ Grayson thought she was Garbo

[@shirleywalkowicz6248]

David Selby was a i young & cute back then .

[@VAlerieStupid]

THIS IS NOT BARNABUS MEETING THE COLLINS FAMILY IF IT WERE THEY WOULD BE CALLING HIM COUSIN BARNABUS

[@carolegeorge7040]

Magda and the family jewels 😂😂😂

[@bruce8808]

Magda sure has a lot courage confronting Barnabas calling him a vampire. I liked Thayer David's role as Sandor better than Count Petofi.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Magda was always busting people's chops lol

[@Me-gq6xe]

THE FAKE BAT IM DEAD

[@BradLad56]

Is this the Quentin that becomes a werewolf?

[@bethgott9768]

I still am permanently adapted toward mariage beliefs for how to not divorce by Daniel and Joyce pillowtalk decisions.

[@HB76558]

Barnabas was of course the main character but Quinton was always my second best character of the show. The little brat David Collins should have had an accident at widows hill.

[@malgremor85]

Very early CGI bat.

[@MontrealNorth]

I know what you are Barnabas Collins it took you that damn long girl🤷‍♂️ F" the jewels see 🤣🧹ya"shoooooooom🧹🤣👋🙈🤫🤭🤷‍♂️what

[@zcam1969]

the SCFI Channel rebroadcasted Dark Shadows in the early 2000's ,now it's only available on DVD . originally it was on ABC

[@carolegeorge7040]

It's available in tubi and prime . With adds.

[@zcam1969]

@@carolegeorge7040 Thanks .it is on Tubi ..