The Madness of Dark Shadows

[@Lex-kc6zp]

I don't usually comment on things online, but I just wanted to say thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos. It's been a rough year and your content reminds me of a time when I was sat on the hallway floor outside of my big brother's room (because of course I wasn't allowed in lol) talking about the latest Harry Potter book, or his latest anime obsession, or some weird story on Quizilla I had read and was far too young to understand. It's so comforting, so thank you. I hope you know you've made a positive difference to some stranger on the internet.

[@user-ld6th3vw8e]

I would like to present my Collins oc, Eloise Collins. She was the product of a loveless entanglement between Angelique and Barnabas and she is also immortal cuz her mom was a witch. Barnabas scorned her so she ran away and has been off doing her own thing, in an ideal world she'd be introduced in the time travel segment and then come back to town to be a problem in the present :)

[@TheHopperUK]

I was like 'hey, didn't I watch a long video about Dark Shadows recently? Is this someone ripping that guy off?? Why I OUGHTA' and then I realised it was you

[@iluvpotter4]

So, I’m named after Angelique. I even have one of her tarot decks from the set. For my birthday this year my parents gave me the coffin box set of the show. I find it funny sometimes about how much of my life revolves around this show

[@KarensOpinionsMayDiffer]

I named my cat after her. Same beautiful eyes.

[@oh1996]

My Collinsona is Ina Collins. She’s from the Portland, Oregon branch of the family and runs a small coffeehouse. She spends her free time making intricate dolls of her workers, even using their own hair on the process, and has a shrine dedicated to a coworker that she has a secret obsession with 🤭😉

[@christopherwoods6777]

My Collinsona is Johannes Collins, a glass manufacturer from Philadelphia who has the power to see the future through his mirror and trap people inside it as well. He's a 3rd cousin of Barnabas.

[@merliiiinn]

1:00:49 "A boy and a girl in a meadow, talking about how they're in love and the difficulty in that; because he wanted to kill her-" Wait, that was another vampire-franchise starting dream...

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

The Barnabas/Jeremiah duel is so heartbreaking when you look at it because Jeremiah clearly loves barnabas he'd rather die than harm him

[@LynnHermione]

Barnabas looking as old as his "mother" is hilarious

[@somethingclever8916]

I would love to see you continue the dark shadows video essays. No one else is doing it. Reminds me of the Alison pregler Charmed video essays I appreciate you and your hard work. You can always break it up into smaller chunks.

[@WendlaBergmann]

my collinsona is annabelle leigh collins, the long-lost cousin who was institutionalized for hysteria. but she's actually quite normal- it is her aunt mildred whose jealousy for her youth and beauty drove her crazy. she used magic to curse her ward, who is now unable to secure a match as all her suitors disappear!

[@amrys_argent]

My Boomer mom LITERALLY used the words "ran home from school" to watch Dark Shadows.

[@DavidMChannel]

people of a certain generation ALWAYS say it *exactly* like that its so funny to me lmao

[@lynnmitzy1643]

I ran home from school so I wouldn't miss the opening waves crashing on the rocks below Widow's Hill 👍🏼. I loved DS❤

[@catherinesmith3045]

I ran home as well and was greatly distressed when, the next year, school hours ended a half hour later.

[@wendyrock4260]

Me too.

[@doktorvonwer]

My mom said the same thing.

[@EllaBrownHart]

my collinsona is Jedidiah Collins, the boisterous, egocentric second cousin of Elizabeth who owns a giant ranch in the Nevada desert. After the police found he was evading taxes, it led to a dramatic shootout at his ranch where he died, supposedly. Yet the Collinsport side of the family doesn't know he faked his death and is on the run, and welcome him to the family with open arms. Meanwhile, an FBI agent come to town and Jedidiah creates increasingly goofy disguises to outwit the agent. The family just thinks he's very into theater or something.

[@kallistiX1]

My Collinsona is Reynard Baptise a wandering fortune-teller who senses great evil and power at Collinwood. He is drawn to the House of Dark Shadows by its many ghosts - figurative and literal - and wishes to commune with the malevolent force that is Angelique, to learn from her the dark secrets of witchcraft. He's also an accomplished cook and is more than willing to trade his "loyal" services to get access to this font of power.

[@PhoenixHinds]

Thank you for covering this. I loved the comic books when I was a kid (I'm getting pretty old now) and it had completely left my mind over the years. I appreciate all the effort you put into making your Dark Shadows videos. I had only seen a few episodes, so your thorough coverage was exactly what I needed. Your humour and insights were entertaining and informative. I don't usually watch longer videos all the way through, but I was here until the very end for yours.

[@AmyGrape-wc9uy]

My Collins oc is uncle Larry. He was Barnabas' fathers best friend. He was a constant figure in Barnabas' life growing up, and gave him tips on how to be such a "ladies man". He enjoyed his spirits and meat, and sometimes he got a little loud, but father always talked him down eventually. Coffee also helped. He owned a local general store, but his wife mainly dealt with the store while Larry ran around town swinging his wealth around. His wife hated him, but the money and stability for a woman at that time was impossible to find elsewhere for an older maiden such as her. It doesn't help she didnt have children, not because she couldn't have them, but because uncle Larry's junk was lost in one of the harsh winter freezes right after their marriage.

[@EJDW]

It is mentioned that the book History of the Collins family was printed just for family members and there are only something like four copies. It was stated originally that Josette was born in 1800 and died in 1821. A later scene shows her tombstone as dated died in 1822. Vickie visits Josette's grave and tells Burke Jeremiah buried Josette far away from the rest of the family as punishment for killing herself and leaving him. Later a few weeks before the 1795 story arc Barnabas tells Julia he first met Josette when she came to marry his elderly uncle and after years of marriage she fell in love with Barnabas. All these contradict everything in the 1795 story arc. Also an interesting moment is the first scene between Barnabas and Angelique when Barnabas tell her he can't be with her because Josette loves him. It's the later scene when he says he loves Josette.

[@DavidMChannel]

ah, I was aware of the discrepencies in what Barnabas said about his old family vs what we see in 1795, and I was vaugley aware of the Josette grave issue because it takes them ages to fix it, but I did *not* know about the history book explanation! thank you very much for the clarification- I've always found this odd and was somehow unaware of this

[@michaelaharris-sutton9002]

I could never take Angelique seriously as a servant girl in Martinique. She's a blue eyed blonde who talks like Grace Kelly and has this elegant air to her.

[@DavidMChannel]

iirc some plantation families did sometimes have white servants- mostly for housework. so its plausible. it was often indentured servitude. So it is possible for Angelique to have worked in a house like that. Its unlikely, but is *technically* accurate- well, not the grace kelly bit obviously lmao

[@gabrielaguzman4195]

Thank you so much for continuing to speak about Dark Shadows, i literally watched your first video in one sitting (and you're absolutely right, the Caroline actress DELIVERS)

[@mitchellralston1739]

While we're discussing the duPres family and slavery....Angelique would more than likely be an enslaved woman.

[@aural20]

Thank you so much for making these videos! When I was 8 or 9 in 1995 I happened upon this show on the SyFY network and I was hooked! It was the first time I was super excited to be scared. I think I watched mostly the Quentin seasons. I would love it if you covered the later seasons but I understand it's not easy! Will definitely watch if you do!

[@quinnellen]

I can't tell you how many times I searched to see if the sequel was up! When I heard about the first video, I thought I would never watch such a long, deep dive - but thoroughly enjoyed every moment. Then it ended - right at the point where we watched it in the 60's! Can't wait to hear the more familiar years gently roasted...

[@jamesoniris2647]

The follow up we’ve been WAITING FOR 🎉🎉🎉

[@timriehl1500]

My Collins persona: Mary Theresa Collins, escaped nun from a gothic convent who is searching for priest who seduced her, not realizing the priest is in reality---- Lucifer!

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

4:21 fun fact: Sharon Smyth did in fact draw this picture herself, which is adorable.

[@nbnb382]

These two videos are wonderful! The way you summarise the campy plotlines is hilarious! Well done for all the effort and take care of yourself

[@laurenhuff2122]

I am vibing so hard with this but let me just tell you the relief I experienced when you decided not to eat that yarmulke was very cathartic. Thanks for that.

[@merliiiinn]

Your dedication to analyse all of this as thoroughly as you did is SO admirable, genuinely.

[@timriehl1500]

As a child, I thought Josette was the bomb. But I don't remember Anglique. Which is backwards, because if I were watching this today, I'd find Anglique more memorable.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

1:04:50 for all wondering, yes, this is where Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire got their names from.

[@lynnmitzy1643]

I absolutely ran home from school so I wouldn't miss the waves crashing on the rocks below Widow's Hill. ❤

[@mr_grey8632]

The Eagle for life. No shame. 10/10 on this. beautiful work. This really is exquisite.

[@somethingclever8916]

Last witch craft trial was in Salem 1878. Rev. Trask... I wonder if Hocus pocus 2 were giving a nod to this.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

I don't know if I've quite got a Collins-sona, however I do think that I spend enough time thinking in detail about extremely minor characters from the show that that counts for something. Shout out to my girl Lenore, you were a character and at the same time only a literal prop!

[@davidgradwell8830]

The secret room in the Collins mausoleum was originally used to store munitions for the Revolutionary War. Joshua--incredibly!--was an American patriot and he secretly stockpiled arms and gunpowder there to help the American cause. (Presumably, the other well-to-do patriots were in on this!) If the redcoats got into the cemetery and began snooping around the mausoleum because they had heard rumors about Joshua's alleged ammunition stockpile, they'd only walk away empty-handed; because all the guns and powder were stockpiled in the truly secret room. And dead men tell no tales! Anyway, that's the backstory of the secret room in the mausoleum.

[@nicklang6798]

I love Angelique's laugh

[@Justintime619]

The Starbucks story… 💯 percent gold… 😂😂😂😂

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

And that coworker? Was Angelique

[@weirdandproudofit1]

So excited to see this!! The sheer amount of work you've put în is incredible

[@DavidMChannel]

Thank you so much!! hope you enjoy!

[@laches1123]

I don't have a Collinsona but I do have an algo-feeding comment.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

1:26:30 BEN DROWNED AFHSJDJEH NOT the reference I thought I would hear in a Dark Shadows video but it's also really funny because the first time I told my brother that there was a character in the show named Ben Stokes he jokingly said "is that anything like Ben Drowned"

[@Wanttowrite]

Any thoughts on doing the 90's Dark Shadows? Only 10 episodes about an hour each. It basically streamlined everything you covered in the last two videos.

[@erraticonteuse]

The funny thing about the Collinsport Afghan being in the past is that crochet wasn't invented until the early 1800s.

[@tawnymontanta2910]

Been waiting for this- THANK YOU!

[@BoopOnYourNose]

IMHO The ghost of Jeremiah scared me the worst of all the spooky DS characters. I was one of those kids that ran home from school to watch the show. I was 6 yrs old, and I would listen eagerly as all the older kids would talk about it.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

MY FAVORITE ARC HERE WE GO

[@riverguy75]

Hey you're back!! So happy to watch the second half of this DS journey with everybody! 👍💯

[@southrnsweety88]

Yay! Thank you for this! Just started watching. I really hope you're feeling better!

[@davidlee9958]

Great show David. You covered a great deal that is important to the Collins' history. Yes, I've seen the movie Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. You did a good job in explaining the similarity. I recently rewatched some of my Mrs. Johnson episodes and I still love the actress Clarice Blackburn who played, her, Abigail Collins and Minerva Trask. What really intrigued me so much about her, was her joining the All My Children Production Team a short time after DS ended. That was impressive that she could work in front of and behind the camera so well. Yes, Angelique had all our attention and empathy. When you think about it, Barnabas really jilted her and she was still very much "a woman" not just a witch. I love how Trask and Abigail tied Vickie up in the chair and gagged her with the muffler. "IF YOU WON"T COME TO GOD THEN I SHALL BRING GOD TO YOU!" Trask say. (hee hee hee). Those two characters still crack me up and spiced up 1795. 😃

[@chakrafist]

All in all I think we can agree that Charlotte Temple is a fine name for a girl.

[@godzillasaurbuttersworth3176]

Yes!! Was very excited for this Hope you’re doing well ❤

[@tanyaorelchikova]

Well now I want to watch all the episodes! I like the idea of you doing a yearly Dark Shadow episode, I would definitely watch!

[@thebarky1988]

I can’t imagine the time you put into these videos. I loved DS and watched it as a kid. It brought back wonderful childhood memories before life became complicated. Please consider doing more. I imagine it’s so much work but would be so appreciated ❤

[@sarahhirsch8919]

My mom used to watch this show when she was in middle school.

[@sarahhirsch8919]

(also the dramatic delivery you gave to "If you just heard a door shut it's just people who live in the apartment" was hilarious.)

[@oh1996]

*the pub being called The Eagle* You from Portland: that’s a gay bar Me from Philly: GO BIRDS 🦅

[@DavidMChannel]

I mean, there's a gay bar with the same name in Philly as well xD its sort of an unofficial chain of sorts

[@AlexRide-z7g]

this video was an absolutely incredible look into an obscure tv show, if you ever feel motivated to make any other dark shadows videos I for one would be so down!

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

46:26 this. This right here, this is where Angelique crossed a line for me when i watched the show. The moment that she used a small child as a bargaining chip for her own desires was the moment my sympathies flip flopped from her to Barnabas. "no price is too high for Sarah's life." 😭 Dont get me wrong, i still love to watch her as a villain lol

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

54:49 FURTHER EVIDENCE

[@GenAqua]

Yes, I hoped he'd continue talking about this.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

Joshua and Naomi's cringefail marriage is everything to me. It's so tragic

[@K.D.3.14]

Ah finally, I can do my chemistry homework

[@nicklang6798]

How can he find peace while trapped in a coffin 😂

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

56:19 BAT BY BIL BAIRD ILYYYY

[@Frankie-yz7en]

When the world needed you the most... ❤

[@catherinesmith3045]

I appreciate the mention of Dead Boy Detectives.

[@janick8262]

Why is this recommended to me just now? I really liked part 1 and I am excited to see part 2!

[@trevortryin]

59:39 Dark Shadows was about to do something kinda bonkers 💀

[@windsroad-]

david: episode 413... me: the homestuck number! david: which is funny because it's the homestuck number!

[@maggieblair-kraybill4417]

My Collinsona: Tabatha Lewis, a seemingly normal librarian, actually part of an Elder Gods worshipping cult. She spends her nights adding intricate clues too library books in the hopes of luring curious bookworms into the fold.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

52:35 *LOUD BOOING NOISES* He starts out bland and tolerable and then just keeps getting worse when he comes back 😭😭😭

[@davidlee9958]

The Big Finish audio episode "The Ghost Watcher" was my favorite. I love Alec Newman and have grandsoned him into the original universe. Great update on the family in it.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

TRASK WHOOOOO YEAH KING LACY IS COMING

[@romana34]

I finished your first video on dark shadows a little after 2 o’clock in the morning, now I’m on this one, Not far in, but I’m already loving it. Quick side note, the 1991 remake did keep the time travel with the same cast plot point It really is a shame. It only got one season, would’ve loved to see all the other time traveling , and parallel universe stuff play out.

[@gorymarty56]

Loved this show. Great childhood favorite

[@roguerake]

I’m sorry-Victoria Winters was Klaus von Bulow’s mistress?? My mind is blown

[@WhatRobodoom]

i have been so excited for this video!! thank you for all your hard work, this absolutely rules!

[@Bdeganian]

This is so fun!! Great job!

[@Kilner_Carpenter4015]

1:11:58 Sir, please don’t eat that. Please. 1:13:07 Oh thank goodness.

[@gorymarty56]

Same actors in different timelines is always a cost cutting thing. I liked seeing them stretch.

[@peppermintxs0]

The way im so happy you came back to finish this I was obsessed with the first video you really pmo

[@Kim15Coffman]

Just discovered your channel and I’m loving it! Brings back great memories!❤

[@moontokkym_art]

Commenting here for the algorithm, but this was great.I've finished the whole thing and I still haven't recovered from the jumpscare in the intro, I now want a fan instagram for bat on string, and having just listened to the whole audiobook of pride and prejudice I was amused at the reference to Mr Wingham (or Wickham, narrator's accent made it unclear) . Good luck for the frankenstein arc if you end up making it, but congrats in any case on completing this part of the behemoth.

[@ArchaiKM]

I have been waiting for this! I may need to rewatch the first part.

[@janiworthen]

I had a crush on Barnabus Collins when I was a kid.

[@311dolphingirl]

Would love to know your take on the 90s revival, especially since it kinda covers everything you've recapped so far.

[@josi-elaine]

I was so excited to see this!

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

Jeremiah Collins my bestie Jerry ❤

[@gingernightmare9152]

I love Dark Shadows.... My first Nightmare EVER!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidlee9958]

Since my name is David too, I suppose I'll use my middle name Josiah. Josiah Lee Collins is a distant member of the family and came to visit the family May of 1971 (right after the end of the series). He experiences some of the unusual happenings at Collinwood. Chris Jennings returns to Collinwood separated from Sabrina Stewart. Josiah adopts him as his big brother and they become the best of buddies. He helps Chris find a cure for his werewolf curse. Chris and Carolyn reunite and he helps her through her grieving for Jeb. I don't agree with Sam Hall's Beyond The Shadows. In my universe, Chris never killed himself. That does not compute. Sorry Sam. Don Briscoe was my favorite male actor of the show. Followed up by Gene Lindsey (Randall Drew). I was told Don Briscoe was originally planned for the part of Randall. But, I still love Gene Lindsey in the role. Great actor. Well, that's my 1971 update and two cents. 😃

[@katleeberg8373]

Thank you! Thank you! Like comment share keep the dark shadows commentary coming!!!!!

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

Suki Forbes ilyyy

[@sophiegauthier3601]

Love your videos! I just started watching the show on Tubi thanks to you!

[@mitchellralston1739]

The way I have been waiting for part two for what seems like AGES...

[@Jawaddles]

Barnibus is the original DIO, being locked up in a coffin for 100+ years.

[@TheGabygael]

This show does remind me a lot of House of Anubis, which I adored as a tween, so I can totally see what attracted the tween and teen audience of the time

[@DavidMChannel]

I was OBSESSED with HoA!!! such good memories

[@TheGabygael]

@@DavidMChannel I'm belian so i saw het huis Anubis all of the place as a kid and it really intrigued me so i was extatic when the american version got dubbed and it was a staple of my tween years. I decided to take a look at the og version to brush up my dutch and the vibe is completely different but it's a fun watch and it's quite representative of european kid media oh and the og version was a musical tv show, which surprised me at first but is quite on brand with other kids media

[@meimei8718]

You are a legend. Thanks for the video.

[@mafemartinez2235]

dang i know u dont want to do more but we’re here for it lolol to me it seemed like some of the later eps got DARK so was looking fwd to it lolol

[@isabelr3806]

My mum was a kid/tween when the show was on and my mum best friend (they're still close to this day) was obsessed with dark shadows. My mum however was more into star Trek This is in Australia btw

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

26:49 what about BEN my BESTIE Ben Stokes Edit: THERE HE ISSSSSS

[@jenniferhill7224]

thank you for part 2

[@readilykatie8312]

Slay, vampire king ❤

[@FilmBuff54]

I have been rewatching selected episodes of the show (the 1840 episodes and the 1897 episodes) and am struck by, despite the cheap special effects, how good and atmospheric the series is. The story line is compelling, even though it is slow-moving because it is a soap opera, and the actors do an excellent jobs with the characters. There are some repetitive scenarios, but they can be skipped. As I have been watching again, there are so many actors that I had forgotten were part of the series, such as Jerry Lacy and Roger Davis and David Thayer.