DARK SHADOWS BEGINNING COLLECTION #4
Set 4 of the early days of Dark Shadows,
continuing on about Victoria, Elizibeth,
David, Maggie, Carolyn, Roger & co.!
Sadly there are still no closed captions!!
EPISODE # 106: November 21, 1966:
Roger is in jail and the sheriff is asking
questions of all the particulars! A-
EPISODE # 107: November 22, 1966:
The questioning continues by the sheriff!! Vickie
is scared about who's out after her! She goes to
the old house to see if David is there as he's been
gone for quite a while! While at the old house a
flower pot falls almost hitting Vickie! A-
EPISODE # 108: November 23, 1966:
This episode starts where the last one left off,
with a vase nearly hitting Vickie! Only this time
it shows the culprit! And he's quite insistant
that she stay there and answers questions about
what happened to Bill Malloy! He proceeds to
admit to killing Bill!! A
EPISODE # 109: November 24, 1966:
EPISODE # 110: November 25, 1966:
THERE WERE NO EPISODES BROADCAST THESE DAYS!!
EPISODE # 111: November 28, 1966:
Vickie is still a captive and the captor is sure
that he needs to kill her! He says that it was an
accident that Bill was killed! A-
EPISODE # 112: November 29, 1966:
Elizabeth finds out the truth just in the nick of
time, saving Vickie! Matthew turns against her but
backs off! Matthew then goes to hide out in the
old house! Meanwhile, the sheriff starts asking
a lot of questions!! A
EPISODE # 113: November 30, 1966:
Matthew hides out in the old house! Mrs. Johnson
meets up with Burke and tells her about the new
turn of events! David shows up at Burke's place
and throws out a bunch of his own theories that
he has about a lot of stuff including Burke's
and Mrs. Johnson's relationship!! And David
finds Matthew at the old house! A
EPISODE # 114: December 01, 1966:
Burke's plans are on the way with his purchase
of the competition to the Collin's cannery! David
holds up his end of the bargain he made with
Matthew by bringing him food. Burke tries to
get "close" to Vickie and it backfires badly! A
EPISODE # 115: December 02, 1966:
Vicky is on her way to Bangor to visit with Frank
and do some more research! David is spending a lot
of time with Matthew and he becomes missed by
Elizabeth! Vicky volenteers to go to the old
house to see if he's there, and drops her wallet!
This puts her right back in the hands of Matthew!! A-
EPISODE # 116: December 05, 1966:
Yep, Vicky's now a prisoner of Matthew's, again!
Seems to be a theme here! A
EPISODE # 117: December 06, 1966:
Burke and Carolyn are together unaware of the
fact that Victoria has gone missing! When
Burke finds out, he goes out to find her! A
EPISODE # 118: December 07, 1966:
Burke and Joe go out hunting for Vicky! Matthew
is Hell-bent on taking her with him while he goes
on the run! A
EPISODE # 119: December 08, 1966:
Vicky is still held captive, David's still helping
him but doesn't know he has Vicky! But this episode
doesn't delve on that at all! Instead it's about
Joe and Carolyn relationship and Elizabeth and Burke!
And things get heated between Burke and Roger! A
EPISODE # 120: December 09, 1966
Back to Vicky and Matthew! David shows up with
another care package for Matthew and almost finds
Vicky! A
EPISODE # 121: December 12, 1966
David talks himself out of trouble with both
Matthew and Mrs. Johnson! And this starts the
case of the missing cigarettes!! A
EPISODE # 122: December 13, 1966
Vicky is still a prisoner! David is beginning to
suspect Matthew has Vicky! And the ghosts are back!!
And Burke gets more involved in finding Vicky! A
EPISODE # 123: December 14, 1966
More ghosts and goblins!! Can't be long till Matthew
goes over the edge! Maggie and Joe talk! And we have
a new player in our midst! A woman shows up in the
cafe! David discovers the secret room! A
EPISODE # 124: December 15, 1966
David finds Vicky, but what will he do! Duh!!
Meanwhile, back at the cafe, the new woman is
asking questions about what's happened to everyone
she used to know, including Roger and David! A
EPISODE # 125: December 16, 1966
David goes to his father to tell him about Vicky
but he treats David like always and David backs
down! Bill Malloy's ghost appears to David and
Matthew, predicting a death! A
EPISODE # 126: December 19, 1966
David finally spills the beans about where Vicky
is to Burke! And of course his father is there
too making fun of everything he says! This is the
last episode with Thayer David as Matthew! A
EPISODE # 127: December 20, 1966
Continuing on from last episode, Vicky is finally
safe at home! Vicky talks about the ghosts, especially
that of Josette! A
EPISODE # 128: December 21, 1966
This starts with a discussion between Maggie and
Joe about Matthew's death! Sam walks in and asks
Maggie about the new woman in town! A
EPISODE # 129: December 22, 1966
Sam lets Roger know that Laura's in town! This
puts both Sam and Roger all a-twitter!! Sam starts
a new, quite distrubing painting!! A
EPISODE # 130: December 23, 1966
Mrs. Johnson informs Burke about Laura! David
is having premonitions about his mother! Roger
and Elizabeth are worried about what Laura is
back in town for! And then she shows up at
Collinwood!! A
EPISODE # 131: December 24, 1966
There is no episode 131!! Skipped because of
Thanksgiving!!
EPISODE # 132: December 27, 1966
David's upset about the dream he had about his
mother! Laura tells Roger and Elizabeth that she
wants to take David back with her for good! A
EPISODE # 133: December 28, 1966
More on Laura being in town!!! A
EPISODE # 134: December 29, 1966
David is excited about his mom coming to see
him! He's hoping that she will move in with the
family so he can be like others and have a dad
and mom! A
EPISODE # 135: December 30, 1966
When David finally meets his mother he has visions
of fire all around her! This scares him and he says
he doesn't want to see her again saying she's not
his mother!!
Roger and Elizabeth invite Laura to stay at Collinwood
in Matthew's old cottage! David still has fears for
his mother's wellfare! A
EPISODE # 136: January 02, 1967
The lawyers arrive to Collinwood for a meeting with
Roger! Frank visits with Vicky and tells her that
David may be leaving with his mother, which in turn
means that she'll be out of a job!!
Sam is still working on his new painting and gets
nervous every time Maggie gets close to it! A
EPISODE # 137 January 03, 1967
Burke tries to talk Sam into turning on Roger!
He then talks to Roger about Laura! The sheriff
tells Roger that a body was found in the room
formerly occupied by Laura! A
EPISODE # 138: January 04, 1966
The continuing saga of the body in Phoenix! The
sheriff questions Roger about what he might know
about the whole thing! Nice to see Dana Elcar
again!! Burke takes a suitcase to Laura! A
EPISODE # 139: January 05, 1966
Roger busts in on Burke and Laura together in
the cottage and threatens Burke with death!
On his way out he eludes to the fact that
perhaps David isn't his son! I know, shock!!
Vicky comes up with a plan to get David with
Laura! This leaves David just hanging around! A
EPISODE # 140: January 06, 1966
Welp, the meeting with David and his mother goes,
well, not so well with David now hanging over the
edge of the embankment! Strange episode, as if they
all aren't! LOL!! A
EPISODE # 141: January 09, 1966
David draws a picture of a phoenix! Laura comes
to the house to ask if she can spend the day with
David! David takes her to the old house! Vicky
visits with Maggie and Maggie asks a lot of questions
about Laura! Laura talks very strangely to David! A
EPISODE # 142: January 10, 1966
Sam is stewing over the picture of Laura that he's
been painting! Vicky says she wants it and he gives
it to her and tells her if she gets tired of it to
burn it up!! Vicky turns around and gives it to
David! David starts having nightmares!!
After winning his arguement, David hangs the painting
in his room, and later that same night he has visiions
coming from the painting!! A
EPISODE # 143: January 11, 1966
David gets scared of the painting and tells all that
he saw his mothers face come out of the picture!! This
gets Sam on the go with a new painting!! A
SPECIAL FEATUERS:
There are three specials in this set:
Interview With Diana Millay;
Interview with Malcolm Marmorstein;
Interview With Producer Robert Costello
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
Like many people I used to rush home from grammar
school to see this Gothic soap opera. I distinctly
remember being petrified of the werewolf and running
out of the room when Barnabas bit somebody.
Seeing it now it's still sort of creepy. It moves
very slow (of course) and the black & white seasons
are extremely dull with really pathetic special
effects and threadbare settings. But when the
series switched to color and started to really
be popular (in 1967) it really got going. The
special effects improved, the settings and
costumes got more elaborate and the plot lines
went barreling out of control. Also they had
a good cast who played all their roles seriously.
That's good, because if they had camped it up
or winked at the audience it would have fallen
apart.
A good, fun horror soap. It's a good thing
it's available on video and DVD now. - preppy-3