Dark Shadows (1990) (TV)

Regisseur:

Dan Curtis

Drehbuchautoren:

Dan Curtis (writer)
Steve Feke (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | TV Series Pilot

Nutzerkommentare:

Surprisingly Good

Besetzung

Ben Cross	...	Barnabas Collins
Barbara Blackburn	...	Carolyn Stoddard Haskell
Joanna Going	...	Victoria Winters Collins
Roy Thinnes	...	Roger Collins
Jean Simmons	...	Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Lysette Anthony	...	Angeliqué Bouchard
Michael Buice	...	Local Tough
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Sheriff George Patterson
Steve Fletcher	...	Deputy Jonathan Harker
Jim Fyfe	...	Willie Loomis
Stefan Gierasch	...	Professor Michael Woodard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	David Collins
Rif Hutton	...	Paramedic #1
Eddie Jones	...	Sam Evans
Basil Langton	...	Reverend
Veronica Lauren	...	Sarah Collins
Julianna McCarthy	...	Mrs. Sarah Loomis Johnson (as Juliana McCarthy)
Hope North	...	Gloria
George Olden	...	Gardener
Ely Pouget	...	Maggie Evans
Rebecca Staab	...	Daphne Harridge Collins
Barbara Steele	...	Dr. Julia Hoffman
Wayne Tippit	...	Dr. Fisher
Michael T. Weiss	...	Joe Haskell

Länge:

341 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Drehorte:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Firma:

Dan Curtis Productions

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Als Remake gedreht als Dark Shadows (2004) (TV)

Surprisingly Good

I expected less, since the series in the late 60's was so lame; but this long, two-part series was pretty damn good. Fast-moving and tightly-paced production with strong performances. I watched only because Barbara Steele was in it; by the conclusion I was hungering for more. Yeah, they ought to release this on DVD.

The leads were superb--very strong performance by actor in the Barnabas role. Ben Kingsley? I forget. And his love interest Joanna Going was hot, to say the least. She was later in that Brendan Fraser film STILL BREATHING, playing the babe Fraser's character pursued. By the way that's another film that, I think, is overlooked. A satisfyingly funny romantic comedy.

Joanna Going just happened to sit next to me in the balcony of the Paramount Theater at STILL BREATHING's world premiere in Austin during SXSW a few years ago. I hope she still thinks of me.