The vampire soap that made daytime TV goth before it was cool.
A documentary produced by PBS affiliate WNYC, intended to serve as an introduction to their 1987 re-broadcast of the 1960s gothic daytime soap opera Dark Shadows.
Acting
Original cast reuniting, still in character.
Production
Charming low-budget PBS earnestness throughout.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dark Shadows ran 1,225 episodes and invented the sympathetic vampire archetype decades before Twilight.
This PBS special aired during a nationwide fan convention boom, capitalizing on college students' ironic embrace of camp TV.
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