"And the show was going down the tubes," according to Dan Curtis, the late creator of the series. In a commentary on a special-edition DVD, Curtis says that ABC was ready to cancel the series. Curtis' kids told him, "At least make it scary."
in the afternoons, took off after creator Dan Curtis added the show's trademark supernatural elements and star Frid, who joined the show in its 211th episode, as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins.
Johnny had been in touch with Dan, and put this into development starting in 2006 (prior to Curtis death), says Jim Pierson, a consultant on the new film, and the marketing director of Dan Curtis Productions. In addition to Depp, the film stars Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chlo Moretz, Bella He
The next year, with ratings slipping, the show's executive producer, Dan Curtis, chose to inject an element of the supernatural. Enter Barnabas, a brooding, lovelorn, eternally 175-year-old representative of the undead. Today TV vampires are legion, but such a character was an unusual contriva
Dark Shadows ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. Originally conceived as a straightforward gothic soap opera by creator Dan Curtis, it languished in the ratings until Curtis began adding supernatural elements, first a ghost, then Barnabas Collins.
Date: Apr 20, 2012
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'Dark Shadows' Jonathan Frid Dies on Friday the 13th
Originally conceived as a straightforward gothic soap opera by creator Dan Curtis, it languished in the ratings until Curtis began adding supernatural elements, first a ghost, and then Barnabas Collins.
Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Jonathan Frid dies at 87; actor played key role on 'Dark Shadows'
The campy daytime soap was a year old and struggling in the ratings in 1967 when series creator Dan Curtis took his daughter's advice to "make it scarier." He introduced Barnabas Collins, and the ratings took off.
fresh standpoint. So what we tried to have those elements in the movie that would really pay respect to the original series, to the origin stories, to the characters, their motives, to the idea of this as a real family story, and a gothic story, and something that would make Dan Curtis proud. And yet