Sunday 10 September 2017

287 House of Dark Shadows ( 1970 )


This  vampire  film   was  a  spin-off  from  a  popular  TV  series.  Jonathan  Frid  plays  the  civilised  vampire  Barnabas  Collins  who  spots  a  lookalike  for  his  intended  eighteenth  century bride  working  for   his   distant  ( more  than  they  realise )  rich   relatives  in  America.  Dr  Hoffman  ( Grayson  Hall )  thinks  she  can  cure  him  but  her  own  jealousy  betrays  her. This  has  some  good  ideas  but  it's  hard  to  care  much  about  the  victims  from  such  an   over-privileged  set.

Kathryn  Leigh  Scott  ( as  Maggie )

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Kathryn  was  originally  Marlene  Kringstad  from  Minnesota. She  is  most  associated  with  the  Dark  Shadows  series  but  has had  a  long  career  on  American  TV. In  1986  she  moved  into  publishing  with  Pomegranate  Press  which  still  flourishes  as  does  her  acting  career. She  is  now  74.

Nancy  Barrett  ( as  Carolyn  Stoddard )

Sex : No

Death :  Initially  from  a  fatal  bite  then  she  is  staked  as  a  vampire


Nancy  was  a  former  Broadway  performer  who  rose  to  fame  in  the  Dark  Shadows  series. She  also  had  good  roles  in  The  Doctors  and  Ryan's  Hope. She  initially  retired  in  the  mid-seventies  but  returned  to  performing  in  the  nineties  with  a  one-woman  cabaret  show  linked  to  Dark  Shadows. She  is  now  75.

Lisa  Richards  ( as  Daphne  Budd )

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Lisa  was  another  Dark  Shadows  regular . She  remains  a  working  actress  at  76. 

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