Dark Shadows

Return to Collinwood - 50th Anniversary Anthology

De: Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jim Pierson, David Selby - contributor, Lara Parker - contributor, Jonathan Frid - foreword

Narrado por: David Selby, Lara Parker, Jim Pierson, Kathryn Leigh Scott

Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood presents a look back at four decades of the successful, spooky soap opera that made sympathetic vampire Barnabas Collins a pop-culture phenomenon and prompted the big-budget big-screen Warner Bros. revival starring longtime fan Johnny Depp, directed by Tim Burton, that premiered May 11, 2012. With the ongoing fascination for all things vampiric, this audiobook about the making of the new film and the history of the original series will be an enticing volume for new and old fans alike.

The suspenseful Gothic tales of Dark Shadows center on the wealthy but tormented inhabitants of the mysterious Collinwood estate in the small fishing village of Collinsport, Maine, where the powerful Collins family has been haunted for generations by vengeful curses and other supernatural secrets that span the centuries.

©2012, 2020 Kathryn Leigh Scott and Jim Pierson (P)2020 Oasis Audio

Great memories

Loved watching this show and it was such a treat to hear this. But alas, getting old and the newer generation is turning to the Depp film which I never saw and have no interest in but this book was well put together and the stories were great.

FANTASTIC!!!

Once again I am in love with all KLS books and this one had the added delight of some of the other actors narrating also. Thank you!

I could listen to Kathryn Leigh Scott read a menu

I did not know what to expect from this book. I know I have been contemplating watching the original Dark Shadows soap opera. My mom and I wanted to watch it together when she got sick, but sadly there would have been no way for us to watch all 1,000+ episodes before she passed.

If you are looking for a book that is more of a chronological history of the tv series, exploring each new storyline and character introduced, etc., this is not that book. This book is more anecdotal in nature, and that is why I loved it. The original tv series is discussed, as well as the making of the 70's Dark Shadows movies: House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows. There is a discussion of the Dark Shadows revival tv series from the 90's, and some failed Dark Shadows projects that almost took place before Tim Burton's awful Dark Shadows movie happened.

We get a lot of insight from Kathryn Leigh Scott, a little bit of Lara Parker discussing her cameo in the Burton's Dark Shadows film, as well as a brief discussion about her Dark Shadows novels. We also get a poem by David Selby.

I am not sure how insightful diehard Dark Shadows fans will find this book, but I could have listened to two or more hours of anecdotes from Kathryn, Lara, and David. I highly recommend consuming this book through audiobook.