Dark Shadows

Twelve hundred and twenty-five daily episodes, and almost nobody starts at the first one.

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Where to start with Dark Shadows

This is the largest single thing on the site and the one where the starting point matters most. Almost nobody starts at episode one, and every streaming service has already made that decision for you: they begin at episode 210, where the vampire arrives, and leave the first two hundred and nine out entirely.

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    Episode 210, where everyone starts Dark Shadows

    Barnabas Collins is released from his coffin here, and the actor appears in 211. This is where the disc collections begin and where streaming begins by default, so it is the path of least resistance.

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    Episode 1, if you want the whole thing Dark Shadows

    The first two hundred and nine are a gothic soap with no supernatural element. They are not bad and they have their defenders, but nothing in them is required.

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    The 1897 arc, the connoisseur's answer Dark Shadows

    Long-time viewers often point newcomers at the start of a major storyline instead, and 1897 is the one most often named, because Barnabas arrives in it disoriented and you learn alongside him.

Then what? The two 1970s films are alternate tellings rather than continuations. The 1991 revival is twelve episodes and stops mid story. The 2012 film is a comedy and shares nothing.

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The Daily Serial

  • Dark Shadows 1966, 1 season, 1225 episodes

The Films

  • House of Dark Shadows 1970
  • Night of Dark Shadows 1971

The Revivals

  • Dark Shadows 1991, 1 season, 12 episodes
  • Dark Shadows 2012

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