Oh gosh, mscbryk, you wouldn't abandon us altogether for another soap, would you?
don't worry lydia. somehow i doubt ten years from now i'll be attending "peyton place" fan conventions and posting on a message board. dark shadows is in my blood.
there are more coincidences to be sure. like d.s. peyton place opens with a shot of a train pulling into a small new england town and a conductor announcing it's arrival time that's nearly identical to the scene with burke devlin.
the actresses who portray both shows ingenue heroines will later in life become embroiled in rather sordid public scandals.
of course both shows employ that old soap chestnut of having a star from hollywood's "golden age"(in this case dorothy malone)climb onboard as some sort of central matriarch.
the barbara parkins character betty anderson kind of reminds me of maggie evans. sort of the working class girl playing second fiddle to the dreamy central ingenue.
obviously a vampire isn't going to come crawling out of the woodwork but both show's early days share some similarities and i think that's why i'm enjoying peyton place so much.