We need to keep in mind the distinction between political jurisdiction and geographical location.  Collinsport was always geographically located in a place that is part of the current jurisdictional area called Maine.  It was never in a place that is part of the current jurisdictional area called Massachusetts.

It's made quite clear from the beginning that it's Maine. Victoria is a farily short bus ride from Bangor. They mention Maine many times throughout the series and rarely mention MA.  Boston is referred to far more often.I can only recall the name MA being mentioned one time in 1795.

The Doctor, I just finished reading your - can I call it? - "Reader's Digest Condensced Version" of your novel adaptation of NoDS and it was brilliant!  And, yes, you did reference what happened to the characters from HoDS making it a direct sequel!  Wonderful!  It was superior to anything "Marilyn Ross" would've prosed.

Gerard, THANK YOU FOR THE HIGH PRAISE! You know, I wanted it to be a novel length work, but it kept working out to NOT be that. I really did not want this to be too subjective on my part. I wanted to try to adapt the script by injecting as little creativity as possible. This may seem like a paradox; it is a creative work, how can you not be creative? What i mean here is, I tried to only put in what's in the script. There were a few places where it screamed for more detail, but I didn't want to get too much into the character's heads. This is meant to be a direct adaptation of the script. Now in terms of the length, this is how I finally decided not to artificially inflate it into a "novel."  James Blish and other writers used to adapt TV show scripts into books. A Blish Trek book had about 6 (5-8 I think with 6 being the most common) scripts into one book. NODS at 129 min would have been about 2 and a half Trek episodes. My work is just about right for that.

I'd love for someone else to get more creative and do their own adaptation with more internal dialog and psychogical analysis. As I said earlier, I might expand this work with prequel stories someday. This could be an individual or a group project.

You could flesh so much out, such as what happened from the end of HoDS and the death of Elizabeth and why Quentin ended up inheriting it all, the characters of Alex and Claire, why Carlotta remains and where she came from (regarding Mrs. Johnson), what's the relationship between Quentin, Tracy, Alex and Claire, on and on.  Let your creative juices flow.  Make it a direct sequel to HoDS, rather than an "alternative universe" DS thing.  That would make it even more interesting.  What happened to David?  To Maggie and Jeff?    Oh, you'd have so much fun!

Gerard, I did make it a direct sequel to HODS, but I made very subtle references. The truck in the burial scene (one of the few scenes I added) was owned by the caretaker, Loomis. Oblique references to the troubled times were meant to refer to HODS. I gave two possible fates for David. He either went to live with his governess (as told by the lawyer, I believe) OR he met a tragic fate if you believe the denizens of the Blue Whale. There's been so much fanfic about the fate of those characters, I did not want to favor one over the other. The mention of the books Carolyn read as a child was taken from DS. It was intended to be a sequel to HODS. However, I am toying with the idea of a fanfic anthology surrounding DS. Some of it could be written by me, some by others, with me as editor, making sure it fits a cohesive whole. Maybe someday I'll do that!!

I posted a prose adaptation of the movie, using the entire shooting script. The work is complete and can be found here. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10083233/1/Night-of-Dark-Shadows

Has it ended yet? If so, was it resolved or did it end on a cliffhanger?  If it has an ending I plan to watch it.

Never mind my comment about the Sunday strips being in color. I didn't notice the link to "read more." This is exciting news!

I'm watching the 1967 Laura storyline. Does anyone else find Dr. Guthrie annoying?
I love the storyline and Diana Millay as Laura, but that guy is a bad actor with a nasal voice!

I've seen him in other things and found him to be a decent actor, not brilliant, but not bad at all. I think the lack of rehearsal and multiple takes hurt him on DS. Some people can take that grind and some can'tl

Michael C. brought up some very good points I'd forgotten. It was foreshadowed and obviously the intent of the writers was that it was an accident. Of course, Barnabas could have feigned surprise, but now the crash doesn't seem quite as random as it did before.