Update Number 274.
November 5, 2012
Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following breaking news in this Official Online News Update "bulletin."
**** NEWS FROM SHARON (SMYTH) LENTZ
**** ALL 3 "DARK SHADOWS" MOVIES NOW ON DVD & BLU-RAY
**** 2013 "DARK SHADOWS" CALENDAR AVAILABLE NOW
---- NEWS FROM SHARON (SMYTH) LENTZ
Sharon and her family said good-bye to Sharon's mother, who passed away 10-25 after a long illness. SG joins DS fans everywhere in sending condolences to the Lentz family (with husband Eddie, daughter Jessica, and son Steven).
---- ORIGINAL DS MOVIES & 2012 DS MOVIE ON DVD & BLU RAY
Warner Brothers Home Video has now issued all 3 DS movies on both DVD and high-definition BluRay discs.
Released Oct. 30 were the film "spin-offs" to the original DS daytime TV series. Members of the 1966-71 TV cast appear in each as versions of their TV characters or creating new characters. Both movies were shot on location at Lyndhurst Estate and nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, NY.
"House of Dark Shadows" (1970) stars Jonathan Frid in a condensed retelling of vampire Barnabas Collins' release from his coffin into Collinsport, Maine, circa 1970, where he searches for the reincarnation of his 18th century love.
"Night of Dark Shadows" (1971) stars David Selby in an original story about a Collins heir returning to the family home. It's now haunted by the powerful spirit of a witch determined to have her lost love with her again - forever.
These are the versions as first seen in movie theatres in 1970 and 1971. No extra or deleted footage has been added, although the promotional trailers for each film are included.
SG Update # 271 last month reported the 10-2 release of the 2012 "Dark Shadows," film starring Johnny Depp, with brief cameos by original DS actors JONATHAN FRID (Barnabas), DAVID SELBY (Quentin), LARA PARKER, and KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT. The BluRay does include several deleted scenes as well as various featurettes.
All 3 movies can be purchased via Amazon.com and through various online and store retail outlets.
---- EXCLUSIVE DELUXE DARK SHADOWS 2013 CALENDAR
SG is asked to announce:
This high-quality calendar features 15 rare and never-before-published images from the motion pictures HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS and NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS. Their respective casts include Jonathan Frid, David Selby, Lara Parker, Kate Jackson, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Nancy Barrett, Grayson Hall, Louis Edmonds, John Karlen, and Joan Bennett, all pictured in beautiful photos.
The Calendar is $15, including postage. It is available exclusively, only by mail-order, from the DS Festival address below.
Send payment to:
Dark Shadows
P.O. Box 92
Maplewood, NJ 07040
