Comprehensive Review of DS from DVD Website

[Philippe Cordier]

I came across this review of the entire original DS series recently while surfing the web. The review is actually several years old and it may have been posted here or mentioned years ago. My apologies if I am then posting old information, but the review is interesting enough to merit reading for anyone who might have missed it.  And it's from a website which in my opinion provides very thorough and accurate information as well as in-depth and informative reviews.

The article was posted as a review of Collection 12, but it really covers the entire range of the series, with some choice (and often telling) comments on some of the acting and some good insights and compliments to the series overall.  I'll include a few quotes below, but the entire article is much longer.

http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/darkshadows12.php

(Edited / See The Evidence [paras. 3 through 8] and Closing Statement [¶ 2] --admin)

[Midnite]

The non-print page link to this review, btw, is:  http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/darkshadows12.php

it may have been posted here or mentioned years ago.

I could only find a topic with this post that refers to this review:

Re: New DVD review

and couldn't agree more with Sandor about the review's diss of Don Briscoe.  His acting in these eps improved by leaps and bounds (no werewolf pun intended) and IINM, Briscoe also briefly plays Tom in this collection and managed to make the brothers distinctly different.  Calling him "one of the worst actors in the history of television" is totally unwarranted.

[Philippe Cordier]

Thanks for finding the proper URL, I hadn't noticed that.

I agree that the reviewer overstated the case with respect to Mr. Briscoe. I actually missed that particular phrase when I read the review (somewhat hastily). There were other actors on the show who I thought were worse, let alone on daytime television as a whole. Briscoe's delivery may have been halting at times, but overall I thought he fit the parts quite well.

The matter of Amy's "piercing" voice made me chuckle, and the reviewer did give her due credit for her acting abilities.

- Philippe

(A little late, but I wanted to use that tree again this year!)