Interesting review (done as a kind of memory piece) of hoDS:

http://webelongdead.co.uk/the-house-of-dark-shadows/

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Yes, Uncle Roger, it was the 27th Day.

An odd little film but I enjoyed seeing Valerie in action having read about her for years.

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Grayson was wonderful in this episode.  The complete episode has a couple of really good moments, too.

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I wish I could somehow see a capture of the VHS version of the scene where Charles is shot from below as he's haranguing his dear brother who is about to invade the sanctity of his bower.

Awesome sketch of Charles's favorite model.  Good catch, MB!

Love the blurred glimpse of Rev Strack's insidious pout.  The Pout of Doom!

Very much enjoying this thread!!

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Gawd, MB.  It looks as if the "restoration" is way too dark.  Hope that's just a fluke of this particular shot.

I saw the "restored" Horror of Dracula in the Brattle Theatre last year, or was it 2014... The "Blu Ray" was used for the screening, and the thing was so dark, you couldn't see what was going on for at least one third of the film.  A lot of it also looked bluish.  Somebody online said this was because audiences now expect a "horror film" to be dark and vaguely blue.

We live in a degraded age.

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I personally have felt every time I've watched the film that Angelique was a Witch--or certainly had magical powers.  Nothing in the movie makes any sense unless this was so.

I think sometimes people think the narrative points to her having been wrongly accused of witchcraft and I'm not sure where they're getting that.

Of course if the seance scene had been included in the theatre edit, it might have helped clarify the plot. 

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