Barnabas Collins is a O.V. (Original Vampire). Before the glittering shenanigans of Edward Cullen, Barnabas stalked the streets of Collinsport, Maine. Many of the new generation kids may not know of ‘Dark Shadows’ considering it premiered in 1966 and ended its run it 1971. Originally, the series was planned to run for only 13 weeks, but due to the huge fan following, the series ran for over 4 years. This dark goth soap opera featured episodes with werewolves, ghosts, zombies (hell yes I said zombies!) and other supernatural creatures of the dark. Considering the series aired during the daytime, it had a great run and also produced 2 movies, countless books, and other various projects.

Considering, how old this series is, ‘Dark Shadows’ made a huge splash at the recent San Diego Comic Con, when Tim Burton has announced during his panel for his newest film, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ that he will be collaborating with long time friend (imaginary friend as Burton describes it), Johnny Depp on a ‘Dark Shadows’ feature project. This will be Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s 8th collaboration (seemed like there were more than that).
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