garmonbozia could you tell us what parts of the series long life are covered by the 21 disks? Did they ever go back and do the pre-Barnabas episodes to DVD? How mush is someone looking to spend for 21 volumes? How amny episodes are in a set?

Thanks,

BobB

I think there are 40 episodes in a set so with set 21 they're at 840 episodes.......WOW

There are four discs in each collection. They are finishing up the chronological order of 40 episodes per collection. It was posted previously (either here or in a seperate thread) that after all of the remaining episodes are released, they will release the pre-Barnabas episodes as well as the films. Amazon usually has the pre-order price around $42. There is more info on the individual collections here:
http://www.darkshadowsdvd.com/dvd.asp

MPI has said that they plan to release the pre-Barnabas epsiodes when the end of the current run......I reckon that will be around set 26. There will probably be 5 or 6 sets of the early episodes. Then MPI will probably be releasing the 1991 revival series on dvd as well.

The release of the 2 films however, has nothing to do with MPI. As far as I know, Warner Bros. controls the rights to these and have always just replied "We have no plans at this time......." when asked about releasing the films on dvd.......which is a freakin' travesty.

well, Collection 1 starts at episode 210 with the introduction of Barnabas Collins, exactly where the vhs releases started when they came out many years ago. The last collection released, Collection 19, contains episodes 942-981. I've fallen a little behind and am still on Collection 16, so I have some catching up to do.

as mentioned above, there are 40 episodes in each collection. EAch set has an MSRP of $60, but you can usually find them for $40, give or take a few dollars depending on the website (but i think $40 is a good average), especially as a preorder price......so that's about $1 per episode. so for 21 sets it would cost around $800-$900 depending on where you get them.

http://www.darkshadowsdvd.com/

you can read a brief synopsis for each collection here:
http://www.mpihomevideo.com/cat.asp?...2&subsubcat=76

DS merchandise:
http://www.mpihomevideo.com/cat.asp?...2&subsubcat=66

And well worth it I have to say!

Galina, do you have all of these? -BobB

if you click on the link to her dvd collection, she has collections 1-18 listed there.

Yes, I saw the show on the Sci-Fi Channel a few years ago and became hooked! Volume 19 is on it's way from Amazon!!!

glad to hear that the SciFi airings hooked new fans. I didn't have cable during that time so was unable to rewatch it then. I first saw the show when I was kid during the PBS syndication run. I previously saw the parts of the show covered approximately by collections 11 to 17, so I had a lot of new stuff at the beginning and a lot of new stuff coming soon (I'll be starting collection 17 tonight........like I said, I've fallen a bit behind).

what parts of the show did you see on SciFi?

here is the Dark Shadows timeline as outlined in the Almanac:
hope this helps.


DARK SHADOWS TIMELINE

Episodes 1 - 365
set in present time (1966-1967)
* episode 270 includes a scene set in 1949

Episodes 366 - 460
set in 1795

Episode 461
set in 1795 and in present time (1968)

Episodes 462 - 660
set in present time (1968-1969)
* episode 610 includes a scene set in 1795
* episode 623 is set in 1795

Episode 661
set in present time (1969) and in 1796

Episodes 662 - 665
set in 1796

Episode 666
set in present time (1969) and in 1796

Episodes 667 - 700
set in present time (1969)
* episode 698 includes a scene set in 1967

Episode 701
set in present time (1969) and in 1897

Episodes 702 - 884
set in 1897
* episode 815 includes a scene set in present time (1969)
* episodes 835-837 include scenes set in present time (1969)
* episode 873 includes a scene set in present time (1969)
* episode 877 includes a scene set in the early 1890s

Episode 885
set in 1897 and in 1796

Episode 886
set in 1796

Episodes 887 - 980
set in present time (1969-1970)
* episode 900 includes a scene set in 1949
* episode 922 includes a scene set in 1897
* episode 938 includes a scene set in 1897
* episodes 969-971 include scenes set in 1970 parallel time
* episodes 975-980 include scenes set in 1970 parallel time

Episode 981
set in present time (1970) and in 1970 parallel time

Episodes 982 - 1060
set in 1970 parallel time
*episodes 1007, 1012, 1031, 1032, 1035 and 1052 include scenes set in present time (1970)

Episodes 1061 - 1070
set in 1995
*episode 1070 includes a scene set in present time (1970)

Episodes 1071 - 1108
set in present time (1970)

Episode 1109
set in present time (1970) and in 1840

Episodes 1110 - 1197
set in 1840
* episodes 1113 and 1114 include scenes set in present time (1970)
* episode 1140 includes a scene set in 1692
* episodes 1186-1197 include scenes set in 1841 parallel time

Episode 1198
set in 1840, then in present time (1971), then in 1841 parallel time

Episodes 1199 - 1245
set in 1841 parallel time
* episode 1231 includes scenes set in 1680 parallel time

Acording to tvshowsondvd, Dark Shadows the revival series is going to be released Oct 18th. I'm sooo excited!!

I just read about this too. Great News!!!
For whatever reason, MGM is releasing this on dvd, and not MPI.
Doesn't matter much to me!
Now I'll just be hoping for the films!!!!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3853

This is wonderful news! Wasn't there supposed to be another attempt at a revival series in addition to the one soon to be released?

A pilot was shot for the WB but it didn't get picked up. Portions are to be shown at upcoming DS conventions.

Eventually, Barnabas will get another try.

i think it's fantastic news, since I watched the revival series before I watched the original. I was 6-7 when the revival series came along and I have nothing but good memories of it. So I already put my family on notice of my birthday gift.

tvshowsondvd has posted artwork for the set:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3881

Great to see the Revival Series coming at last- now if we can get the theatrical releases on DVD at long last DS will have made the transition into the 21st Century! (As opposed to 1897, parallel time, and allll those other time periods they jumped into....)

Just a thought....I wonder if theres ever been any talk of putting together a release of this show's spawn of sorts from waaaaaay back when- anybody else remember the creepy old daytime drama Strange Paradise?

Nice.... waiting for the revival series on DVD for a long time now. That was also the first Dark Shadows series I watched as a kid. Definitely going to pick that up!

How did the series end?
What happened in the last few episodes?

which series? the original or the 1991?

I loved the 1991 show, but my memory is vague, but if I recall ....

MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR !!!



Correct me if I'm wrong ... but if I am wrong, I won't be reading your correction because I don't want to spoil it for me when I re-watch this!!!

well if you ever want to find out what happens next.....you can always watch the original show......as the 1991 version basically took its whole plot from the original......it just moved through the storylines at a much faster pace.....

if you watch the original show, you'll know what happens after the 1991 show ended........