Product Details

• Actors: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett, Joan Bennett, Alexandra Isles
• Writers: Dan Curtis
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Run Time: 840 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009OUB9M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,832 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dark Shadows: DVD Collection 20" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Collection of episodes about a two hundred year old vampire named Barnabas Collins living on his family estate in Maine; contains episodes 982-1021.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 27-SEP-2005
Media Type: DVD

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parallel Time, October 15, 2010

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Andrew P. Catton "Andrew Catton" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Shadows: DVD Collection 20 (DVD)

"1970 Parallel Time" began in the last set's final episode, and this collection quickly shifts the focus from Barnabas to the alternate universe's Quentin. Leads Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Joan Bennett, Nancy Barrett, John Karlen, and Louis Edmonds were all written out for many of the episodes in this collection so that the actors could film the movie HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS.

The story then deals mainly with David Selby, Lara Parker, and Christopher Pennock during the shooting of the movie, and is based on the novels REBECCA and STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Is Lara Parker's Alexis Stokes actually the deceased Angelique Stokes Collins risen from the grave? What will happen to Christopher Pennock as Cyrus Longworth and his alter ego John Yaeger? Angelique's actual return is a chilling and visually pitch-perfect scene. Cyrus' tale is a tragic one, and the character is also likeable and sweet.

Later on in the set, Barnabas and other familiar faces return, and the storyline picks up some speed. Parallel Time needs a hero, and Barnabas will have to step up once again...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Skimmed a lot..., August 28, 2011

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Misfit (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Shadows: DVD Collection 20 (DVD)

The parallel time story continues with the nod to Du Maurier's Rebecca and the mystery surrounding the death Quentin's wife Angelique. Things get even more complicated when her twin sister Alexis blows into town. Or is she really a returned from the dead Angelique? Along with this story is one involving doctor/scientist Cyrus Longworth and his Jekyll/Hyde alter ego John Yaeger.

*Yawn*

Sorry, as much as I've been enjoying this series this set is seriously boring until the last half of the last DVD. There was a bit going on with a returned from the past character haunting the mansion and running everyone out (a retread of the Quentin storyline). I adore Lara Parker, but she's kind of boring playing a good person - although things do change towards the end and then things are more like I like to see them and it looks like she and Barnabas are setting up for a seriosly wicked game of cat and mouse. I loathed the Jekyll/Hyde storyline, and much of that is I did not care for the way actor Christopher Pennock overplayed them - and be warned while it does take place off screen those who are sensitive to domestic violence issues might want to avoid this.

The biggest problem is that several key characters were written out for a large chunk of these episodes so that they could film House of Dark Shadows and that loss is very evident, and once they all returned is when the action picked up. I got very very tired of opening every episode with a recap of the plight of Barnabas trapped and chained in a coffin by Willy Loomis - I got it the first three times, I didn't need to be clubbed over the head with it. If you're in for the long haul with this series I suppose you'll have to get through these, but don't be afraid to use the fast-forward button. You won't miss much I promise you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 1970 PT, October 1, 2011

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This review is from: Dark Shadows: DVD Collection 20 (DVD)

I love "Dark Shadows" but this story is the most boring of all. Everyone, with the exception of the professional Joan Bennett and the ultra-talented Nancy Barrett, is over-acting all over the place--I suppose in an attempt to distract the audience from the fact that there is nothing of interest in these 2 plotlines. Even the usually WONDERFUL David Selby is so over-the-top he just seems like a silly, overbearing husband and if Selby can't bring a character to life and make him believeable that shows that he truly has nothing to work with. If you like watching John Karlen and Grayson Hall's acting (which is NEVER really acting, its just shameless, hammy showing off) then you might enjoy 1970 PT. If not, BEWARE!! By the way, contrary to popular belief, it is at THIS point in "D.S." when the ratings took a nosedive and not the good but mishandled 'Leviathan' storyline.