A new documentary recalls the life and career of Jonathan Frid, the actor who played Barnabas Collins, a 175-year-old guilt -ridden vampire on Dark Shadows, the horror-themed daytime soap opera that ...

Throughout the years, the entertainment industry has been filled with film and TV shows about angsty, sexy vampires, ranging from Interview with the Vampire's Lestat to The Twilight Saga's Edward ...

In the influential Dark Shadows, a 1960s ABC soap opera with a gothic and supernatural bent, Jonathan Frid played Barnabas Collins, a vampire who returned to claim his coastal Maine manor. Vampires' ...

Johnny Depp has criticised the modern portrayal of vampires in cinema, and promised a return to their classic image in his upcoming film Dark Shadows. The Tim Burton-directed feature, an adaptation of ...

In 1966, a weird daytime soap opera debuted on ABC. Unlike most soaps, this one didn't feature young housewives, handsome doctors and affairs of the heart. Dark Shadows told spooky tales of witches, ...

Her three-dimensional portrayal of a character who was also a vampire helped the Gothic soap opera develop a cult following. By Alex Williams Lara Parker, who found small-screen fame in the 1960s and ...