Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

Release Date:  11/23/1967
Country of Release:  USA
Length:  22 minutes
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Medium:  Video
Genre:  DRA FAN HOR MYS ROM SF THR
Release Message:  Continued story line with Victoria having traveled back to 1795. Starring Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins.
Description:  1795 time period. Victoria Winters encounters Barnabas who is fretting about the delayed arrival the ship which carries his fiancŽ, Josette DuPres. He told her not to travel this time of year because of the bad storms, but she ignored him and now her ship is a week late. Victoria tells him Josette is all right with such conviction that Barnabas asks if she is psychic. Victoria tells him even if she were psychic she would never tell anyone's future, especially not his! Barnabas Collins eagerly awaits the arrival of Josette duPres, his fiance from the island of Martinique. Meanwhile, Josette's aunt, Countess Natalie duPres, and the duPres' maid servant, Angelique Bouchard, arrive at The Old House. Resisting Angelique's amorous advances, Barnabas tellsÊher that their previous love affair was a mistake and that he plans to marry Josette. Thus, the seed of "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" is born and the long-standing feud between Angelique and Barnabas begins.