Obsesh du Jour
Dark Shadows Cast, originally uploaded by emilyrems.
I’m still in way over my head for Mickey Avalon, but so far this week my attention has been totally dominated by Dark Shadows, the awes ’60s occult soap opera that has begun arriving at my door courtesy of LCF’s Netflix que. We haven’t been getting it in order, so right now I’m embroiled somewhere in the 1968 season’s saga of the witchy Angelique’s return to Colinwood and her endless schemes to torment poor vampire Barnabas with her relentless curses. Needless to say I’m breathless with anticipation wondering how he’ll fare. It’s easy to love the show for cheese reasons like it’s blinding (and often green) mod wardrobe pieces, the endearing way people flub their lines every few minutes, the equally endearing way the boom mic makes a special guest appearance in every other shot, and the terrifying propensity for the flimsy set to sway when a door is slammed and when people run. These of course, were the reasons I wanted to watch it in the first place, but despite myself, I’ve gotten totally sucked into it’s circuitous story lines and even may be harboring a small crush on ole Barnabus despite his agrresive use of rouge, his Hitler Hairdo, and the unfortunate fact that the actor who played him now resides in Canada of his own free will. As a joke, I was bragging last night that next year I’m totally down for going to the annual Dark Shadows Festival. But I may actually not be joking. If I do decide to go, I wonder if anyone will even admit to knowing me upon my return…
December 1st, 2006 at 1:52 pm
whereas when i was a kid it was just that staticky old show for adults with the badass theme song that came on before Uncle Floyd on NJ public tv, this makes me want to watch it! didn’t they do a remake when we were in high school? prob sux.