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4. BARNABAS DIDN?T TALK MUCH WHILE FANGED.
Dampened vocally by the fangs he had to wear, Frid would spit out
the fangs, deliver the dialogue, then stuff them back in when the
camera returned to him.
5. IT WAS ABC?S FIRST COLOR SOAP.
Though soaps had experimented with color before, Dark Shadows
became the first daytime serial on ABC to switch to the format in
1967. (It had spent its first year in black and white.)
6. IT?S THE ONLY SOAP TO SPAWN THREE FEATURE FILMS.
It?s a testament to Dark Shadows' rabid following that the series
birthed two feature films with the original cast? virtually unheard
of for a soap opera of any era . Curtis directed 1970?s House of Dark
Shadows, which covered much of the same ground as the series and
in 1971, Curtis wanted to continue the story with another film.
Night of Dark Shadows was released that same year.
7. THERE WAS A COMIC STRIP.