Dark Shadows: 976

"Soon night will fall over the great house at Collinwood, and Jeb Hawkes will be stalked again by the formless shadow that has been haunting him. Terrified for her husband's safety, Carolyn has responded to a telephone call from a man named Bruno, who has told her he knows a way of saving Jeb."

Episode 976 is an untitled episode of the daytime Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. The episode was directed by Henry Kaplan and written by Gordon Russell. It was produced by Peter Miner and first aired on ABC on Monday, March 23rd, 1970. This episode is part of the "1970 Parallel Time" and "The Curse of the Werewolf" storylines. In this episode, Bruno tries to kill Carolyn Stoddard by locking her in a room with Chris Jennings just as he is turning into the werewolf. This tactic fails, and Bruno tries to kill her a second time in the woods. The werewolf arrives however and kills Bruno. Back at Collinwood, Roger Collins discovers the room that leads to parallel time.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is available on disc four of Dark Shadows DVD Collection 19 and disc one-hundred of the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series DVD boxset collection.


 * Opening narration: Louis Edmonds.


 * Opening still: Collinwood; exterior day.


 * Closing still: Collinwood drawing room; close-up of chandelier.


 * This episode was recorded on March 9th, 1970.


 * Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds and Michael Stroka all play variants of themselves from parallel time.


 * This is the 148th episode of Dark Shadows with Henry Kaplan as director.


 * This is the 244th episode of Dark Shadows with Gordon Russell as writer.


 * This is the 98th episode of Dark Shadows with Peter Miner as producer.


 * This is the thirteenth and final appearance of Bruno, who is killed by the werewolf in this episode.


 * This is the twenty-third and final appearance of Alex Stevens in the role of the werewolf.


 * This is the first episode of Dark Shadows with Michael Stroka in the role of Bruno Hess.

Allusions

 * Numerous references are made to Jeb Hawkes in this episode. Jeb is the husband of Carolyn Stoddard. They were married in episode 969.

Bloopers

 * During the werewolf's fight with Bruno, stuntman Alex Stevens' shirt shift around quite a bit revealing a non-hairy neck and abdomen.