Dark Shadows: 426

Notes & Trivia

 * Dark Shadows was created by Dan Curtis. Stories developed by Art Wallace.


 * This episode is included on disc 2 of Dark Shadows DVD Collection 6 and disc 46 of the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series DVD collection.


 * Opening narration: Nancy Barrett.


 * Opening still: Collinwood exterior, night.


 * Closing still: Collins family mausoleum exterior at Eagle Hill Cemetery.


 * Other than the director, writer, producer and cast, no other production crew credits are listed for this episode.


 * This is one of the few times in the series that Joan Bennett receives top billing. Usually, they reserve her name for last in the cast credit sequence.

Allusions

 * Reference is made to Josette du Pres in this episode. She died only a few hours ago in episode 425.


 * Reference is made to Jeremiah Collins in this episode. His tombstone at Eagle Hill Cemetery can be seen in this episode. It reads, "Here lyes [sic] Jerimiah Collins [sic], Born: 1763. Died: 1795".


 * Reference is made to Widows' Hill in this episode.


 * Reference is made to Victoria Winters in this episode. Victoria has been arrested and charged with witchcraft. Her trial begins in the morning.


 * Reference is made to Andre du Pres in this episode, who is Josette du Pres' father.

Quotes
"A seance has been held in the great house at Collinwood, a seance which has sent one woman on an uncertain and frightening journey to the past, back to the year 1795. There each of the Collins ancestors resembles a present day member of the Collins family, but the names and the relationships have changed, and Victoria Winters finds herself a stranger in a sea of familiar faces. And this night, a night which began with bright moonlight has turned dark, and a woman has thrown herself from a cliff, the victim of a witch's curse. The agony finally over for her, but just beginning for those she has left behind."