Dark Shadows: 486

"Episode 486" is the untitled 486th episode of the daytime Gothic soap opera series Dark Shadows. It was directed by John Sedwick with a script written by Sam Hall. It first aired on ABC on Monday, May 6th, 1968. This episode is part of the "The Birth of Adam" storyline as well as "The Dream Curse" storyline.

Notes & Trivia

 * Dark Shadows was created by Dan Curtis. Story developed by Art Wallace. Copyright 1968, Dan Curtis Productions, Inc.; All rights reserved.


 * "DS 486" and "DS: 486" both serve as shortcuts to this page.


 * This episode was recorded on April 30th, 1968.


 * Opening narration: Lara Parker.


 * Adam appears in this episode as a covered boy on a table. No actor represents this figure.

Story notes

 * Julia Hoffman has the dream in this episode. Eric Lang told her about the dream in episode 485.


 * The beckoner in Julia's dream is Sarah Johnson.

Allusions

 * The music used that Eric Lang records over is "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Home Video

 * This episode is included on disc four of the Dark Shadows DVD Collection 7 boxset.


 * This episode is included on disc 52 of the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series DVD boxset collection.

Quotes

 * Narrator: At the great house of Collinwood, Victoria Winters has returned to her life from a strange and haunting adventure in the past. Tonight, in this doctor's house, an experiment has been attempted, an experiment which would save one man from an ancient curse, but an experiment which has ended in unexpected tragedy. The witch who put the curse is getting her revenge.