A 1966-1971 gothic horror melodramatic soap opera and ongoing franchise involving the rich and cursed Collins family of Collinsport, Maine.

Roger Collins and Barnabas Collins]Dark Shadows is a 1966-1971 daytime horror soap opera about the haunted Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, who are tormented by various horror plots. Developed by Dan Curtis, the 1225 episode series was riddled with eccentric horror plots, family drama, plot twists, and rocky productions. The show has a cult following, and has spawned 3 films, several novels, 1 remake television series, 1 failed tv pilot, and several audio dramas with the original cast.

The series follows the Collins family, though after 209 boring episodes, a vampire character was introduced into the story, and things became increasingly more supernatural and horror relevant. The show's popularity soared as one of the few legitimate monster mashes, and everything about this show is and always will be better than sex.