#the widows&039; wail

[whatithinkaboutdarkshadows]

Episode 425: Widows' Hill

In episode #2 of Dark Shadows, well-meaning governess Vicki first visited the precipice known as Widows’ Hill. She was standing near the edge when high-born ne’er-do-well Roger Collins crept up on her, breaking his silence with a loud voice in a deliberate attempt to startle her. He tells her that she wouldn’t be the first to jump to her death from Widows’ Hill. The precipice is thus established…

View On WordPress

#barnabas collins #color television #dark shadows #dark shadows before i die #first time not the last #josette du pres #supernaturalism #the widows #the widows&039; wail #victoria winters

[whatithinkaboutdarkshadows]

Episode 345: That place in Brazil

View On WordPress

#alexandra moltke #alexandra moltke isles #bloopers #brazil #burke devlin #closing miscellany #dark shadows #genuinely good episode #josettery #mrs acilius #mrs johnson #nancy barrett #retcons #the mummy #the widows&039; wail #victoria winters

[whatithinkaboutdarkshadows]

Episode 233: Very clever girl

Well-meaning governess Vicki and flighty heiress Carolyn are in the drawing room of the great house of Collinwood talking about how nervous the electrical storm outside is making them. Vicki describes her reactions while driving a car a few moments before. This deepens a mystery that opened yesterday- what car? They’ve so often made a point of having Vicki ask to borrow Carolyn’s car, or…

View On WordPress

#boris karloff #dark shadows #dark shadows before i die #intentional comedy #john and christine scoleri #josette du pres #retcons #smart vicki #the ghost of josette collins #the mummy #the widows&039; wail

[whatithinkaboutdarkshadows]

Episode 50: He wasn't there again today

Episode 50: He wasn’t there again today

This one is so good that I can’t resist going over it scene by scene. It has a wide variety of mood and image, tautly structured in a clearly told story, subtly realized by highly accomplished acting, and memorably presented in superb photography and imaginative sound design. Well-meaning governess Vicki, out for a night-time stroll, makes her way to the crest of Widow’s Hill, where flighty…

View On WordPress

#acting #alexandra moltke #alexandra moltke isles #art wallace #bossy big sister bratty little brother #dark shadows #david henesy #genuinely good episode #joan bennett #john sedwick #louis edmonds #nancy barrett #the widows #the widows&039; wail