Sunday, April 30, 2006

Dark Shadows DVD Collection 25

Originally posted on April 16, 2005. Episode and interview information added on April 30, 2006.

Dark Shadows DVD Collection 25 is scheduled to be released on July 25, 2006. According to MPI Home Video, the set contains episodes 1186-1226, which include the transition from 1840 to 1840 parallel time. Here's the synopsis:
At Collinwood in the year 1840, Daphne Harridge describes strange occurances she viewed in a room in the east wing. Dr. Julia Hoffman warns her to beware of the parallel time band she has witnessed. Barnabas begs Angelique to use her powers to help save Quentin Collins from being executed for practicing witchcraft. Using Quentin's stairway through time, Barnabas, Julia and Professor Stokes travel back to the future.

In 1841 parallel time, Bramwell Collins insists that Catherine Harridge marry him instead of Morgan Collins. As the family's oldest son, Morgan is placed in charge of the dreaded lottery, where a family member is selected to endure a night in a mysterious, cursed room. Kendrick Young discovers that his lover Melanie Collins suffers from a split personality. Carrie Stokes reveals that Morgan is possessed by James Forsythe, the man who placed the curse on the Collinses in 1680. The ghost of Brutus Collins taunts Morgan.
The set features bonus interviews with David Selby (Quentin Collins), John Karlen (Desmond Collins), Lara Parker (Catherine Harridge), and costume designer Mary McKinley.

This set also includes a reconstruction of Episode 1219, the only episode of Dark Shadows that does not exist on videotape or kinescope. Lara Parker (Catherine Harridge) provides a synopsis of the events of the missing episode.

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