Actress Kate Jackson was wearing a dress that caught fire by accident: She finished her scene before being put out. Viewers would occasionally see performers read the wrong lines or see a crew member wander into shots.
Because of the compressed production, actor flubs, focus mistakes, and other gaffes that would normally be re-shot had to remain in the show. THERE WAS NO TIME TO GO BACK AND FIX MISTAKES.ĭespite its lofty ambitions, sprawling stories and camera tricks, Dark Shadows had to maintain a standard soap schedule that allowed episodes to air daily.
To emulate actors being trapped in a blaze, Goodman would simply put a bucket in front of himself and light it on fire. Camera operator Stuart Goodman found that covering his lens with plastic wrap and then dabbing Vaseline at the edges to create a hazy, dreamlike visual was surprisingly effective. With a roughly $70,000 budget to shoot its five weekly episodes, Dark Shadows had to approach its special effects conservatively. THE SPECIAL EFFECTS CONSISTED OF SARAN WRAP AND VASELINE. Originally intended to be a fleeting character who would be staked in the heart after a three-week run, he became so popular with viewers (ratings saw a 62 percent increase) that the show was saved from the guillotine. Hoping to improve ratings with a classic horror movie trope-a vampire-Curtis introduced Collins, a brooding bloodsucker tortured by his condition. When the show premiered June 27, 1966, viewers found its characters as impenetrable as Winters did Variety called it a “yawn.” Though mystical elements-like ghosts-were present, they were subtle and slow to materialize. Creator Dan Curtis-who would later conceive of The X-Files predecessor Kolchak: The Night Stalker and the classic TV movie Trilogy of Terror-originally had in mind a dramatic series about the strange residents of Collinsport, Maine, as viewed from the perspective of newly-arrived governess Victoria Winters.
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