Surprisingly readable and nicely written. Some interesting behind the scenes moments if you are a fan of those memoirs but what made the purchase worth it for me was reading the season/episode synopsis in this book, until that was a confusing television series for me. As a pre-teen I got home from school (only one tv in house of course) to catch last half on some days and some odd after midnight UHF independent channel re-runs. The seasons where they were in alternate histories, time periods and parallel universes now make more sense than the out of order bits and pieces things I caught. Seeing same actors and characters being confusingly good and evil -- now make sense. Someday may give the series another go via the internet movie rental services offering -- like the old black and white ones and the final episodes but the last few seasons between those with the wandering disembodied hand and emphasis on the lady doctor just were not my thing so will likely skim or skip. ( )

I loved "Dark Shadows" when it ran on daytime TV - I was only a few years old at the time, but already I had a taste for the macabre, and this soap opera about a vampire was right up my alley. So, when I saw this book several years later, I bought a copy. I never read it cover-to-cover, but enjoyed looking at the photos. I have a feeling that if I tried to watch DS now, I'd be horrified by how schlocky it was, but in my memories, it's still WAY cool. :D ( )