Playing an angst-ridden, eventually sympathetic, member of the undead created an instant connection with the audience. Ratings started to rise and Barnabas, who was supposed to stick around for only ...

Throughout the years, the entertainment industry has been filled with film and TV shows about angsty, sexy vampires, ranging from Interview with the Vampire's Lestat to The Twilight Saga's Edward ...

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse ...

Most wannabe actors know that there’s a ghost of a chance that they’ll ever make it in showbiz — but for Kate Jackson, future star of Charlie’s Angels and Scarecrow and Mrs. King, it was a ghost that ...

Her three-dimensional portrayal of a character who was also a vampire helped the Gothic soap opera develop a cult following. By Alex Williams Lara Parker, who found small-screen fame in the 1960s and ...

Though Lasell retired from acting nearly 40 years ago, he has some 70 credits to his name. John Lasell, who appeared in 70 projects over his 25-year career, died Oct. 4 in Los Angeles at the age of 95 ...

Let's get one thing straight from the get-go - almost nobody liked the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton reboot of the '60s/'70s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. I mean, attempting to kill Barnabas Collins with a ...

Kelcie Mattson is a Senior Features author at Collider. Based in the Midwest, she also contributes Lists, reviews, and television recaps. A lifelong fan of niche sci-fi, epic fantasy, Final Girl ...

General Hospital has lost yet another veteran actor. Mitchell Ryan, who played Frank Smith on the show back in 1993, is dead at the age of 88. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Ryan had ...

The iconic director and creative mastermind Tim Burton, known for projects such as Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Batman, and the recent Netflix sensation Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega, has ...