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June 23, 1969 |
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Magda's attempt to cure Quentin fails, and he changes into the werewolf.
Synopsis
- It is 1897, and a terrible curse afflicts a member of the great house of Collinwood. With each rising of the full moon, Quentin Collins becomes the wolf that walks like a man with one desire, to kill. On this night, he comes to the Old House on the Collins estate, desperately seeking help from a mysterious gypsy relic that has the power to cure him or destroy him.
The hand is on Quentin's throat. The pain always stops before Quentin becomes the werewolf, which he does. Magda uses her pentagram to keep herself safe. The werewolf runs outside.
Charity comes to Collinwood. Trask wants her to marry Quentin.
Magda comes to Collinwood to see Beth. Charity will go to Minerva's grave. After she goes, Trask gives Magda and Sandor 24 hours to leave the Old House. Magda reminds him she knows of the nightshade and what it was used for. He deigns to allow the gypsies to stay.
In the woods, Charity sees the werewolf on the rocky bluff over her. She screams. It chases her. Magda could not find Beth. Charity runs in and explains. Trask allows Magda to take Charity up to her room. She asks Magda how long she's been at Collinwood. Magda says, "A few years." She questions Magda about Quentin and Jenny. Magda reads the cards for Charity and warns about an evil man.
Outside, Trask is with a policeman, who tells him that there are many traps set about. Trask returns to Collinwood. He questions Magda about the beast. She denies knowing anything. She tells him his daughter needs him.
Charity has a mysterious dream of Quentin in which he relates the secret of his theme music played on the gramophone, the music frees his soul, allows him to dream, and contains his dreams, he explains as he recites the lyrics to "Shadows of the Night." The dream changes to a nightmare, interrupted by the wolf, and frightens Charity, who shrieks and begs Quentin for help. But Quentin calmly says that he hears only his music, and that, "the wheel of fortune spins, my darling; you mustn't be frightened."
In the woods, the werewolf attacks a policeman and gets its foot caught in a bear trap.
Memorable quotes
- Magda (to Trask): Go upstairs and see your daughter. She needs you more than I do.
Dramatis personae
- Grayson Hall as Magda
- Nancy Barrett as Charity Trask
- David Selby as Quentin Collins
- Jerry Lacy as Gregory Trask
- John Miranda as Policeman
- Alex Stevens as Werewolf
- Timothy Gordon as Hand of Count Petofi (uncredited)
Background information and notes
Production
- There is a tape edit between the scene when Magda takes Charity upstairs after the werewolf has attacked her and the immediately following scene with Charity in bed with Magda beside her. If it were live to tape, there would have been no time for them to arrive and settle in to the other set, including time for Nancy Barrett to change costumes.
- During Charity's dream, David Selby recites the words to "Shadows of the Night," which also appears on the Dark Shadows soundtrack album released that year.
- There is a tape edit right before the werewolf gets his foot caught in the bear trap. Likely that was necessary because it would have taken too much time to move from the werewolf attacking the policeman to set up Alex Stevens' foot in the trap.
- No credits appear at the end except for the "Dan Curtis Productions" logo.
Story
- Charity made a vow that she would visit Minerva's grave each day.
- Magda has been at Collinwood a few years.
- Should Charity marry Quentin, that would make her father her brother-in-law.
- DREAM SEQUENCE: Charity dreams of a passionate encounter with Quentin and then is menaced by the werewolf.
- TAROT CARDS: Magda: The Force, The Moon, The Lover (inverted), The Tower of Destruction (inverted), The Hanged Man (inverted).
- TIMELINE: Gregory gives Magda and Sandor twenty-four hours to leave the Collins estate. However, Magda convinces him otherwise via blackmail.
Bloopers and continuity
- When Magda starts to watch Quentin turn into a werewolf, instead of keeping her focus on where Quentin is, Grayson Hall moves her head as if she is watching David Selby leave the set to be replaced by Alex Stevens.
- When Trask and Magda are talking in the drawing room, there is a botched camera shot when all we see is the back of Magda's head, which is almost completely obscuring Trask's head.
- As the werewolf is about to jump on Charity at the end of Act I, a studio light is seen.
- When Trask is going to call the sheriff about the werewolf, the telephone wire is caught on the bureau, and Jerry Lacy has to untangle it to bring the phone up to his face.
- Toward the beginning of Charity's dream, as she approaches Quentin, when the shot focuses on Quentin's face, David Selby licks his lips.
- During Charity's dream, after Quentin kisses her and the recitation of "Shadows of the Night" stops, there is a loud noise before the music starts up again. Then at the end of the dream, as Quentin is saying "Good night, good night...," there is a squeaking and soft thumping noise from off-stage.
External Links
Dark Shadows - Episode 786 on the IMDb