Dark Shadows Season 9

Right now you can watch Dark Shadows Season 9 on and — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 95 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Jonathan Frid — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Dark Shadows Season 9 keeps coming up in conversation. Dark Shadows Season 9 treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. Season 9 of Dark Shadows includes 80 episodes. It aired from March 1970 to July 1970. This season stars Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall and Nancy Barrett. Jonathan Frid and Grayson Hall lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1970. What separates Dark Shadows Season 9 from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find Dark Shadows Season 9 genuinely rewarding. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Jonathan Frid grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.