MPI Media Group Launches Classic Series 'Dark Shadows'
On Subscription Streaming Service
Subscription
Service Will, for the First Time, Provide Unlimited Streaming Access to
the Entire Gothic Serial Drama In Addition To Bonus Content
MPI Media Group,
premier independent producer and distributor of films, TV series and
specialized programming, today announced a major new avenue for the
company: a subscription streaming service of one of its crown jewels - DARK SHADOWS. The gothic TV series, which MPI has distributed for decades on VHS and DVD, will be available for the first time in its entirety for unlimited streaming, beginning October 31, 2017.
The new streaming service will give fans access to the entire original series at www.darkshadows.tv, as well as exclusive bonus content and behind-the-scenes archival footage. Subscribers also will get a first look at the DARK SHADOWS feature-length documentary due out in 2018.
Fans
can have streaming access to the series at a subscription price of
$7.99 a month, or $79.99 a year. The company is offering a free 14-day
trial. Customers signing on before November 22, 2017, will be entered in a contest to win a free lifetime subscription to the complete series at www.darkshadows.tv.
The remarkable DARK SHADOWS
has rarely been out of the public consciousness over the last 50 years.
Creator Dan Curtis' one-of-a-kind series was a first for daytime
television when it debuted on ABC in 1966. What began as a soap opera
with an eerie edge grew into a gothic horror and supernatural drama. In
the years before VCRs, DVDs and DVRs, fans in growing numbers tuned in
every afternoon to catch the ongoing saga at Collinwood, an immense,
gloomy mansion situated high above the rocky Maine shore. With the
introduction of Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid), a vampire
released after more than a century chained inside a coffin, the series
had a bona fide hero who would remain its tormented heart and soul until
the show's end in 1971.
MPI
is home to the largest Dark Shadows library in the world. The company
has been catering to fans for years, releasing various collections of
episodes on VHS and DVD, supplemented by new interviews and bonus
material, as well as the deluxe "coffin box" containing all 1,225
episodes on 131 discs. MPI has also been instrumental in organizing
conventions where fans can meet the stars.
The
streaming service, available through the Vimeo subsidiary VHX, will
also will offer curated playlists of select episodes grouped by theme -
e.g., episodes set in 1897 or 1795, the "parallel time" arc, werewolves!
- to give viewers a different way to experience the series. Additional
bonus content will be added regularly.
MPI Media Group President and Co-founder Malik Ali said, "Like vampire Barnabas Collins himself, DARK SHADOWS can never die, and this exciting new digital service puts the entire series at the fingertips of fans old and new."
About MPI and Dark Sky Films
The MPI Media Group is a leading producer, distributor and licensor of films. Founded in 1976, Chicago-based MPI Media Group remains one of the largest independent entertainment companies producing and distributing a compelling slate of the world's most respected cinema, documentaries, performances and television programs. MPI's wholly owned subsidiary, Dark Sky Films is an independent film production and distribution label founded in 2008, working with emerging talent as well as established veterans to develop, package, produce and finance feature films and episodic television projects. Representing films from some of most talented directors working today, such as Ti West's The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, and Jim Mickle's Stake Land, Dark Sky continues to identify original talent and projects to bring a vibrant slate of films to the world market, with original productions and releases such as We Are Still Here, Deathgasm, Emelie, Catfight and, most recently, Bitch and M.F.A. | Follow us on twitter: @darkskyfilms @mpimediagroup
The MPI Media Group is a leading producer, distributor and licensor of films. Founded in 1976, Chicago-based MPI Media Group remains one of the largest independent entertainment companies producing and distributing a compelling slate of the world's most respected cinema, documentaries, performances and television programs. MPI's wholly owned subsidiary, Dark Sky Films is an independent film production and distribution label founded in 2008, working with emerging talent as well as established veterans to develop, package, produce and finance feature films and episodic television projects. Representing films from some of most talented directors working today, such as Ti West's The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, and Jim Mickle's Stake Land, Dark Sky continues to identify original talent and projects to bring a vibrant slate of films to the world market, with original productions and releases such as We Are Still Here, Deathgasm, Emelie, Catfight and, most recently, Bitch and M.F.A. | Follow us on twitter: @darkskyfilms @mpimediagroup
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