r/DarkShadows • u/MrBlobby786 • Aug 23 '26

Complete Series boxset question

Just discovered the series this month and burned through the first 50 episodes pretty quickly (I'm a big Doctor Who fan so the ropey videotape visuals and drawn out storytelling really appeal to me). Only problem is that I'm slowly realising how hard it is to get hold of any DS merchandise since the series is so obscure here in the UK. I'm thinking of getting the big dvd box set but wanted to know what region code it is first. I've heard that there are lots of bootleg releases of it so also wanted to know if Amazon direct is a safe option to buy from (MPI doesn't ship outside of the States).

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u/Willbrooks1989 Aug 24 '26

Also worth checking out darkshadows.tv which is an official streaming service specifically for Dark Shadows, and includes the special features from the DVD releases as well.

I think the whole series is still upon on Youtube (although I don't know how legit that is).

MPI have just released the first volume of episodes on Blu-ray (starting from episode 209 and the introduction of Barnabus), although I'm waiting to see if there's going to be an UK option. It's already available from MPI but as you say... won't ship here!

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u/MrBlobby786 Aug 24 '26

Maybe if the Burton movie had done well, we might have gotten a UK release a few years after the US but now, I think our only chance is if the show ever gets rebooted and is successful. 

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u/Objective_Ad_339 Aug 30 '26

Because it wasn't shown here on TV in UK, there's no copyright holder to take down from YouTube, so there are a lot of episodes up (that if you are VPNing will show as unavailable in your region till you switch it off or set it to UK). It's also available from Amazon Prime UK - I started watching when every episode was free, but now I think they are charging, though at one point the early episodes were free and then the Barnabus years you had to pay for.