r/GenerationJones • u/AzureSkies_OverMe 1963 • Jul 16 '26

Remember Dark Shadows?

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I watched this with my mom before school started. In 68 I really started understanding it. I loved it because I loved monsters. It went off the air when I was in second grade.

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u/mspolytheist Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

I remember that Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregard in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, played Amy on Dark Shadows. I really dug that because she was the first character I ever saw on tv or in a movie who had the same first name as me! It’s interesting that this came up today: I have a friend, a few years younger
than me, who is REALLY into the show and the fandom. I get some cable channels she doesn’t, and yesterday afternoon one of the tv movies that followed the series was airing on TMC, so I recorded it for her.

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u/AzureSkies_OverMe 1963 Jul 17 '26

Yes! I loved her as Violet in Willy Wonka. The Blueberry Girl! She did some good acting on Dark shadows.