more retro rewinds

“Dark Shadows” (Decades, weeknights):

This Gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on ABC from 1966 to 1971 followed the daily lives of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where ghosts, werewolves, zombies, witches, warlocks and other supernatural beings and events were commonplace. One was one of their own, Barnabas Collins, a vampire played masterfully by Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, who would years later have a cameo in Tim Burton’s 2012 feature film of the same title.

“American Horror Story” (Netflix):

The first eight seasons of creator Ryan Murphy’s horror anthology series are available on the streamer, with storylines encompassing an insane asylum, a witch coven, a freak show circus, a haunted hotel and a house with a murderous past. The cast for this award-winning show is first-rate, including Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Adina Porter, Angela Bassett and Cuba Gooding Jr.

“The Twilight Zone” (MeTV, weeknights):

Rod Serling was the creative force behind this ground-breaking anthology series that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and featured tales of people dealing with disturbing or unusual events with a plot twist and a moral presented at the end of each vignette. Filmed in black and white, its cast featured a mix of established stars and young actors, among them Anne Francis, William Shatner,

Inger Stevens, Burgess Meredith, Jack Klugman and Lee Marvin. It still remains the standard bearer of its genre.