Terror at Collinwood Episode 103: What Makes a Cult TV Show? With Adam P. Cray, Rachel Freitas, Erin Haas, and Jedidiah O’Berry

Penny invites some old friends - Erin Haas, Rachel Freitas, Jed O’Berry, and Adam P. Cray - onto the podcast to explore the topic of “What Makes a Cult Television Show?” in this spirited New Year’s episode! We discuss various topics, including: What are the characteristics of a cult show? Should there be a new Dark Shadows if the tone is changed? Should a new DS be a remake or a continuation? If a show or movie goes fully mainstream, is it still considered a cult show or cult film? A Dan Curtis Shared Universe? While the focus is on Dark Shadows, we also discuss and/or mention: The Twilight Zone, Batman, Being Human, Interview with the Vampire, Kindred: The Embraced, Manimal, Lost in Space, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hexed, The Wild Wild West, Bordertown, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Planet of the Apes, In Search of…, The Monkees, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Brady Bunch, The Golden Girls, Cobra Kai, The Partridge Family, The X-Files, The IT Crowd, Twin Peaks, Blake’s 7, Freaks and Geeks, The Tomorrow People, MST3K, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Mandalorian, What We Do in the Shadows, Star Wars, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Room, Pet Sematary, The Lord of the Rings, H.R. Pufnstuf,  The Young Ones, Three’s Company, The Office, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, superheroes, and more!

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