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Theatre Fantastique on Blu-ray
Director Ansel Faraj's Theatre Fantastique anthology series makes its way to Blu-ray on August 18, 2026. The series includes the Theatre Fantastique 2025 Halloween Special Screening After Midnight starring David Selby, Elyse Ashton and Douglas Eames. The film's writers, Ansel Faraj and Daniel Titley, draw upon the mystery surrounding the legendary missing 1927 silent film, London After Midnight, directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. Is it truly lost? What price will be paid to screen this mythic film? Screening After Midnight was voted Best Short Film in the 24th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. (See the full list of the year's Rondo Award winners here.)
The Theatre Fantastique Blu-ray is available from Movie Zyng.
Return to Collinwood / Vengeance at Collinwood 60th Anniversary Release
At the 2003 Dark Shadows Festival at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, cast members of the original series reunited to perform a new audio drama continuation of the television series written by David's son, Jamison Selby. Return to Collinwood was then professionally recorded in a studio and released on CD by MPI Home Video.
A sequel, Vengeance at Collinwood, also penned by Jamison Selby, was performed at the 2005 Dark Shadows Festival at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. No studio recording was made, though the stage performance was recorded, and, until now, Vengeance at Collinwood has not been available, though we have received many fan inquiries about its availability over the years.
To mark the 60th anniversary of Dark Shadows, Big Finish, the home of Dark Shadows audio dramas, has released Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood / Vengeance at Collinwood (60th Anniversary Special). In addition to the studio recording of Return to Collinwood and the previously unreleased stage recording of Vengeance at Collinwood, it also includes Jonathan Frid performing readings of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe and "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall" by John Kendrick Bangs and discussing his role as vampire Barnabas Collins in a radio interview from 1968.
Complete information about this new release, including an audio trailer, is available on the Big Finish web site.
Dark Shadows 60th Anniversary Music Releases
Earlier this year, Notefornote Music released a special expanded CD edition of the Dark Shadows soundtrack, featuring "Quentin's Theme (Shadows of the Night)" performed by David Selby. A limited number of copies included an insert signed by David. We posted about this on our social media channels, but they were sold out before we could get the information on the website. Copies of the CD, minus the signed insert, are still available here. Please consult the link for specific information on the tracks that are included.
In addition to the CD release, Notefornote Music is also offering a 2-LP expanded vinyl 60th anniversary edition of the Dark Shadows soundtrack. A special limited edition featuring cobalt blue and white vinyl is currently available for pre-order. Once those 500 copies are sold, a traditional black vinyl pressing will be available. Please follow the pre-order link for specific details about this release.
The 60th anniversary vinyl features a modified version of the original soundtrack's artwork. An image of Collinwood replaces the crashing waves in the background, and the photographs of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins and David Selby as Quentin Collins are different. (The CD release features cover art that more closely resembles the original album).
Dark Shadows (2012) Limited Edition Steelbook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray
In 2012, Dark Shadows was reenvisioned as a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins. Original series actors Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins), Lara Parker (Angelique Bouchard), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie Evans), and David Selby (Quentin Collins) had cameo appearances in the film as party guests. Scream Factory will release a limited edition steelbook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray edition of Burton's Dark Shadows on July 7, 2026. Online retailers such as Amazon are currently accepting pre-orders (paid link).
Images from the film and its premiere as well as links to blog entries by David about the film are located on the Dark Shadows 2012 page in the Photos section of the site.
What Friends Do: The Old and the Restless
David continues to work with his former co-stars Kathryn Leigh Scott (Dark Shadows) and Susan Sullivan (Falcon Crest) on What Friends Do, written by Susan Sullivan and Connell Cowan, directed by Asaad Kelada, and presented via Smartphone Theatre. New installments, subtitled The Old and the Restless, are now available on YouTube with Granville Van Dusen (The Young and the Restless) joining the cast.
Having been friends since their years of struggle, four successful aging actors live out their last chapter together in an upscale senior living community where the cameras have stopped rolling, yet the drama continues. Watch below.
Catch up on previous installments of What Friends Do:
- What Friends Do: Expendables with Mitch Ryan, Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby and Susan
Sullivan
- Four old friends (the actors as well as the characters they play) reach out with a touch of humor, a modicum of reality and a smidgen of romance . . . to help each other get back into the game.
- What Friends Do: In Your Corner with Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby and
Susan Sullivan
- The story follows friends Bevi, Ruth and Max as they share their broken hearts over the loss of Harry when they too recognize their own ticking clock which comes with some startling revelations.
Be sure to check out David's previous appearances on Smartphone Theatre as well:
- A Christmas Carol, featuring the cast of Dark Shadows
- Civic Matters: a 9/11 Poetry Reading
- The Gift of the Magi with Kathryn Leigh Scott
- The Share with Susan Sullivan
A Casualty of Indifference
A Casualty of Indifference is David's latest novel.
Drugs shatter a loving family when Mary Ellen Heater’s grandfather discovers her body while searching for cans and bottles at the local garbage dump. A tale of murder, drugs, and dirty dealing expose the terrible opioid problem crushing American families everywhere.
Mary Ellen Heater’s grandfather discovers a body while searching for cans and bottles at the local garbage dump. On closer inspection, he recognizes the body as his oldest granddaughter, Mary Ellen’s sister. It appeared to him that she had been shot twice in the head at close range. The grandfather’s discovery leaves the family shattered. Against her father’s wishes, a devastated Mary Ellen, determined to solve her sister’s murder, convinces her older brother to persuade the local kingpin of a known ‘drugs for guns’ place called “Deadend,” where her brother works, to hire her. She does not inform her brother why she wants the job, other than needing money. She does not mention her determination to gain information that will help solve her sister’s murder. Mary Ellen puts her promising singing aspirations on hold and with her grandfather’s help, she sets out on her quest to avenge her sister’s murder…which will have ramifications for the whole community.
The novel received an Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category from the 2019 Paris Book Festival.
A Casualty of Indifference is available in print and Kindle formats from Amazon (paid links).
Recent Appearances and Projects
Harvey Brownstone Interviews . . .
David recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview Harvey Brownstone. Watch the YouTube version of the interview below or look for it on your favorite podcast platform:
Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival
Please note that David's appearance at this event was via recording, not in person.
The 2024 Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival featured a Jonathan Frid Centenary event. Special guests included Dark Shadows actors Sharon Smyth Lentz (Sarah), Donna Wandrey (Roxanne), Marie Wallace (Eve, Jenny, Megan), and Mary O'Leary, producer of the award-winning documentary Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story. The program featured a video recording of David Selby (Quentin) performing a series of letters written by Jonathan Frid and a Q&A with the audience followed by autographs.
David granted special permission for the authorized recording of his performance of Jonathan Frid: In His Own Words from the recent Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend event to be screened at SHIFF.
The Jonathan Frid Centenary Tribute at the Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival took place at the Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, NY on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
Elizabeth Montgomery Magical Humanitarian Award
Bewitched Fan Fare, in coordination with the Classic TV Preservation Society, presented the Elizabeth Montgomery Magical Humanitarian Award to David Selby during the 2024 Bewitched Fan Fare marking the 60th anniversary of the iconic television series. The event was held on Saturday, September 14, in the Beverly Garland Theatre at The Garland in North Hollywood.
Award presenter Herbie J. Pilato wrote an article about the event for ReMIND magazine. It includes photos.
Visit the Bewitched Fan Fare web site or Facebook page for additional details about the event.
Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend
Cast members of the original Dark Shadows series gathered with fans for Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend on July 5-6, 2024. Events took place at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport. Guests included Roger Davis (Jeff Clark), Lisa Richards (Sabrina Stuart), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Josette/Maggie Evans), David Selby (Quentin Collins), James Storm (Gerard Stiles), and, appearing in pre-recorded segments, David Henesy (David Collins), Marie Wallace (Eve/Jenny Collins) and Donna Wandrey (Roxanne Drew). Previously announced guests Nancy Barrett (Carolyn Stoddard) and Jerry Lacy (Rev. Trask) were unable to attend.
Prior to the weekend events featuring the actors, fans had the option of participating in a trip to Greystone Mansion and Gardens in Beverly Hills on Friday, July 5. Greystone served as Collinwood for the 1991 Dark Shadows series as well as the 2004 CW pilot. The house has also appeared in some of David's projects, including Falcon Crest, The Social Network, and Todd Tarantula.
Events at the Marriott began with a celebration of life for Lara Parker (Angelique). Admission to this event was free. David Selby read "Angelique," a poem he wrote in the voice of his character, Quentin Collins, speaking to Angelique. The poem appears in his book, Light and Shadows, and he had read it at previous Dark Shadows events that Lara Parker attended. An authorized recording of the full life celebration event is available on YouTube.
On Saturday, July 6, the sold-out event commemorated Jonathan Frid's (Barnabas Collins) 100th birthday. Activities included a luncheon, charity memorabilia auctions, a Q & A with the cast, an autograph session, and a reader's theatre performance of selections from Jonathan Frid's letters to his mother during Dark Shadows by David Selby. The reading was conceived and directed by Mary O'Leary, director of Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story (paid link). During the reading, David used a music stand that once belonged to Dark Shadows composer Bob Cobert with a lamp attached to it in the style preferred by Jonathan Frid when he presented his one-man shows. Fans in attendance received a gift bag with an assortment of items including a DVD copy of the Frid documentary and copies of books by Kathryn Leigh Scott and David Selby.
Terror at Collinwood Celebrates Quentin Collins' 55th Anniversary
On December 16, 2023, David joined Penny Dreadful on the Terror at Collinwood podcast to mark the 55th anniversary of the debut of Quentin Colliins on Dark Shadows.
- Audio Version
- Video Version (Click the link or watch below.)
Subscribe and listen to Terror at Collinwood at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, IHeartRadio, YouTube, Pandora, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.