Jonathan Frid: Interview with the Dark Shadows Vampire

This interview with actor Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins on TV's Dark Shadows) first appeared in Filmfax #83 (February/March 2001). An expanded version was later published in Halloween Candy (2001), incorporating additional material about Frid's childhood.

This ebook edition is the expanded version -- about 8,600 words.

Frid discusses his childhood, his early inspirations and school days acting, his Shakespearean work, Dark Shadows, Oliver Stone's Seizure, his one-man shows, his philosophy of life, and much more.

If you'd like this interview in print form, it's available in Thomas M. Sipos's horror collection book, Halloween Candy.