Fangs for the memories, Barnabas, but we do have a slight problem: Can a country facing Saddam Hussein still be scared by some English guy with a neck fetish?

Maybe not, but it could be fun watching him try.

In a season that has shown every intention of disappearing without a trace, this "Dynasty" in the dark is a welcome burst of silly style. The style may wobble a bit (all the humor is not intentional), and the show is hardly up to its "Jane Eyre" antecedents, but for four hours, at least, it's good Gothic fun.

Fans of the original will notice the change in scenery (production values have skyrocketed) and in our unhappy Prince of "Dark"-ness, Barnabas. Ben Cross makes Barnabas more somber and more overtly sensuous. Sex brings out the blood lust in him, don't you know.
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LOS ANGELES — It walks among us, a blood-sucking creature of the night. Try though you might to kill it, IT KEEPS COMING BACK TO LIFE!

A vampire? Of course not — "Dark Shadows."

Yes, neckbiters, that Gothic groaner, that classic '60s soap concoction of witches, werewolves and weirdness, is coming back for a nighttime run. The vamping starts tonight at 9 with the arrival of a two-part NBC mini-series (part two airs tomorrow at 9), and continues Friday at 9 p.m. on NBC with the regular premiere of the "Dark Shadows" series.
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