Fueled by cult fever, 'Dark Shadows' vamps its way back into prime time

He's bad. He's batty. And (aieee!) he's back. As a matter of fact, his decision to come back may be the most convincing proof of his battiness. Now that we've driven a stake through the greed-is-good '80s, who wants another rich bloodsucker? Then again, no properly raised vampire would continue to lie low when so many pine so ardently for his return. Just listen to Helen Samaras, a 37-year-old travel agent in West Hempstead, N.Y.: "As a teenager, I watched Barnabas Collins almost every day for five years. So did all my girlfriends. We adored him. We all wanted to reform him, to help him out. Then suddenly he wasn't there anymore and I became one sad kid. For 20 years I've been hoping they'd bring him back. There never was a vampire like Barnabas."
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