Television Crossover Universe

CAPTAIN KRONOS, VAMPIRE HUNTER (FILM) Release Date: April 7, 1974 (Set in 1770) Series: Captain Kronos Horror Crosses: Carmilla The Story: A Karnstein uses magic to become a vampire, and Captain Kronos comes to destroy the new supernatural menace. Notes: Kronos himself is well established in the Horror Universe through other crossovers that you will read later on in the book. This film has been referenced in both Blade and The Blood Tide. TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 3: DANSE MACABRE “THE HEART OF THE MOON” (SHORT STORY BY MATTHEW BAUGH) Release Date: 2007 (Setting is 1790) Series: Tales of the Shadowmen Horror Crosses: Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (film); Vampire City (Paul Feval); Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos; Nosferatu; The Vampyre Non-Horror Crosses: Doctor Omega; Telzey Amberdon, Solomon Kane, Maciste (Silent Film Series); Maciste (Revival Sword and Sandal Film Series); Baron Munchhausen; Shadow Warriors; Doctor Who; Northwest Smth; Star or Psi Ca...

A while back, I covered ABC soaps, which existed in a pocket reality unconnected to the TVCU.  One ABC soap I didn't cover, because it wasn't connected to the others, but was indeed connected to the TVCU I said I'd get to later on, and now, it's later on.  And that soap was Dark Shadows. Wait, what?  Dark Shadows a daytime soap opera?  Yup, that's right.  People don't really think about it now, but Dark Shadows aired during the ABC daytime soap block, in what was a very unusual type of soap.  But yes, Dark Shadows was aimed at bored housewives.  (Hey, Doctor Who was a children's program.) ANNO DRACULA (SERIES BY KIM NEWMAN) Release Date: 1992 - 2013 (so far) [Setting is 1888 -1991 (so far)] Series: Anno Dracula Horror Crosses: Dracula (novel); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Invisible Man (novel); The Island of Doctor Moreau; The Vampyre; Varney the Vampire; The Soft Whisper of the Dead; They Thirst; Hotel Transylvania; The Black Castle; The Vamp...