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Dark Shadows (2012)

Directed by Tim Burton

Comedy | Horror

Most recently watched by sensoria, Javitron, eduardovictory, schofizzy, elisabethwithns, lordofthemovies, Drew73, GMOM65, SIxBORG

Overview

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

Rated PG-13 | Length 113 minutes

Actors

Johnny Depp | Michelle Pfeiffer | Helena Bonham Carter | Eva Green | Jackie Earle Haley | Jonny Lee Miller | Chloë Grace Moretz | Bella Heathcote | Gulliver McGrath | Ray Shirley | Christopher Lee | Alice Cooper | Ivan Kaye | Susanna Cappellaro | Raffey Cassidy | Alexia Osborne | William Hope | Glen Mexted | Josephine Butler | Shane Rimmer | Michael Shannon | Nigel Whitmey | Philip Bulcock | Sophie Kennedy Clark | Hannah Murray | Victoria Bewick | Charlotte Spencer | Lee Nicholas Harris | Harry Taylor | Sean Mahon | Guy Flanagan | Richard Hollis | Felicity Brangan | Justin Tracy | Duncan Casey | Jonathan Frid | Kathryn Leigh Scott | Lara Parker | David Selby

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I’m gonna go on record and just say it; I like this movie. Now that I’ve seen it, I regret not viewing it in the theater when I had the chance. The WOM was so bad that I couldn’t justify the 2 hours even w/moviepass. That was a mistake b/c I’d love to see this on the big screen. I really was under the impression that this was a comedy farce but it’s not really that. Burton takes a honest stab at the material and makes an interesting dark comedy thriller. Whether intentional or not I get a Jean Rollin vibe (maybe because I’ve been marathoning several of his films lately). And everyone is pretty good here. Didn’t realize Eva Green was in this!

I’d definitely watch this again.

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