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Genres:
Action & Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Language:
English
Running time:
1:53:01
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Johnny Depp Barnabas Collins
  2. Michelle Pfeiffer Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
  3. Helena Bonham Carter Dr. Julia Hoffman
  4. Eva Green Angelique Bouchard
  5. Jackie Earle Haley Willie Loomis
  6. Jonny Lee Miller Roger Collins
  7. Bella Heathcote Victoria Winters/Josette DuPres
  8. Chloë Grace Moretz Carolyn Stoddard
  9. Gully McGrath David Collins
  10. Ray Shirley Mrs. Johnson

Directors

  1. Tim Burton

Producers

  1. Richard D. Zanuck
  2. Graham King
  3. Johnny Depp
  4. Christi Dembrowski
  5. David Kennedy

Writers

  1. Seth Grahame-Smith

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Dark Shadows


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Transformed into a vampire and entombed for 200 years after betraying vengeful witch Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), 18th century fishing magnate Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) returns to Collinwood Manor in 1972, only to find his once proud estate in ruins and his family plagued by macabre secrets. It was the year 1752 when Barnabas' parents came to America to expand their business empire. But after establishing the thriving New England fishi... Transformed into a vampire and entombed for 200 years after betraying vengeful witch Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), 18th century fishing magnate Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) returns to Collinwood Manor in 1972, only to find his once proud estate in ruins and his family plagued by macabre secrets. It was the year 1752 when Barnabas' parents came to America to expand their business empire. But after establishing the thriving New England fishing town of Collinsport, the family experienced a series of misfortunes when Barnabas fell for the gorgeous Josette DuPres (Bella Heathcoate) and cast aside beautiful witch Angelique, who cursed him with eternal life and buried him deep in the earth. Returning home to Collinwood Manor after being dug up by a construction crew in 1972, Barnabas learns that Angelique has nearly driven his family out of business, and turned the townspeople against them. Determined matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) employs live-in psychiatrist Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter) and enchanting governess Victoria Winters (Heathcoate) to try and help young David Collins (Gully McGrath) get over the mysterious death of his beloved mother, but as Barnabas gets acquainted with his distant ancestors -- including Elizabeth's black-sheep brother Roger (Jonny Lee Miller) and headstrong teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz) -- their suffering weighs heavily on his shoulders. Later, when Angelique learns that Barnabas has returned on a mission to restore his family to its former glory and fallen for the radiant Victoria (who is actually Josette reincarnate), she vows to make his suffering unimaginable if he should dare refuse her once again. Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, and Gulliver McGrath co-star.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

38%Tomatometer score: 38% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Jim Schembri, 3AW In yet another over-designed cinematic letdown, director Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland; Sweeney Todd) weaves a choppy comic tale of resurrected ghouls set in the early 1970s. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia) It certainly is magnificent to look at. I think where it falters a bit is in the dark romance. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia) Pitching the film playfully between farce, with a knowing satiric edge, high action and high romance, Dark Shadows is a lot of fun. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    David Stratton, The Australian Certainly delivers the goods on several levels without quite rising to the heights to which it aspires. Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker This is not so much a coherent movie as it is a long, expensive joke in search of a purpose. Full review External link
  6. Negative review
    CJ Johnson, ABC Radio (Australia) The longer the movie plays, the more disjointed, episodic, and incoherent it becomes. It has no idea what it is. Full review External link

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