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PG-13. YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 6.9K. Director Tim Burton brings the cult classic series "Dark Shadows" to the big screen in a film featuring an all-star cast,...
Mar 16, 2012 · Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet--or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate ...
May 11, 2012 · Dark Shadows: Directed by Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green. An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.
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May 11, 2012 · 1.45M subscribers. Subscribed. 2.4K. 794K views 11 years ago. In Cinemas May 11 2012 / darkshadowsukandireland ...more. In Cinemas May 11...
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In 1760, a young Barnabas Collins and his wealthy Collinwood family moved from Liverpool to Maine, where they established the town of Collinsport and constructed the Collinwood Mansion. Fifteen years later, Barnabas is engaged to Josette while having an affair with Angelique, who is secretly a witch, but he refuses any further advances. Enraged, sh...
Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, an 18th-century vampire who awakens in 1972.Eva Green as Angelique "Angie" Bouchard, a vengeful witch who plots a vendetta against Barnabas and his family. She is still alive in the 20th century, having posed as five successive generations o...Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters / Josette du Pres. Heathcote plays both Josette, Barnabas' 18th-century love, and Victoria, David's governess and Barnabas' 20th-century love-interest. In the en...Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the family matriarch.In July 2007, Warner Bros. acquired film rights for the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows from the estate of its creator, Dan Curtis. Johnny Depp had a childhood obsession with Dark Shadows, calling it a "dream" to portray Barnabas Collins, and ended up persuading Tim Burton to direct. The project's development was delayed by the 2007–2008 Writers Gui...
Score
The film was scored by long-time Burton collaborator Danny Elfman. An album featuring 21 tracks of compositions from the film by Elfman was released on May 8, 2012.
Soundtrack
A number of contemporaneous early-1970s rock and pop songs appear in the film, along with others from earlier and slightly later. These include "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues, "I'm Sick of You" by Iggy Pop, "Season of the Witch" by Donovan, "Top of the World" by The Carpenters, "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White and "Get It On" by T. Rex. Alice Cooper makes a cameo in the film and sings "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and "Ballad of Dwight Fry". A cover of the Raspb...
Box office
The film grossed $79.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $165.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $245.5 million. For a Burton film, Dark Shadows achieved below-average domestic box office takings, with many commentators attributing that to the domination of The Avengers.It made $29.7 million in its first weekend, then $12.8 million in its second.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, Dark Shadows holds an approval rating of 35% based on 259 reviews, with an average rating of 5.30/10; the site's critical consensus reads: "The visuals are top notch but Tim Burton never finds a consistent rhythm, mixing campy jokes and gothic spookiness with less success than other Johnny Depp collaborations." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScorega...
Dark Shadows was released on both Blu-ray and DVD in the United States on October 2, 2012 (the date confirmed by the official Dark Shadows Facebook page and the official Dark Shadows website). It was released on both formats several days earlier in Australia; in stores on September 24, and online on September 26. The film was released on home video...
In December 2011, Pfeiffer told MTV that she was hoping there would be sequels to the film. On May 8, 2012, various tabloids, like Variety, reported that Warner Bros. may have wanted to turn Dark Shadows into a film franchise. On the same day, Collidermentioned that the ending lends itself to a possible sequel. When Burton was asked if he thought t...
Dark Shadows at IMDbDark Shadows at AllMovieDark Shadows at Box Office MojoDark Shadows at MetacriticDark Shadows. After being turned into a vampire by a jilted lover, Barnabas (Johnny Depp) is entombed for two centuries until he emerges into the very changed world of 1972. 17,046 IMDb 6.2 1 h 53 min 2012. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Horror · Eerie · Fantastic. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $13.59. More purchase. options.
May 9, 2012 · Dark Shadows movie review & film summary (2012) | Roger Ebert. Reviews. Draxploitation: Barnabas Collins in the 1970s. Roger Ebert May 09, 2012. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" is all dressed up with nowhere to go, an elegant production without a central drive.
