Dark Shadows

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Cast & Crew

Johnny Depp
Barnabas Collins

Michelle Pfeiffer
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

Helena Bonham Carter
Dr. Julia Hoffman

Eva Green
Angelique Bouchard

Jackie Earle Haley
Willie Loomis

Jonny Lee Miller
Roger Collins

Bella Heathcote
Victoria Winters, Josette DePres

Chloë Grace Moretz
Carolyn Stoddard

Gulliver McGrath
David Collins

Ray Shirley
Mrs. Johnson

Christopher Lee
Clarney

Alice Cooper
Self

Ivan Kaye
Joshua Collins

Susanna Capellaro
Naomi Collins

Josephine Butler
David's Mother

Tim Burton
Director

Seth Grahame-Smith
Screenwriter

Tim Burton
Producer

Richard D. Zanuck
Producer

Graham King
Producer

Johnny Depp
Producer

Christi Dembrowski
Producer

David Kennedy
Producer

Chris Lebenzon
Executive Producer

Nigel Gostelow
Executive Producer

Tim Headington
Executive Producer

Bruce Berman
Executive Producer

Bruno Delbonnel
Cinematographer

Rick Heinrichs
Production Design

Chris Lebenzon
Film Editing

Danny Elfman
Original Music

Colleen Atwood
Costume Design

Susie Figgis
Casting

Christopher Lowe
Supervising Art Direction

John Bush
Set Decoration

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Audience Reviews for Dark Shadows

• May 19, 2020

  I'm sorry but I am incapable of buying 50-year-old Johnny Depp as the immortal, youthful, irresistable heir to his father's New World empire. Maybe in a better movie, I would have been too distracted to be bothered by it, but this is Tim Burton's 2012 reboot of Dark Shadows, so that was not the case.
  Gimly M Super Reviewer
• Feb 21, 2014

  Recently, we have had the pleasure of watching a venerable character resurrected after 200 years to face a strange new world, from a dormant fictional work into a vibrant, inventive, bold, witty and just plain ballsy adaptation. But enough about "Sleepy Hollow." What we're here to talk about today is Tim Burton's middling take on "Dark Shadows" that has a plot involving a rivalry between two fish canneries in Maine. I'm not kidding about that, nor about Alice Cooper being invited to the party at one point. "Dark Shadows" starts badly enough with a totally unnecessary pre-credits sequence. However, it gets instantly better as Victoria Winters(Bella Heathcote) is traveling to the moribund Collins estate where she has been hired to be the new governess to the tune of 'Nights in White Satin' playing in 1972.(The period detail is vintage without being tacky or nostalgic, along with a good use of songs.) While the movie could have easily worked if told from Victoria's point of view, that soon changes once Barnabas Collins(Johnny Depp) comes back from the dead. In the process of Barnabas' hogging all the attention, some potentially interesting characters(and the excellent actors playing them including Michelle Pfeiffer, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller & Chloe Grace Moretz) are sidelined in favor of the most boring vampire ever who has a definite aversion to leaving the frame. That leaves it to Eva Green to carry the movie as far as she can, which while not far, is better than nothing.
  Walter M Super Reviewer
• Jul 07, 2013

  Good remake of a classic series. I didn't think Depp would pull this off, but he does a pretty good job here. The supporting cast does a great job here, especially Michelle Pfeiffer, who I don't normally like. Solid mix of horror, action, and comedy.
  Stephen S Super Reviewer
• Jun 10, 2013

  May work well for kids, I suppose. The execution is terrible; a handful of one-liners can't hold a film together. There are a few emotional scenes, but they are devoid of emotions!!
  familiar s Super Reviewer