Dark Shadows – Just Seen It Movie Review
May 18th, 2012 by David Freedman
An evil Witch turns Barnabas Collins into a vampire and buries him. But after 200 years, he is freed only to find his descendants and estate in ruins. Confronted by the witch who cursed him, Barnabas must fight for his family and his new love. This dark and somewhat campy comedy stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green. and was directed by Tim Burton. Written by Seth Grahame-Smith and John August and produced by Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp, Graham King, Richard Zanuck and David Kennedy.
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Amidst all these Dark Shadows reviews, no one has mentioned that the movie was so far off the mark from the show that the two had little in common as far as delivery goes. The movie was goofy. The series was very much not.
It went the same route as other TV show remakes like 21 Jump Street and Starsky and Hutch. I didn’t find it that important, given how obvious that seemed and how many other things I found to say about the movie, but despite disliking the film, I can understand taking that approach. It just could have been done better.