Dark Shadows Review

IMDb Rating: 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 42%
Notable Cast/Crewmembers: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Tim Burton, Seth Grahame-Smith, Colleen Atwood, Danny Elfman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloë Grace Moretz, Gulliver McGrath, Christopher Lee, Alice Cooper
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

If you haven't seen it, this is the only thing you need to know: it's way better than the trailer.
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Barnabas Collins, a man who turned into a vampire by the curse of a witch, returns to his home after two centuries. He finds that his family is in both a financial and an emotional crisis. Meanwhile, the witch is still hunting him for revenge.
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When I heard that there was going to be a movie with Tim Burton, Helena Bonham Carter and vampires, I knew I had to see it. Then I saw the trailer. For those who haven't seen it: it's the most disgusting thing in the universe. It honestly made me believe it was going some kind of bland Disaster Movie-like film, because they decided that ALL the bad jokes had to be in the trailer, without showing the actual contents of the story.
In short: It's much better than I had expected, though not as good as I had hoped. Because the original Dark Shadows was a soap opera, the story has taken over some of its features (multiple main characters, multiple plot lines etc.), which, in my opinion, doesn't work that well for feature films. Visually, it is perfectly gothic, seventies and Victorian. And of course it is all topped with a great Danny Elfman score.
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Barnabas Collins: [seeing Alice Cooper] Ugliest woman I've ever seen.
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-The Shy Hipster