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Dark Shadows

  • 2012
  • PG
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote, and Gulliver McGrath in Dark Shadows (2012)
The vampire Barnabas Collins awakens in the year 1972 in Collinsport, Maine, where he was cursed and buried alive by the witch Angelique Bouchard two centuries ago. His return to Collinwood Manor finds his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin, and his dysfunctional clan each harboring their own dark secrets.
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An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.

  • Director
    • Tim Burton
  • Writers
    • Seth Grahame-Smith
    • John August
    • Dan Curtis
  • Stars
    • Johnny Depp
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Eva Green
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    280K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,977
    412
    • Director
      • Tim Burton
    • Writers
      • Seth Grahame-Smith
      • John August
      • Dan Curtis
    • Stars
      • Johnny Depp
      • Michelle Pfeiffer
      • Eva Green
    • 620User reviews
    • 527Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 12 nominations

    Videos38

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    A Guide to the Films of Tim Burton
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    "What Is Your Age?"
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    "There's Always Been Something Pulling Me Here?"
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    "People Don't Throw Balls Anymore"
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    "Locked in a Box for 200 Years"
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    "Why Have You Done This to Me?"
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    "Welcome Home Barnabas Collins"
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    "Stay Away from That Man"
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    "Look Into My Eyes"
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    "A Vampire!"
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    Photos322

    Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Bella Heathcote in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Helena Bonham Carter in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Johnny Depp and Jackie Earle Haley in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Chloë Grace Moretz and Gulliver McGrath in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Helena Bonham Carter and Jonny Lee Miller in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Johnny Depp, Jonny Lee Miller, and Charlotte Spencer in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Michelle Pfeiffer in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Johnny Depp and Eva Green in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Michelle Pfeiffer, Tim Burton, and Jonny Lee Miller in Dark Shadows (2012)

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    Johnny Depp
    Johnny Depp
    • Barnabas Collins
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
    Eva Green
    Eva Green
    • Angelique Bouchard
    Helena Bonham Carter
    Helena Bonham Carter
    • Dr. Julia Hoffman
    Jackie Earle Haley
    Jackie Earle Haley
    • Willie Loomis
    Jonny Lee Miller
    Jonny Lee Miller
    • Roger Collins
    Bella Heathcote
    Bella Heathcote
    • Victoria Winters…
    Chloë Grace Moretz
    Chloë Grace Moretz
    • Carolyn Stoddard
    Gulliver McGrath
    Gulliver McGrath
    • David Collins
    • (as Gully McGrath)
    Ray Shirley
    • Mrs. Johnson
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Clarney
    Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper
    • Alice Cooper
    Ivan Kaye
    Ivan Kaye
    • Joshua Collins
    Susanna Cappellaro
    Susanna Cappellaro
    • Naomi Collins
    Josephine Butler
    Josephine Butler
    • David's Mother
    William Hope
    William Hope
    • Sheriff
    Shane Rimmer
    Shane Rimmer
    • Board Member 1
    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Board Member 2
    • (as Michael J. Shannon)
    • Director
      • Tim Burton
    • Writers
      • Seth Grahame-Smith
      • John August
      • Dan Curtis
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Johnny Depp was a huge fan of Dark Shadows (1966) when he was a child. When Warner Brothers acquired the rights to it from the estate of show creator Dan Curtis, they brought the property to Depp, who then persuaded Tim Burton that this would be an ideal project for them.
    • Goofs
      When Maggie Evans arrives at Collinswood, her first conversation with Willie indicates that she has applied for the governess job under the name Victoria Winters. An earlier scene shows that she didn't invent the name until earlier that same day, on the train en route to Maine.
    • Quotes

      Angelique Bouchard: I'm going to make an offer to you, Barnabas. My last. You can join me by my side and we can run Collinsport together as partners, and lovers... or I'll put you back in the box.

      Barnabas Collins: I have already prepared my counter-proposal. It reads thusly: You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits feature Victoria Winters en route to Collinwood, repeating her name to herself ("My name is Victoria Winters..."), while the prologue featured a shot of waves breaking onto a cliffshore. This is a reverse of the Dark Shadows (1966) opening, where the prologue featured Victoria Winters traveling and the title sequence was of the waves breaking upon seashore scree.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.137 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Dark Shadows (Prologuea)
      Written and Performed by Danny Elfman

    User reviews620

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    7/10
    Darkish
    I love Johnny Depp and I love Tim Burton. Together they can be sublime. Look at "Ed Wood" and "Sweeney Todd" Here, well here they seem kind of lost. Everything is in over the top tones without getting to the root of anything. The performances are shrill and disconnected with the exception of the wonderful Helena Bonham Carter. The script is underwritten and the story is tired and unconvincing but in the present film going landscape it is more enjoyable than most others. I'm tempted to advise Mr. Burton and Mr.Depp to be a bit more daring in their intentions. We're all aware of Burton's visual wizardry and of Depp's remarkable beauty and talent, why not put all that at the service of something meaningful?
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    • alanbittencourtx
    • May 13, 2012

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 11, 2012 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Australia
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ombres et ténèbres
    • Filming locations
      • Trafalgar Castle School, Whitby, Ontario, Canada(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Village Roadshow Pictures
      • Infinitum Nihil
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $150,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $79,727,149
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $29,685,274
      • May 13, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $245,527,149
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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