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Dark Shadows (2012)  link to Dark Shadows on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2217

cover Dark Shadows

IMDb Rating:
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6.2/10 (215.3K votes)

Country: United States, 113 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Horror, Comedy, Fantasy

Director(s): Tim Burton

Storyline:
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. 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 playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth ...

Cast:

Johnny Depp Barnabas Collins
Michelle Pfeiffer Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Helena Bonham Carter Dr. Julia Hoffman
Eva Green Angelique Bouchard
Jackie Earle Haley Willie Loomis

Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 19 Slot 29

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1