Dark Shadows
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Tim Burton
Produced by | Richard D. Zanuck Graham King Johnny Depp Christi Dembrowski David Kennedy
Screenplay by | Seth Grahame-Smith
Story by | John August Seth Grahame-Smith
Based on | Dark Shadows by Dan Curtis
Starring | Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Helena Bonham Carter Bella Heathcote Eva Green Jackie Earle Haley Jonny Lee Miller Chlo? Grace Moretz
Music by | Danny Elfman
Cinematography | Bruno Delbonnel
Editing by | Chris Lebenzon
Studio | Village Roadshow Pictures Infinitum Nihil GK Films The Zanuck Company
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates | May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11)
Running time | 113 minutes[1]
Country | United States
Language | English
Budget | $150 million[1]
Box office | $238,727,149[1]

Dark Shadows is a 2012 American horror comedy film, based on the gothic soap opera of the same name that was produced for television between 1966 and 1971. The film is directed by Tim Burton and stars Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, a 200-year-old vampire who has been imprisoned in a coffin. Collins is eventually unearthed and makes his way back to his mansion, now inhabited by his dysfunctional descendants. Collins also discovers that his jealous ex-lover, Angelique Bouchard, played by Eva Green, has taken over the town's fishing business that was once run by the Collins family (Bouchard is a witch who was responsible for transforming Collins into a vampire). Michelle Pfeiffer also stars as Collins' cousin, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the reclusive matriarch of the Collins family.[2][3]

The film had a limited release on May 10, 2012,[4] and was officially released the following day in the United States.[5]

The film was a fair box office success, making over $238 million, but received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom praised its visual style, but felt it lacked a focused or substantial plot and developed characters.[6] The film marks Richard D. Zanuck's last as producer; he died on July 13, 2012. It also featured the final film appearance of original series actor Jonathan Frid, who died before Zanuck on April 14. He shared a cameo in the movie with former co-stars Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby, and Lara Parker.

## Plot[edit]

In 1760, the Collins family migrates to America from Liverpool and sets up a fishing port in Maine, naming it Collinsport. Some years later, the son, Barnabas (Johnny Depp), seduces his family's maid, Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), who is a witch. When he tells her he doesn't love or want her, Angelique kills Barnabas' parents. Barnabas then falls in love with Josette du Pres (Bella Heathcote). In a fit of jealousy, Angelique bewitches Josette into leaping from a cliff to her death. Barnabas leaps after her in grief, but he survives because Angelique turns him into an immortal vampire. She rouses a mob to capture and bury Barnabas alive in a chained coffin in the woods and curses his family.

One hundred ninety-six years later, in the year 1972, construction workers accidentally free Barnabas from his coffin, who slakes his two-century hunger by feeding on and killing his rescuers. He makes his way back to his manor to find it inhabited by his dysfunctional descendants and their servants?the family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer); her brother Roger (Jonny Lee Miller); her 15-year-old daughter Carolyn (Chlo? Grace Moretz); Roger's 10-year-old son David (Gulliver McGrath); Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), David's psychiatrist; Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley), the manor's caretaker; and Victoria Winters (Heathcote), David's newly-hired governess and Josette's reincarnation. Upon convincing Elizabeth of his identity by revealing a secret treasure room behind the fireplace, Barnabas is allowed to stay under the condition that he never reveal either the room or the fact that he is a vampire to the rest of the family. He must also pretend to be a distant relative from England who has come to restore the family's business and reputation in town. He soon becomes very deeply attracted to Victoria, whom he briefly mistakes for his lost Josette, and immediately begins to pursue her.

As Barnabas helps revitalize the Collins' fishery and manor, he is approached by Angelique, who has used her powers to establish a successful rival fishery called Angel Bay. She tries to win him back, later convincing him to make wild, passionate love with her, but he still rejects her, telling her that he loves Victoria instead. He restores his family's name by inviting the entire town to a party at the manor featuring Alice Cooper, where Victoria reveals to Barnabas that her parents committed her to an insane asylum as a child because she could see and talk to Josette's ghost. They kiss and confess their feelings to each other, unknowingly enraging Angelique who has witnessed the scene. Meanwhile, Dr. Hoffman has discovered Barnabas' true nature after hypnotizing him. She convinces him to try to turn himself back to a regular human via blood transfusions, but her real intent is to use his blood to turn herself into a vampire to avoid aging. Upon discovering this betrayal, Barnabas drains her to death and dumps her body into the ocean. Barnabas catches Roger trying to find the secret room and exposes Roger's lack of interest in his son. Barnabas then gives him a choice of either staying and being a good father to David or leaving the family. Roger chooses to leave, deeply wounding his son's feelings. Soon afterward, Barnabas rescues David from a falling disco ball and stumbles into a beam of sunlight, burning his skin and exposing his secret to the horrified children and Victoria.

Later that night, Angelique calls Barnabas into her office, coaxes him into confessing Dr. Hoffman's murder, and traps him in another coffin that she leaves in his family's crypt. She then burns down the Collins' canning factory and plays a recording of the murder confession to the police and gathered townsfolk, once more turning them against the family. Angelique leads the mob to Collinwood manor to arrest the family, but Barnabas is rescued from the coffin by David and he shows up at the manor and attacks Angelique in front of the mob, thereby exposing both his and her true natures. As the townspeople disperse, Angelique sets fire to the manor and admits her role in the family's curse, including turning Carolyn into a werewolf and killing David's mother at sea. Barnabas and the Collins family fight Angelique until David summons his mother's vengeful ghost. The ghost gives a single scream which knocks Angelique into a chandelier. Before she dies she pulls out her heart and offers it to Barnabas; he refuses the heart and it shatters as Angelique dies. Barnabas then discovers that Angelique has bewitched Victoria into jumping off the same cliff Josette did. Barnabas arrives moments before Victoria is about to jump and breaks her hypnosis, but she reveals she wanted to fall. She pleads with him to make her a vampire so that they can remain together forever, but he refuses. She then casts herself off, forcing him to follow and bite her to save her life, and Victoria wakes up as a vampire. As the two kiss on the rocks in the waves, the film ends with an underwater scene showing a school of fish swimming away from Hoffman, who suddenly revives because she's a vampire .

## Cast[edit]

- Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, an 18th-century vampire who awakens to the 20th century.[7] Thomas McDonell was scheduled to play the young version of Barnabas, but did not appear in the film.[8] While an empathetic character aware of his sinister nature and the main protagonist, Barnabas retains a vicious streak, never forgiving and relentless in the kill. His only loyalties to his family aside, he is a well mannered man consistently trapped in the mindset of an 18th century Englishman.
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the family matriarch.[7] Stern and strict, but loyal and devoted to her family, Elizabeth cares for every member of the household and tends to help them through their personal trials. To "endure" as they always have, she isn't afraid to stand up for herself.
- Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman, the family's live-in psychiatrist, hired to deal with David and his belief in ghosts.[7] Somewhat vain and losing to her aging, she takes it upon herself to receive transfusions from Barnabas (under the guise of trying to cure him). She is often drunk or taking pills, Barnabas woos her into having a crush on him, often taking advantage of his naive nature without regarding the possible consequence of betraying him.
- Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard, a vengeful witch who plots a vendetta against Barnabas and his family.[7] She wears a constantly false smile that resembles a feature like a porcelain doll and like glass, her face becomes cracked when damaged, reveling a possibly hollow interior. She had spent two centuries as her own descendents, using her immortal nature to ruin the Collins family name and give herself more power. She is loved by everybody (outside the Collins family of course)
- Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis, the manor's caretaker.[7] Barnabas' servant through hypnosis he retains his own mindset, but follows his master's will instantly, he is one of two caretakers at Collinwood, a house that requires a staff of 100 (As well as Mrs. Johnson, but "She's about as useful as a bucket without a bottom." according to him.)
- Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins, Elizabeth's "ne'er-do-well" brother.[7] Larcenous and greedy, Roger often takes advantage of what he can through theft, trickery or bribery. When Barnabas catches him snooping around for the secret vault, he offers him a choice; to stay at Collinwood to be an exemplary father to his son David, or leave with the money to live on. The selfish man chooses the latter, hurting David at his departure.
- Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters, David's governess and Barnabas' love interest.[7] Heathcote also plays the role of Josette du Pres; Victoria and Maggie Evans' roles, separate in the series, were combined in the film, with Maggie choosing to adopt the name of Victoria (or "Vicky" for short) after seeing a poster for winter sports in Victoria, British Columbia while on the train to Collinsport. Prim and proper, though Carolyn suspects it is all just an act, she was sent to a mental hospital as a child for possessing the ability to see and speak to ghosts to the concern of her parents, only to escape and find refuge with the Collins family. She is from New York and has a very kind nature, she is mutually attracted to Barnabas, but recoils for a time when she discovers his true nature.
- Chlo? Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard, Elizabeth's rebellious teenage daughter.[7] Isolated and rebellious, her mother and family could not fathom the secret she had in store. She offers Barnabas advise on love, music and an insight to the era he had stepped into. She wants to run away to New York when she turns 16, but her mother constantly forbids it.
- Gulliver McGrath as David Collins, Roger's "precocious" 10-year-old son.[7]
- Ray Shirley as Mrs. Johnson, the manor's elderly maid.[9]
- Christopher Lee as Silas Clarney, a "king of the fishermen who spends a lot of time in the local pub, The Blue Whale."[10][11]
- Alice Cooper as himself.[10]
- Ivan Kaye as Joshua Collins, the father of Barnabas Collins.[12]
- Susanna Cappellaro as Naomi Collins, the mother of Barnabas Collins.[13]
- William Hope as Sheriff Bill of Collinsport
- Hannah Murray as Hippie Chick
- Guy Flanagan as Bearded Hippie

At the San Diego Comic-Con 2011, it was also confirmed that four actors from the original series appear in the film. In June 2011, Jonathan Frid, Lara Parker, David Selby and Kathryn Leigh Scott all spent three days at Pinewood Studios to film cameo appearances. They all appeared as party guests during a ball held at Collinwood Manor.[14][15][16] Frid died in April 2012, making this his final film appearance.

## Production[edit]

In July 2007, Warner Bros. acquired film rights for the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows from the estate of its creator Dan Curtis. Johnny Depp had a childhood obsession with Dark Shadows, calling it a "dream" to portray Barnabas Collins, and ended up persuading Burton to direct.[17] The project's development was delayed by the 2007?2008 Writers Guild of America strike. After the strike was resolved, Tim Burton was attached to direct the film.[18] By 2009, screenwriter John August was writing a screenplay for Dark Shadows.[19] In 2010, author and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith replaced August in writing the screenplay.[20] August did, however, receive story credit with Smith for his contribution to the film. Filming began in May 2011. It was filmed entirely in England, at both Pinewood Studios and on location.[7] Depp attempted to emulate the "rigidity" and "elegance" of Jonathan Frid's original Barnabas Collins, but also drew inspiration from Max Schreck's performance in Nosferatu.[21]

Additional crew members and Burton regulars are production designer Rick Heinrichs, costume designer Colleen Atwood, editor Chris Lebenzon and composer Danny Elfman.[7] French cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel?? known for his work in Am?lie, A Very Long Engagement and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?? worked on the project.

## Music[edit]

### Score[edit]

Dark Shadows: Original Score
Film score by Danny Elfman
Released | May 8, 2012
Recorded | 2011?2012
Genre | Orchestral
Length | 52:45
Label | WaterTower Music
Dark Shadows music chronology
| Dark Shadows: Original Score (2012) | Dark Shadows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2012)

The film was scored by long-time Burton collaborator Danny Elfman. An album featuring 21 tracks of compositions from the film by Elfman was released on May 8, 2012.[22]

#### Track listing[edit]

Dark Shadows: Original Score |
No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Dark Shadows Prologue" (Uncut) | 7:52
2. | "Resurrection" | 2:54
3. | "Vicki Enters Collinwood" | 1:21
4. | "Deadly Handshake" | 2:14
5. | "Shadows (Reprise)" | 1:08
6. | "Is It Her?" | 0:43
7. | "Barnabas Comes Home" | 4:18
8. | "Vicki's Nightmare" | 1:26
9. | "Hypno Music" | 0:47
10. | "Killing Dr. Hoffman" | 1:14
11. | "Dumping the Body" | 0:58
12. | "Roger Departs" | 2:33
13. | "Burn Baby Burn / In-Tombed" | 2:49
14. | "Lava Lamp" | 2:17
15. | "The Angry Mob" | 4:40
16. | "House of Blood" | 3:38
17. | "Final Confrontation" | 2:20
18. | "Widows' Hill (Finale)" | 3:47
19. | "The End?" (Uncut) | 2:42
20. | "More the End?" | 1:55
21. | "We Will End You!" | 1:09

### Soundtrack[edit]

Dark Shadows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released | May 8, 2012
Recorded | 1966?2012
Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, pop, RB, orchestral
Length | 44:43
Label | WaterTower Music, Sony Music
Producer | Various, Tim Burton
Dark Shadows music chronology
Dark Shadows: Original Score (2012) | Dark Shadows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2012) |

The soundtrack features a score of several contemporaneous 1970s rock and pop songs, along with others from later and slightly earlier, including "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues, "Top of the World" by The Carpenters, "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White, "I'm Sick of You" by Iggy Pop, "Season of the Witch" by Donovan, "Get It On" by T. Rex and "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. Alice Cooper, who makes a cameo in the film, sings "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and "Ballad of Dwight Fry". A cover of the Raspberries' song "Go All the Way" by The Killers also plays over the end credits. The soundtrack, featuring 11 songs (including two score pieces by Danny Elfman, and Depp's recitation as Barnabas of several lines from "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band) was released on May 8 as a download,[23] and on various dates as a CD, including on May 22 as an import in the United States,[24] and on May 25, 2012 in Australia.[25] Songs not featured on the soundtrack that are in the film include "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield, and "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John.

#### Track listing[edit]

  Included next to each track is the year of the song's original release, excluding the score pieces.

Dark Shadows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
1. | "Nights in White Satin" (1967) | The Moody Blues | 4:26
2. | "Dark Shadows ? Prologue" | Danny Elfman | 3:56
3. | "I'm Sick of You" (1972/3) | Iggy Pop | 6:52
4. | "Season of the Witch" (1966) | Donovan | 4:56
5. | "Top of the World" (1972) | The Carpenters | 3:01
6. | "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974) | Barry White | 4:35
7. | "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (1971) | T. Rex | 4:26
8. | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1972/3) | Alice Cooper | 3:08
9. | "Ballad of Dwight Fry" (1971) | Alice Cooper | 6:36
10. | "The End?" | Danny Elfman | 2:30
11. | "The Joker" (original song from 1973) | Johnny Depp | 0:17

## Reception[edit]

### Box office[edit]

The film grossed $79,727,159 in the United States and Canada, along with $159 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $238.7 million.[1] For a Burton film, Dark Shadows achieved below-average box office takings[26] with many commentators pointing to the domination of The Avengers as the reason why.[27] The film came second to The Avengers in most countries in regard to opening box office takings.[27]

### Critical response[edit]

Dark Shadows has received mixed to negative reviews from film critics, with a "rotten" percentage of 38% and an average rating of 5.3/10 on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 218 reviews. Reviewers have praised the visuals, acting and the background stories of the characters, but have negatively received the direction and storyline, with the Rotten Tomatoes consensus reading: "The visuals are top notch but Tim Burton never finds a consistent rhythm, mixing campy jokes and gothic spookiness with less success than other Johnny Depp collaborations."[6] Metacritic gives the film a score of 55% based on 42 reviews.[28]

Some critics felt that the film lacked a focused or consistent plot or genre (as either horror, comedy or drama;[29] with several also questioning whether it intended to reflect the feel of the soap opera or not), pointing to Grahame-Smith's script; and that its jokes fell flat.[30] Some further claimed that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's collaborations have become tired,[31][32][33] and that Depp overacted in the film.[34] Many of the same, and other reviewers, however, noted its visual style was impressive.[35][36][37]

Positive reviewers, on the other hand, opined that the film did successfully translate the mood of the soap opera,[38] also acclaiming the actors?most notably Depp as Barnabas, who several said was the stand-out character due to his humorous culture shock,[36] as well as Pfeiffer[39]?and their characters; and further, that the film's '70s culture pastiche worked to its advantage.[40]

Roger Ebert offered that "[The film] offers wonderful things, but they aren't what's important. It's as if Burton directed at arm's length, unwilling to find juice in the story." Ebert later noted that "Much of the amusement comes from Depp's reactions to 1970s pop culture," eventually concluding that the film "begins with great promise, but then the energy drains out," giving it two and a half stars out of four.[36] Manohla Dargis, writing for The New York Times, said that it "isn't among Mr. Burton's most richly realized works, but it's very enjoyable, visually sumptuous and, despite its lugubrious source material and a sporadic tremor of violence, surprisingly effervescent," and opined in a mostly positive review that Burton's "gift for deviant beauty and laughter has its own liberating power."[35]

Rolling Stone's Peter Travers gave the film a mixed two and a half stars, claiming, "After a fierce and funny start, Dark Shadows simply spins its wheels," and adding that "the pleasures of Dark Shadows are frustratingly hit-and-miss. In the end, it all collapses into a spectacularly gorgeous heap."[37] In The Washington Post, Ann Hornaday dismissed the film, awarding it just one and a half stars, explaining that "Burton's mash-up of post-'60s kitsch and modern-day knowingness strikes a chord that is less self-aware than fatally self-satisfied. Dark Shadows doesn't know where it wants to dwell: in the eerie, subversive penumbra suggested by its title or in playful, go-for-broke camp."[29]

Richard Corliss in Time pointed out that "[Burton]'s affection is evident, and his homage sometimes acute," and reasoned: "All right, so Burton has made less a revival of the old show than a hit-or-miss parody pageant," but praised the star power of the film, relenting that "attention must be paid to movie allure, in a star like Depp and his current harem. Angelique may be the only satanist among the women here, but they're all bewitching."[38] Peter Bradshaw, in the British newspaper The Guardian, weighed the film in a mixed write-up, giving it three stars out of five, and pointing out his feeling that "the Gothy, jokey 'darkness' of Burton's style is now beginning to look very familiar; he has built his brand to perfection in the film marketplace, and it is smarter and more distinctive than a lot of what is on offer at the multiplex, but there are no surprises. There are shadows, but they conceal nothing."[31]

## Home media[edit]

Dark Shadows was released on both Blu-ray and DVD in the United States on October 2, 2012, the date confirmed by the official Dark Shadows Facebook page, and the official Dark Shadows web site.[41] The film was released on both formats several days earlier in Australia; in stores on September 24, and online on September 26, 2012.[42] The film was released on October 15, 2012 in the UK.

The DVD includes just one featurette, "The Collinses: Every Family Has Its Demons",[43] while the Blu-ray contains a total of nine short featurettes and six deleted scenes.[44] Several worldwide releases of both the DVD and Blu-ray contain an UltraViolet digital copy of the film.

## Sequel[edit]

On December 7, 2011, Michelle Pfeiffer told MTV that she is hoping sequels will be made for the film.[45] On May 8, 2012, Variety reported that Warner Bros. may want to turn Dark Shadows into a movie franchise.[46] On the same day, Collider.com mentioned that the ending lends itself to a possible sequel. When Tim Burton was asked if he thought that this could be a possible start to a franchise, he replied, "No. Because of the nature of it being like a soap opera, that was the structure. It wasn't a conscious decision. First of all, it's a bit presumptuous to think that. If something works out, that's one thing, but you can't ever predict that. [The ending] had more to do with the soap opera structure of it."[21]

On November 27, 2012, John August cast doubt on the notion of a sequel on Twitter when he replied to a fan's tweet saying "I would be very surprised if there were..."[47]

## See also[edit]

There have been two other feature films based on the soap opera Dark Shadows:

- House of Dark Shadows (1970)
- Night of Dark Shadows (1971)

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## External links[edit]

- Official website
- Dark Shadows at the Internet Movie Database
- Dark Shadows at Box Office Mojo
- Dark Shadows at Rotten Tomatoes
- Dark Shadows at Metacritic

Dark Shadows
Characters | Andreas Petofi Angelique Bouchard Collins Barnabas Collins Carolyn Stoddard Daniel Collins David Collins Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Gerard Stiles Jeremiah Collins Josette du Pres Julia Hoffman Maggie Evans Naomi Collins Nicholas Blair Quentin Collins Victoria Winters Willie Loomis
Films | House of Dark Shadows (1970) Night of Dark Shadows (1971) Dark Shadows (2012)
Audio dramas | The House of Despair The Book of Temptation The Christmas Presence The Rage Beneath Kingdom of the Dead
Dramatic readings | Angelique's Descent Clothes of Sand The Ghost Watcher The Path of Fate The Wicked and the Dead Echoes of Insanity Curse of the Pharaoh Final Judgment Blood Dance The Skin Walkers The Night Whispers London's Burning The Doll House The Blind Painter
Revivals | 1991 remake 2004 remake pilot
Related articles | Dan Curtis Art Wallace Malcolm Marmorstein Sam Hall Gordon Russell Tim Burton Collinsport, Maine Collinwood Mansion

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Filmography Frequent collaborators Unproduced projects
Directorial works |
Feature films | Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Beetlejuice (1988) Batman (1989) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Batman Returns (1992) Ed Wood (1994) Mars Attacks! (1996) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Planet of the Apes (2001) Big Fish (2003) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Corpse Bride (2005) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Dark Shadows (2012) Frankenweenie (2012) Big Eyes (2014)
Short films | The Island of Doctor Agor (1971) Stalk of the Celery Monster (1979) Hansel and Gretel (1982) Vincent (1982) Frankenweenie (1984) Stainboy (2000)
Music videos | "Bones" "Here with Me"
Produced only | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Cabin Boy (1994) Batman Forever (1995) James and the Giant Peach (1996) 9 (2009) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Books | The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997)
Television series | Beetlejuice (1989–1992) Family Dog (1993)