“Dark Shadows” (2012) Movie Review

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If you are to believe the marketing campaign behind “Dark Shadows,” you would be led into thinking that the film is campy in the grand tradition of “The Addams Family.” But that’s not the case. “Dark Shadows,” while it has some semblance of camp, is not silly and treats its supernatural plotline with equal parts fun and thrills.

Based on the ABC television show from the 1960s created by Dan Curtis, the film version is an old-school gothic thriller with a twist. And no one can effectively mix gothic and camp together better than director Tim Burton and his muse, Johnny Depp.

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Production Details:

In Theaters -- May 11, 2012

MPAA Rating -- PG-13 (for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking)

Genres -- Thriller

Distributors -- Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Director -- Tim Burton

CAST

Johnny Depp -- Barnabas Collins

Helena Bonham Carter -- Dr. Julie Hoffman

Eva Green -- Angelique

Jackie Earle Haley -- Willie Loomis

Bella Heathcote -- Victoria Winters

Michelle Pfeiffer -- Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

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