Just released this week on DVD and Blu-ray, DARK SHADOWS is the hugely uneven big screen adaptation of the goofy daytime soap opera first introduced to television audiences in the late 1960s. Centered on Barnabas Collins, a vampire who wakes up in 1972 from a 200 year nap, the film is a weird comedy/horror hybrid that sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. That said, the movie never disappoints in the areas of style and design. Beautifully imagined, it’s a true feast for the eyes and, despite the hysterical claims made against it, proved to be a box office moneymaker with a world-wide gross of almost $240 m (and that’s not even counting upcoming ancillary sales).
Responding to critics’ cries that the film would be a flop, BURTON was sanguine at the press conference to promote its theatrical release. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR FOR AUDIO)
TIM BURTON’S DARK SHADOWS is available now on DVD and Blu-ray
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Krystalis
October 13th, 2012 at 11:20 am
I wasn’t really sure about this movie when I first saw the previews. After doing a little research I discovered that this used to be a TV show and that’s why the story is told in the 1970’s. I love Johnny Depp and he really is a wonderful actor but I’m not really sure about this movie even now. So I went ahead and rented it through Blockbuster @ Home and the movie should be here in a day or two via mail. Burton hasn’t really wowed me in a long time which is a bad thing because I really loved his stories and the way he told them on screen. Blockbuster is giving me a chance to try the movie out before I decide to buy it and I work for DISH so I’ve been using it for quite some time now. We will see how I feel about the movie once I’ve seen it and I really hope I’m not disappointed. Although I do have to say even if the movie overall isn’t great, Johnny Depp always is.