Dark Shadows Trailer Impressions: Epic Conflict Between a 200 Year Old Vampire and His Bitter Ex of a Witch

Dark Shadows is a 2012 supernatural drama comedy film based on the 1966–1971 gothic soap opera of the same name. The film is directed by Tim Burton and stars Johnny Depp as the iconic Barnabas Collins, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloe Grace Moretz and Bella Heathcote. Let's check out this latest Burton-Depp combo film:

Dark Shadows
Plot / Synopsis

In 1752, the Collins family sails from Liverpool, England to North America. The son, Barnabas, grows up to be a wealthy playboy in Collinsport, Maine and is the master of Collinwood Manor. He breaks the heart of a witch, Angelique Bouchard, who turns him into a vampire and buries him alive. Fast forward to 200 years (1972), Barnabas is accidentally freed from his coffin and returns to find his once-magnificent manor in ruin. Now occupied by dysfunctional Collins descendants and other residents, Barnabas struggles catching up with time and dealing with the witch who cursed him who still is eventually still is into him.

Watch the Dark Shadows movie trailer here:



Dark Shadows Official Movie Trailer Impressions
Dark Shadows Film Trailer Review

Director by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp both admit to be fans of the original television soap, so there is hope that this would be the perfect and loyal film adaptation of that cult classic television show, right? Well, no! According to MTV, Tim Burton has opted "for gonzo comedy that should please many but may rile fans of the original soap opera."

As for someone who have never been exposed to such old gothic series, nor interested (that much) to goth themed shows in general, seeing the trailer alone is more than enough to excite me. The Dark Shadows' trailer looks hilarious and the right sort of weirdness expected from a Tim Burton and Johnny Depp film. I for one am hyped up for this film and will definitely see this once it hits the theaters this May 2012.

How about you guys? What's your impressions on this latest darkly themed supernatural comedy film by Burton and Depp? Share your thoughts on the Dark Shadows trailer on the comments section below:

From World's End to the Fountain of Youth with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Everyone fell in love with the seemingly antihero Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp's character in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean film. While his two previous companions (Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann) story might come to a conclusion, Sparrow's tale has just started a new as seen on its last film. From World's End to an even stranger tides where mermaids, zombies, and an epic quest, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is one of the biggest summer movies of 2011.





Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Synopsis
Premise

Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penélope Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love—or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know whom to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

—Disney's press release

Watch Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides official trailer here:

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides



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Directed by Rob Marshall.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
Based on Tim Powers (Novel On Stranger Tides).
Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski.
Editing by Michael Kahn, David Brenner, and Wyatt Smith.
Music by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt.
Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally, Richard Griffiths, and Stephen Graham.
Studios by Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
Release date(s) May 20, 2011