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Dark Shadows (Blu-ray)

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The Collinses: Every Family Has Its Demons

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Tim Burton
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, AC-3
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 53 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ October 2, 2012
Actors ‏ : ‎ Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ French, Portuguese, Spanish
Language ‏ : ‎ Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ WarnerBrothers
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008QE9VJI
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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D. Dunlop

Awesome

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2022

Great movie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 3, 2022

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I recently watched a couple season the '66 tv show for Halloween. The drama... the mysticism... pure enjoyment. After watching the show, I found a new found appreciation for the parody Tim Burton brought to this film. It's so well done. Great cast (HELENA IS AMAZING).... absurdly funny... enjoy!

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Enrique J. Garcia Jr

A great comedy thriller.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 19, 2022

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Viewed & liked this movie a lot. One of my favorite movie that I added to my collection.

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Tom Mc

Burton's "Dark Shadows" is a delight!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 15, 2012

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When I saw that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp were making a big screen adaptation of "Dark Shadows" I was thrilled. But a little apprehensive, how could a clunky, corn ball old television show be revived and made relevant for today? The attempt at resurrecting it in the early 1990's as a television series with Ben Cross in the lead was a dismal failure and a horror, but not in a good way. But I felt that if anyone could pull it off Tim Burton and Johnny Depp could. What I didn't realize was how well they would do it. The new "Dark Shadows" is surprisingly very, very good! Depp of course is absolutely perfect as the fish-out-of-water Barnabas, released from his coffin in 1972 after being trapped in it and buried away for over a century. The culture clash is hilarious. Depp's Barnabas is a hoot, but also very endearing and lovable. The film is much darker than the trailer suggests, much closer in feel to Burton's wonderful "Sleepy Hollow." Though some of the silly fans of the old series were hilariously outraged that the film was a ,gasp, "comedy," they can be totally ignored and their opinions regarded as irrelevant, because nothing anyone could do with "their" show would make them happy. They should just watch the old show's dvds and stay in their fantasy world. Now don't get me wrong, the old show is fun and has a certain charm, and Jonathan Frid and Grayson Hall are great. But the show was always campy and impossible to take seriously. Anyway it was great for its time, but that was then, this is now. Burton took the right approach in revving up the fun. The new DS is what the old show would have been if they had had a big budget and writers with a better sense of humor. Frid and the other cast members of the old show were cool enough to "get it", they loved the new movie. It was sad that Jonathan Frid died just before it's release. The movie succeeds, however, largely due to the fact that Burton and Depp genuinely love the old series and paid loving homage to it. The cast is perfect, especially Michelle Pheiffer as Elizabeth the matron of the 1972 Collins family and Eva Green as the witch Angelique. Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Hoffman is great and steals every scene she's in, as does Jackie Earl Haley as Willie Loomis. Chloë Grace Moretz and Gulliver McGrath are delightful as the Collins kids. The entire cast is great including Alice Cooper and Christopher Lee in wonderful cameos. The production values are first rate, the movie is beautiful and visually stunning, and the music! The music is incredible, maybe one of the best scores ever! The Danny Elman score is unexpectedly brilliant! And the incorporation of some great old 70's songs like "Knights in White Satin" and "Go All the Way" is also brilliantly achieved. The Carpenters "Top of the World" has never sounded so cool! Barry White's "My First, My Last, My Everything," is the perfect accompaniment to a hilarious love-making scene between Barnabas and Angelique. It's great seeing all the 1972 nostalgic references, like "Scooby Doo" on television and "Deliverance" and "Dracula AD 1972" on theater marquees. The lava lamp is great fun! The movie is fun, brilliant and a breath of fresh air, everything it should be and I can't wait to own in on dvd! I hope the film does well enough box-office wise to warrant a sequel. It has made so far nearly 80,000,000 at the US box-office, which is amazingly good for a film so off-beat, with such a quirky sense of humor and based on an old 1960's/'70's forgotten television show! Plus it has become fashionable for movie critics to unfairly trash anything Tim Burton does. The movie will grow in popularity when it becomes a cult film on the college circuit and is released on dvd and to cable television, it will find its audience in the US. And the film has done very well internationally, world-wide it's box-office gross is close to $250,000,000 so far. That's good news for Barnabas and company and the movie is good news for audiences who enjoy a slick blend of humor and horror. Buy this as soon as it comes to dvd!

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R. Wall

Anybody for Shadows that are Funny, Quirky yet DARK??? ****Spoiler Alert****

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2012

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I really look forward to the Blu-Ray Release of Burton's Dark Shadows as it sounds like there are nine additional segments to the movie that can be watched individually or as part of an expanded feature film...if I understand correctly. For sure there is a fairly fast, fun paced DARK yet FUNNY movie.

To begin with...if you are a traditional vampire purist...you WILL be aggravated that Barnabas never encounters a Crucifix, never disappears on demand or turns into a bat nor is required to sleep in his coffin by day.

The Burton "take" on the Collins family (and employees) yields Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, her brother Roger Collins, her daughter Carolyn, his son David, Dr Julia Hoffman, Willie Loomis, Sarah Johnson and of course Barnabas Collins. "Victoria Winters" and Angelique Bouchard round out the main cast.

The flick is a nice tight jaunt of around 113 minutes and is very well paced. Most of the material seen on the movie trailers are quickly whisked by in the film's first ten to fifteen minutes. The story of the Barnabas' original time period from 1752 thru 1776 is recounted swiftly including his being cursed (for rejecting Angelique) and buried alive by the town's people (for being a monster). Barnabas' parents Joshua and Naomi are shown so briefly that all we remember is Joshua's declaration that "family is only the REAL wealth" while he builds a formidable fortune (using the wealth he built up in Liverpool) by building the seaport town of Collinsport and transforming it into a great fishery/sea port.

Light humor abounds throughout the flick...most of it pertaining to Barnabas trying to `ingest" and "adjust to" this great new age of 1972 after being released from his chained coffin after a construction crew literally bangs into his coffin. Barnabas is released. The construction crew do not live to tell about their discovery as Barnabas' nutrient deprived body demands a quick and furious feast.

After an encounter with "Mephistopheles", "Lucifer" and the towns people...Barnabas finally makes his way to Collinwood. He is shocked to discover the dilapidated condition that Collinwood is in and immediately seeks out the matriarch for some answers. He makes it clear to the matriarch that he's the original Barnabas Collins cursed for two centuries. She thinks he's an intruder looking for money and blood until he shows her the Family Wealth safely hidden in the lowest secret passages of the mansion. She, then, realizes that Barnabas is the genuine item and she introduces him to the family the next morning at breakfast but keeps his secret intact.

Angelique, meanwhile, has spent two centuries being a rival to the Collins family industry and has driven them to almost poverty levels. Angelique subsequently learns of Barnabas being released from his "life imprisonment" and throws all her witchery to wage war against Barnabas and the Collins family..

During the remaining hour and change of the film...we are treated to the fact that the Collins family members as well as the new governess, "Victoria Winters" each have secrets that are brought to light during the course of the film.

Dr Hoffman discovers that Barnabas is a vampire and promises to cure him as Barnabas is soon walking out in the light of day albeit that he appears somewhat like Michael Jackson with an umbrella.

In the midst of this drama...Barnabas wants to gain the favor of the townsfolk by throwing a "happening". According to Carolyn...the "happening" needs lots of booze and a superstar singer to "rock" the town as she suggests Alice Cooper. Barnabas promises enough booze to fill a schooner and declares "she", Alice Cooper, will be the guest of the Collins Family. The Collinsport "happening" is a success.

It's at this point that I would like to comment on the film's soundtrack. Burton very effectively uses Percy Faith's a theme from "A Summer Place"...The Moody Blues "Nights in White Satin"....The Carpenter's "Top Of The World" and Alice Cooper's "No More Mr Nice Guy" and "Ballad of Dwight Frye". Other nice selections are included. Loved the music.

As the film drives toward it's climax...Barnabas and the Collins family steadily move toward their final battle with Angelique which contains a surprise or two.

I found the ending (unlike most movie reviewers) quite satisfying after Burton throws everything but the kitchen sink into the final conflict. Unlike many reviewers I did not see a strong indication for a sequel. I don't expect one.

The cast performed superbly. Special Kudos to Johnny Depp and Eva Green as Barnabas and Angelique...but they were all superb in my opinion.

After all is said and done...I loved Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" for being uniquely it's own film not borrowing from the two Dan Curtis films of the 1970s. The visuals do overshadow the script....but we are having so much fun watching all the dysfunctional members of the family fighting for the Collins' true core value that "family is the only REAL wealth"...that we don't see any reason to criticize the script's shortcomings because it's so darn much fun.

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Bear Necessities

Frighteningly & accurately predictive of Depp/Heard relationship

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 19, 2022

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I loved this movie when I first watched it years ago. It was a well acted and fun romp of a series that scared the bejezus out of me as a child and gave me nightmares. Johnny did a wonderful job in reimagining Barnabas Collins with dignity and compassion for the predicament he found himself in - being turned into a vampire.

However...

In the midst of the ongoing Depp/ Heard defamation trials in 2022, I found myself taking a deep breath at how parallel this storyline runs to Johnny Depp's own emotional and physical trauma in his relationship with Amber Heard being mirrored in the Barnabas Collins and the over-the-top controling witch, Angelique Bouchard, who pursues Barnabas and tries to force him to love her at any & all costs throughout the movie. It was beyond creepy just how much the patterns of love, control, and abuse mirrored one another between the fictional and real relationships. Johnny would have saved himself a lot of pain if he'd identified these patterns much earlier in his relationship with Amber!

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Debora Rathmann

Another great Johnny Depp movie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 24, 2022

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I’m always amazed at how versatile of an actor and artist Johnny Depp is. I’ve actually watched movies and didn’t even realize that it was him until the credits rolled and the movies that I knew it was him, well, I forgot because he has the ability to bring whatever character he plays to life and that is exactly what he did in this movie.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2022

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LOVE JONNY DEPP

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Mr M.

Interesting gothic tale by Tim Burton

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 9, 2021

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Big Tim Burton fan, don't know how I missed this when it came out. Star cast, led by Depp and Eva Green. A quirky combination of the early era turning into 1972 seaside fishing town of collinsport. The inclusion of bang on favourite music from the seventies will appeal more to those of my age, that lived through those amazing times. A love story, treachery, loyalties and smart use of amazing special effects, and not too much gore makes this unmissable. The gorgeous Eva Green in her element here, (penny Dreadful)…...... Steals the show as the witch with her obvious panache for the risqué costumes, a wild scene with Depp, is almost hilarious, especially when backed by a Barry White song.!!! Michelle pfeiffer is a hit in this, Helena Bonham Carters charctor is a little lame, but that's the only one complaint. Rest of cast is very supporting, and makes the Collinsport family crazy realistic. My favourite Burton film after "Batman Returns"👍

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Paul Tapner

Welcome to Collinwood

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 27, 2012

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If you're British, then chances are you've never heard of the American TV show Dark Shadows. It's presence in this country has never been great, and it's usually the domain of the real cult tv aficionados. The show was a soap opera in the 60's/70's set in a coastal fishing village in the state of Maine. With all the attendant character clashes and dramas of American daytime soaps.

Not an initial success at all, and seemingly doomed to cancellation, the producers went with a flippant suggestion: add a Vampire to the show. They created Barnabas Collins. Ancestor of some of the characters. A man cursed to be a vampire. A man who hates being undead. And who was buried - literally - for centuries till being released into the world once again.

The character was a sensation and a hit. And the show became one. It ran for years more. And since vampires were clearly popular, it's plots from then on mostly concerned the supernatural. All done on a rather cheap budget.

One of those shows that finds new generations of fans via reruns. Such as Director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp. Who both grew up on those. Barnabas Collins has long been a cherised role for the latter to play.

The film is set in the 70's. After an opening that fills us in on Barnabas and his backstory, it then begins with a governess coming to Collinwood. Home of the Collins family. A big old house built centuries before. The matriarch [Michelle Pfeiffer] is struggling to keep the place and her family going. The family business is in decline. Her husband is a wastrel. Her children are rebellious and may just have special abilities. The gardener and the live in therapist are drunks.

Then Barnabas is freed into the world. Can he get used to the 1970's? Can he restore the family to greatness and riches? And how will he cope when he finds that the woman who cursed him to this life is still alive and kicking?

Whereas the tv show played it all straight, albeit in soap opera style, the movie does open by giving the impression of being gothic horror. But once Barnabas is freed it shifts away from that style and goes more for fish out of water culture clash comedy. This combined with soap opera style character drama results in something that you will either like or hate. But you can't fail to admire all the period detail.

It does feel as if it has been cut down from something longer. Johnny Lee Miller's wastrel husband does get far too little to do. And certain revelations about one character do come far too late. Some of the comedy is pretty funny. Some doesn't quite hit the mark. Die-hard fans of the show may not find that style appealing.

So whilst it perhaps isn't quite the movie it could have been, and could have done with a sharper and more focused script, it's an original and pretty entertaining piece of cinema. And as with most films that divide opinion, it's one that's worth judging for yourself.

The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:

Languages: English, Castilian Spanish.

Subtitles: English, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.

The disc begins with several trailers. Which can be skipped via the next button on the dvd remote.

The only extra is: The Collinses: every family has it's demons. A six minute long featurette about the main characters and the casting of those who play them. It's short but quite an entertaining watch.

There's also a flyer with a website address and code for you to obtain a digital copy of the movie that can be downloaded to various digital devices.

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Victoria Quin-Harkin MA (former married name Luckie)

Great value, Great movie, Great cast

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 31, 2017

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This arrived on time and has since become one of my daughter's favourite movies. We don't have a television and only watch movies and so have watched it at least 10 times and probably way more. She would take it to school with her if it she were allowed. She particularly likes Chloë Grace Moretz. (Though actually we think the whole cast are great). I loved the effects and the music (except the Carpenters whose sound I loathe) though I would have preferred a happier ending all round and hated the thought of that wonderful house getting trashed. I have a bias toward happy endings in stories and films.

Unusually I had not heard of the movie when it was released.

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Hon Aubrey Wilson

Dark Shadows

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 30, 2017

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What we now expect from the equation 'Tim Burton + Gothic'. Lavishly produced and with excellent scenery and costumes - best viewed on a larger screen. In truth, the film wanders considerably in the middle, is overlong and purpose of the Michelle Pfeiffer part is unclear. But the film has two pluses. First, an effective enough finale. The second is Johnny Depp: always interesting to watch, with excellent timing and enunciation. The fourth star is down to him.

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Paul Anthony

Go on. Give it a second chance. It's actually pretty good.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 10, 2017

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I watched this a couple of years ago on Sky Movies and didn't really get on with it to be honest. As the Dark Shadows TV show didn't (to my knowledge) air in the UK, the film left me a bit cold.

Fast forward to now, it was cheap and I needed to fill a hole in my Tim Burton collection. The repeated viewing was much much better; a far more enjoyable experience second time around. The disc extras are fair enough, but one thing you need to know is that the UV download extra expired ages ago.

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Genre	Horror, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Format	Blu-ray, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, AC-3
Contributor	Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Tim Burton, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote See more
Language	English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Runtime	1 hour and 53 minutes

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