Saturday, October 29, 2016

Dark Shadows (2012): Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Chloe Moretz, Eva Green, Bella Heathcote, Michelle Pfeiffer


     Directed by Tim Burton, based on the Gothic soap opera that ran from 1966-1971, Dark Shadows (2012) is one of the most entertaining (and brilliantly marketed) Horror/Comedy films in recent memory. Full of Burton's characteristic style, the film is pure cinematic splendor. The story concerns Barnabas Collins, a vampire cursed and buried by a witch in the 18th Century, who gets dug up 200 years later in 1972 to find both the world and his family's once prominent status has changed. Johhny Depp is great, as always, as Barnabas Collins. Eva Green is sexy as the witch (she and Depp have a memorable, violent sex scene). Chloe Grace Moretz is cute and lovely as a sexy adolescent werewolf (who likes to touch herself and make weird noises, according to her young cousin). Bella Heathcote is stunning as the governess. Michelle Pfeiffer holds down the home as the matriarch. Alice Cooper appears as himself. Jackie Earl Haley, Helena Bonham Carter and Jonny Lee Miller co-star. 

Bella Heathcote and Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Bella Heathcote: Dark Shadows

Chloe Grace Moretz: Dark Shadows

Eva Green: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Bella Heathcote: Dark Shadows

Chloe Grace Moretz: Dark Shadows

: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Chloe Grace Moretz: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Bella Heathcote: Dark Shadows

Eva Green: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp and Eva Green: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp and Eva Green: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp and Eva Green: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Chloe Grace Moretz: Dark Shadows

Bella Heathcote: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

Chloe Grace Moretz: Dark Shadows

Bella Heathcote: Dark Shadows

Eva Green: Dark Shadows

Chloe Grace Moretz: Dark Shadows

Michelle Pfeiffer: Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp: Dark Shadows

"Dark Shadows"- movie trailer