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6.1Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard
- Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard
- Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters / Josette DuPres
Themes
- witch
- vampire
- imprisonment
- curse
- fish out of water
- chains
- gothic
- madness
- old house
- lost love
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
291,971 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
55/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 12 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Tim Burton
- Screenplay by
- Seth Grahame-Smith
- Story by
- John August Seth Grahame-Smith
- Based on
- Dark Shadows , by Dan Curtis
- Produced by
- Richard D. Zanuck Graham King Johnny Depp Christi Dembrowski David Kennedy
- Starring
- Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Helena Bonham Carter Eva Green Jackie Earle Haley Jonny Lee Miller Chloë Grace Moretz Bella Heathcote
- Cinematography
- Bruno Delbonnel
- Edited by
- Chris Lebenzon
- Music by
- Danny Elfman
- Production companies
- Village Roadshow Pictures Infinitum Nihil GK Films The Zanuck Company
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
- Release dates
- May 7, 2012 ( 2012-05-07 ) (Los Angeles premiere) May 10, 2012 ( 2012-05-10 ) (Australia) May 11, 2012 ( 2012-05-11 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Countries
- United States Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $245.5 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
WarnerBros.com | Dark Shadows | Movies
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 264198
- Official website
- darkshadowsmovie.warnerbros.com
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2012-05-10
- title
- Dark Shadows
- box office
- 245500000
- review score
- 55/100
- capital cost
- 150000000
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Article
Dark Shadows is a 2012 Gothic dark fantasy film based on the Gothic television soap opera of the same name. Directed by Tim Burton, the film stars Johnny Depp alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloë Grace Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter, and Bella Heathcote in a dual role. Christopher Lee has a small role in the film, marking his 200th film appearance and his fifth and final collaboration with Burton. Jonathan Frid, star of the original Dark Shadows series, makes a cameo appearance, and died shortly before the film was released. One of the film's producers, Richard D. Zanuck, died two months after its release. As of 2026, it is also Burton's last movie with frequent collaborators Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
The film had a limited release on May 10, 2012, and was officially released the following day in North America. It performed poorly at the United States box office, but did well in foreign markets. Reviews for the film were mixed; critics praised its visual style and consistent humor, but felt it lacked a focused or substantial plot and developed characters.