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Dark Shadows
2012 film by Tim Burton
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Dark Shadows is a 2012 Gothic dark fantasy comedy horror 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.
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2012 · 1h 53m · Comedy · Fantasy
TMDB 6.1/10 (7,682 votes)
Vampire 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.
Directed by Tim Burton
Box office $246M worldwide
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Tim BurtonDirector
Johnny Deppas Barnabas Collins
Michelle Pfeifferas Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Eva Greenas Angelique Bouchard
Helena Bonham Carteras Dr. Julia Hoffman
Chloë Grace Moretzas Carolyn Stoddard
Bella Heathcoteas Victoria Winters / Josette DuPres
Gulliver McGrathas David Collins
Jackie Earle Haleyas Willie Loomis
Jonny Lee Milleras Roger Collins
Ray Shirleyas Mrs. Johnson
Christopher Leeas Clarney
Alice Cooperas Self
Ivan Kayeas Joshua Collins
Susanna Cappellaroas Naomi Collins