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The Dark Shadows DVD features Tim Burton’s 2012 film based on Dan Curtis’s classic gothic soap opera. Johnny Depp stars as Barnabas Collins, an 18th-century vampire freed in 1972, with Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green. This is a brand-new copy, in stock and dispatched within 2 business days. Add it to your cart today.
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The Dark Shadows DVD brings home Tim Burton's 2012 film, starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, an 18th-century vampire who wakes up in 1972. The film is based on the 1960s-70s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, created by Dan Curtis.
This is a brand-new copy. DVDs play in standard DVD players and in Blu-ray players. Standard US shipping is $4.99, and orders over $50 ship free.
In 1760, young Barnabas Collins and his wealthy family move from Liverpool to Maine, where they found the town of Collinsport and build Collinwood Mansion. Years later, Barnabas becomes engaged to Josette, after ending an affair with the servant Angelique, who is secretly a witch.
The furious Angelique curses Barnabas and turns him into a vampire, and the townspeople bury him alive. In 1972, a construction crew accidentally sets him free, and Barnabas drinks their blood to regain his strength.
Michelle Pfeiffer plays the family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Helena Bonham Carter plays the live-in psychiatrist Dr. Julia Hoffman, and Eva Green plays Angelique Bouchard. Jackie Earle Haley plays caretaker Willie Loomis, Jonny Lee Miller plays Roger Collins, Chloë Grace Moretz plays Carolyn Stoddard and Bella Heathcote plays both Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres.
Dan Curtis created the original Dark Shadows, a gothic soap opera of the 1960s and 1970s, and the Dark Shadows movie brings its vampire hero to the big screen, with a score by Danny Elfman.
Warner Bros. released Dark Shadows (2012) in US theaters on May 11, and it arrived on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on October 2, 2012. Owning the Dark Shadows DVD means Barnabas and the Collins family are always ready for a Halloween movie night.
Browse our full range of DVD movies and TV or explore more movies on disc. For another dark fantasy favorite, try the Darkman Blu-ray. Full cast and production details are in the Wikipedia article on the film.
Dark Shadows DVD: Questions Buyers Ask
Is this the 2012 movie or the TV series?
This is the 2012 movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp.
Will the Dark Shadows DVD play in my Blu-ray player?
Yes. DVDs play in standard DVD players and in Blu-ray players.
Is this copy new?
Yes. It is a brand-new copy, and our 30-day return policy covers your purchase.
How long is the movie?
The film runs 114 minutes.
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This is the DVD edition, 1 disc.
Jonathan Michael Reiter –
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Francisco Javier Llorente –
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bmkmaryland –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Johnny Depp – Perfectly cast as Vampire Barnabas Collins in “Dark Shadows” SATIRE!
Rather than simply remake an instant re-play of the highly favored TV show, Dark Shadows, Tim Burton artfully casts the irresistible Johnny Depp as an alluring (except when he bites) sympathetic Barnabas who looks for love & a recovered identity in all the wrong places.
In Burton’s version, only Barnabas displays human inclinations of remorse, empathy, and unconditional love as he is juxtaposed against dysfunctional (perfectly stereotypical) 1970’s characters.
Some die-hard Dark Shadows fans were gravely disappointed, as they craved a re-creation of the TV show. I, too, am a faithful ‘Shadows’ fan, and absolutely enjoyed the excellent casting and humorous directing in Burton’s film. He presents great on-screen caricatures of the fine actors who brought (TV) Dark Shadows to life by poking fun at their nuances but keeping the drama afloat.
Viewers who came of age in the 1970’s (when American youth were desperately trying to carve out an identity separate from reality), will appreciate Burton’s satirical trip back in time. Moving quickly, he combines bizarre characters, unrequited love, The Moody Blues, a resonating Karen Carpenter, and Alice Cooper’s rock angst – alongside scenes such as a newly resurrected aristocratic Barnabas staring at a lonely unappetizing frozen waffle, and an exhausted Barnabas perched in drapery yearning for sleep (his coffin was blown up).
Obviously, Burton’s Dark Shadows was not meant to be a generic sequel to the infamous TV show, nor was it was designed to be “Shakespearean” (on the other hand, Shakespeare’s groundlings would probably have loved it).
So, if you like Johnny Depp (WHO NEVER DISAPPOINTS) and harmless satire, then you’ll enjoy the movie; it’s a great chance to join in the fun the actors must have had when making it!
Thank you to Amazon for permitting me to post my opinion.
Jack E. Levic –
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CAMPY YET FUN VERSION OF A CLASSIC TV SHOW
Although I am a fan of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, I was none too eager to see their versions of Barnaby Collins and DARK SHADOWS. I even hesitated to get the DVD just thinking it would be a campy version of TV cult classic. Oddly enough, even though it was campy, it worked. Depp give us his interpretation of Barnaby Collins as only Johnny Depp can, yet, he does not go over the top as one would expect with this material. Even Tim Burton seems to be toned down from his normal style.
We actually have an interesting vampire story with a full background. Barnabas Collins has a tragic background that led to him being cursed forever as a vampire. Two centuries have passed and Barnabas has show up at his family estate. I enjoyed the backstory of where he has been for two centuries and the current situation of his relatives. It’s a funny idea thinking one of your ancestors who happens to be a vampire shows up at your home one day.
Barnabas promises not to harm any of his relatives and he is allowed to stay if he promises to help the family business thrive again.
I was floored by Tim Burton’s DARK SHADOWS. It’s a fun movie with just the right amount of camp to make it entertaining. Lovely Michelle Pfeiffer shows her best as the current Collins matriach trying to hold a crumbling family and empire together.
Helena Bonham Carter has a slow start as the resident psychiatrist for Pfeiffer’s nephew, who doesn’t seem so emotionally wounded as to need a full tim psychiatrist. Carter’s character seems to be a throw away at first. Flamboyant and wild, her character doesn’t deserve any respect from the family that has hired her, yet things changes after she knows Barnaby’s secret.
Poor Barnaby doesn’t want to be a vampire. He just wants to be mortal. It’s not his fault that he is a vampire and it sure is not his fault that several innocent locals have to give their lives to feed his hunger for blood. Here is the only dark part of the film.
The Collins family has been cursed by a witch and imagine the power of a witch and a vampire “getting it on.”
Truly funny scene. The story is set in 1972 and the 1970’s music is just right one. And who would expect Alice Cooper to be in a Tim Burton film, yet who better to be in a Tim Burton film than Alice Cooper?? Barnaby Collins tries to get with the times and hires that Alice Cooper “woman” to perform at a “ball.” Who throws a ball in 1972 anyhow? The delightful part of the film is the confusion of two eras and the fun of someone being out of place ina new time. If you missed Alice Cooper in the 70’s, here is your chance to see him perform now. Even though 40 years has passed, they seem to be able to wipe away those years when looking at Alice.
It’s so much fun to watch this film if you need some fun campy entertainment!