It’s crazy to think that, forty years ago housewives tuned into the gothic cult soap opera Dark Shadows. The granddaddy to works like Twilight and True Blood featured vampires, werewolves, witches and other paranormal beings involved in the comings and goings of the central Collins family. In other words, it’s ripe for a Tim Burton re-imagining, and now the Internet has been kind enough to provide us with some new glimpses at his vision.
So far, we’ve been treated to a few eyefuls of star Johnny Depp all Nosferatu’d out as the Collins family patriarch Barnabus. But when it comes to weird hair, make-up and costumes, Helena Bonham Carter might have him beat as the character Dr. Julia Hoffman, as seen in this shot from Moviehole:
She’s not the only one getting a reveal — her more understated co-stars, Eva Green, Michelle Pfiefer and Chloe Moretz, also show their stuff in a series of images from Coming Soon [via CineMarcado] (plus a bonus look at Depp).
And what’s an update on Dark Shadows without a look at the stately Collinwood Manor? Especially one of Depp admiring the estate’s architecture as supporting actor Jackie Earle Haley looks on? [ScreenRant]
Synopsis:
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet–or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas 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 has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Moretz); and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley) and David’s new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.
Dark Shadows is expected to haunt theaters on May 11th.
Do these new images give you any more desire to see Dark Shadows?