Dark Shadows Starts Shooting; Story Details Revealed

Dark Shadows

I remember watching dark shadow's with ben cross as Barnabas and I was so upset that it got left the way it did. Here we all were waiting to se how Victoria was going to get back to her time and deal with Barnabas. But, that was not the case! It just ended with the camera all up in Barnabas's face. How rude? I really hope that Burton will put an ending to it. I know Johnny Depp will do an amazing job! He alway's does! Can't wait to see it!

David Selby, Quentin Collins, werewolf ...........

How about a battle between Quentin and Barnabas. Werewolf -vs- Vampire. This would be a great ending to a great show. My ending would have Quentin (werewolf) grabing a big bat (Barnabas) going over the cliffs at Widow`s Hill. Josette Collins as a ghost makes an appearance to close the show. She says, "Barnabas, my love. We can now be together for eternality." THE END

Dark Shadows

The mistake of attempting to remake the original series has already been made so Burton is wise to remix Dark Shadows and give a new audience a fresh experience and not a stale rehash.

Story Line...

OMG... I can't believe that they would make such significant changes to the story line as I have read. BIG, BIG, BIG mistake… When I heard that they were doing this movie, I started watching the show from the beginning. My assessment is that the story was just FINE as it was… DON’T BLOW IT BURTON!!!

This was a BAD idea!

Any true fan of the original soap opera will admit that no one is ever going to be able to recreate the truly magical event that was "Dark Shadows". Various actors and the director will make a pretty pay packet out of this and it will ultimately be some modern day vampire movie along the lines of the plethora of vampire/supernatural movies/tv shows I won't bother to name here, except that Tim Burton couldn't be bothered to find a new storyline. I hope that any of the original cast, should they be offered cameo appearances, show the wisdom to not be involved and to leave the world to remember their original performances which would only be sullied by a connection to a blatant rip off and excuse to make money!

• New movie

  FB-RichardClarke | 07.25.11 11:38:44 PM

  I truly understand where your coming from but you have to have faith. I do for 2 reasons. If any director can do this today it's Tim Burton. He is a master at lighting for this type of shoot. A must have to get the right feel for this movie. 2nd Johnny Depp Is tops at this type of acting. If they stick to the original story and don't go off course it could work for today's day & time. But they already know they can't replace the original cast but if it works maybe they will do another one and so on and fix or continue the bad ending they had from the original show. That's the road I would take. Remember Gone with the wind? I thought they did a great job with that one... Lets give it a shot and see what they can do...?

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  • please stay with the original soap story line..and finally give us an ending.

    jenny44212009 | 08.04.11 12:41:55 PM

    i watched the original soap and the revival,and i have to agree they left it so incomplete,and they need to put some closure on it.i hate to be left hanging when i watch a story like dark shadows..needs a conculsoin or some fabulus ending.but can't wait to see what they come up with.

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Try to keep some of the old story line there.

I liked the old story line, but I also understand that the new generation needs new
stories too. I watched the old shows and even now I watch the old shows againand again. I love almost everything that Johnny Depp does so I know I will enjoy him as Barnabas. I hope they do more than one movie because there are so many stories that can be told again. What a great honor for all the actors who brought the first Dark Shadows to our TV, They should be proud that their stories are still being told again and again.

• New Movie

  FB-RichardClarke | 07.25.11 11:54:22 PM

  With the movie... You could never do away with the original story because it was too clever. That was the appeal... What you can do that's new is continue the story on after the original storyline is complete with a talented Gothic writer in this time "that's the smart thing to do"...

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Jonathan Frid

I believe Frid is still alive. How about a cameo?

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  FB-RichardClarke | 07.26.11 12:04:02 AM

  That would be wonderful... It would make the classic audience proud. The original fans love that man... I know I Do!

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  • Frid

    JDA | 09.15.11 08:42:31 AM

    Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins), David Selby (Quentin Collins), Lara Parker (Angelique Bouchard), and Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie Evans) are all doing cameo appearances in the new movie.

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Josette

I named my daughter after Josette. It's a beautiful name. I hope she is in the movie, maybe Angelina Jolie!! Who is more beautiful.

new movie with johnny depp

As a child I was a devoted fan of Dark Shadows and loved Jonathan Frid's quirky portrayal of Barnabas Collins. The flawed daytime soap had an irresistable appeal. I think Johnny Depp is a fabulous actor and his collaborations with Tim Burton have proved successful. It will be very interesting to see how they approach the storyline and how Depp will create his own version of Barnabas. It will be different though, based on the synopsis of the plot. Barnabas was NOT a playboy and was deeply in love with Josette DuPres. Anqelique was her servant who, out of jealousy turned Barnabas into a vampire. As a result of these events, Josette fell to her death on Widow's Peak. Guilt, revenge, and his modern obsession with Maggie Evans (a doppleganger for Josette) was at the core of his personality and fueled his conflicted ways. In the new movie there is no mention of a Josette/Maggie. Barnabas a womanizing vampire who wakes up in 1972? Not a very sympathetic character to say the least. You run the risk of many moviegoers feeling "he had it coming" instead of seeing him as a ill-fated victim hopelessly in love with one woman - the love of his life. I hope Depp can pull it off.

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  FB-JimAsbury | 08.11.11 09:02:28 PM

  As I recall, a horrified Josette leaped to her death from Widow's Peak before Barnabas could transform her into his vampire bride, but a lot of people don't remember the real beginning of Dark Shadows and the mystery of the orphan Victoria Winters and why she was hired to work as governess at Collinwood. There were no witches and vampires until later.

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Barnabas Collins

I wonder how Johnny Depp will portray Barnabas Collins: I have watched the revision of D.S. 1991 with Ben Cross and could identify with the vampire. At the end of that series of Dark Shadows, the camera panned on Barnabas Collins and that was the end of it. I hope that in this movie we don't see Barnabas get killed off as tey did with Jonathan Frid's character...but allow him to do pentance, try to cure him of the vampirism and have the Collins family accept him...even as a vampire.