Dark Shadows Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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 (Johnny 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 (Eva 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 (Michelle 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 (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.

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Comedy Fantasy Remake Vampires

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Dark Shadows.

• 
  Johnny Depp

  ... Barnabas Collins

  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

• 
  Jackie Earle Haley

  ... Willie Loomis

  The Union, Watchmen

• B
  Bella Heathcote

  ... Victoria Winters

  Fifty Shades Darker, Killing Them Softly

• 
  Eva Green

  ... Angelique

  Dirty Angels, Casino Royale

• 
  Helena Bonham Carter

  ... Dr. Julia Hoffman

  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Cinderella

• 
  Michelle Pfeiffer

  ... Elizabeth Collins

  New Year's Eve, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

• 
  Thomas McDonell

  ... Young Barnabas Collins

  Prom, Fun Size

Crew Behind the Film

The Dark Shadows behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Tim Burton last directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Dumbo. The film's writer John August last wrote Aladdin and Frankenweenie.

Director

Tim Burton

Screenwriters

John August
Seth Grahame-Smith

Producers

Johnny Depp
David Kennedy
Graham King

Production Details

What we know about the Dark Shadows movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on the ABC soap created by Dan Curtis that aired from 1966 - 1971.

Production Updates for Dark Shadows

Apr 2012

Completed

Changed Dark Shadows movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Mar 2012

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Sep 2011

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Dec 2008

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

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