Our first feature is the 2012 Tim Burton film Dark Shadows. I thought it was fun to look at and it made me laugh. I can't remember anything much about the original 1967 Dan Curtis tv show the movie is based on. I know I watched some but the soap opera format wasn't something I was that interested in so I's pretty much sure it wasn't many episodes. The 5 day a week show ran for 5 years and 1225 episodes. Barnabas didn't appear until episode 210. There's a 128 disc box set of the complete series for $344 on Amazon right now. It comes in a coffin shaped box. Greg said he had watched the two Dark Shadows movies that were made in 1970. I might want to put them on my NetFlix queue but it's so full right now it won't be for ages until I see them. I think I'll just forget about it for now. Johnny Depp plays Barnabas Collins, the son of the man who founded the town of
Collinsport in the mid 1700's. Daddy built the family mansion Collinswood where his now near grown son Barnabas has an affair with the maid Angelique. She's a witch who gets her vengence on when Barnabas rejects her love. First she kills his parents and then the only woman he loved. Angelique turns Barnabas into a vampire with magic which she also uses to turn the town against him. She's like a major bitch. The mob wraps him in chains and stuffs him in a coffin. They seal it with chains and bury it deep. He stays there until 1972 when some workers dig up the coffin. Sad for them, Barnabus is really thirsty. He returns to the family home to find his decendents in a sorry state. Angelique is still alive. She'd used her witchcraft to stay alive for all these years and to destroy the Collins family fortune. Barnabas knows where his dad hid some more treasure and he rebuilds the family's factory and home. There's a big fight with Angelique over the fishing contracts which leads to much destruction. Barnabas chomps down on some hippies. He's nearly buried again but his family helps rescue him. I thought there were plenty of laughs along the way. The effects, costumes, makeup were mostly pretty darn good. I thought the werewolf was a bit weak. There was plenty of great looking stuff up on the screen. Well worth a look for those who lean toward this sort of thing. If you know the kind of work Tim Burton has turned in before you won't be too surprised at what's on screen.
We watched the first Daimajin movie on the Mill Creek BlueRay that is so cheap right now. I had watched them just a month ago on a sunday morning.
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