31 Day Horror Challenge Day Sixteen: Dark Shadows(2012)

Tim Burton has been given another opportunity to show us that he hasn’t had an original idea since the 1980’s and he excels at it!  It really is a shame that there are so many good directors out there but this clown gets all the money because stupid people will line up for miles to see him take a huge crap on great filmmaking from years past.  Thank goodness I didn’t pay to see this one.

In the 1700’s, Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp) is turned into a vampire by and angry ex-lover and imprisoned in a coffin.  Two centuries pass and Collins is released.  He then meets his dysfunctional descendants and awkwardly lives with them.  They end up fighting his witch ex-girlfriend and the clichés just keep piling on from there.

It seems as though Johnny Depp will do anything for money lately.  It’s sad because he was once a very talented actor.  He and Tim Burton are just out to get your cash at this point.  Enough is enough, stop paying to see this garbage!

3/10 stars