Entertains, but nothing memorable here

Rating: 6/10 (22 September 2012)

Dark Shadows follows the tale of Barnabas Collins, a wealthy and a rich man who whose family migrates from Liverpool in the 1760's and start a fishing business in America , which turns out to be more than successful and is called Colllinsport. Collins seduces one of the housemaids, who loves him very dearly, but finds out that the Barnabas does not love him back. Barnabas falls in love and marries to which the house maid feels heartbroken and jealous to and places a cruse on Collins family who die under mysterious circumstances and ends up wiping out most of Barnabas ancestors, but most of all places a curse on Barnabas himself, who himself jumps off the cliff in order to be with his dead wife who not a few moments ago jumped off the cliff under the spell of the house maid, the witch Angelique Bouchard, Barnabas finds himself surviving the fall only to find out that he's been turned into a Vampire by the witch. Towns people are turned against Barnabas as he kills people for blood, they arrest him, chain him and then bury him inside the coffin....Alive.
200 years later or should I say 196 (As said by the antagonist of the movie) the coffin is opened and the things are about to change for the better ...or the worse.
The story is rather very simple and not that complicated to understand. It gives you a sense on what to expect at the very start of the movie. Dark Shadows falls under the category of Dark Horror Comedy, Tim Burton (the director of the movie who needs no introduction) directs that movie quite well. He's no stranger to dark tone of the movies, his shining example would be "Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" that was released in 2007. Johnny Depp once again returns along Tim Burtons side, to me personally this actor can portray many roles with ease, he can be a Demon Barber, Captain Jack Sparrow, Mad Hatter ........a Vampire and countless other roles he was played over the years. In short he was perfect for that role.
This movie is well directed, the sets are amazing, the performances are top notch. The visuals look amazing, despite of having everything perfect, I think the script needed a bit more work on it to make it more memorable and developing other characters more. Despite that minor shortcoming aside, I certainly enjoyed watching the movie "Dark Shadows". I won't be seeing it again & again,. But it's a pretty pleasant ride that should be experienced at least "once".