Get Over the Past

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2014)

I would run home from school, literally run, to watch Dark Shadows with Jonathan Frid. It, Les Crane, and Dick Cavett were my must-see TV.
Johnny Depp is wonderful as Barnabas with some hysterical lines (i.e.: upon seeing Alice Cooper, "ugliest woman I've ever seen"). His performance as the anachronistic Barnabas is nothing less than spectacular. Helena Bonham Carter as Julia Hoffman was a great bit of casting as well. And seeing Jonnie Lee Miller (Elementary's Sherlock Holmes)as the sleazy Roger Collins was great. The rest of the cast does a fine job as well.
Others may see Dark Shadows as an insult to the memory of the TV show, but I see it as both a wonderful homage and an entertaining send-up of both the show and the times.
For what it's worth, enjoy or not. It's your choice. I choose to be entertained by it.