Dark Shadows- Light's Out on this One *

Rating: 2/10 (8 June 2013)

The best part of this 2012 film is Karen Carpenter's rendition of Top of the World. Other than that, this is one totally forgettable film.
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp seem both to have become masters in Gothic horror-direction and acting, respectively.
A usual curse is placed on someone, Depp, and he is freed from a casket to arrive in 1972's Maine where his ancestors had come from England.
The family is made up of essentially the characters The Munsters from television fame.
Michelle Pfeifer, believe it or not, is actually normal. With a red wig, Helena Bonham Carter plays a psychiatrist there to help a disturbed child. Carter is literally a blood sucker and pays for it. Some good acting is realized by Eva Green, the woman who cursed the Collins Family for the Depp character not loving her.
There is all sorts of mayhem and utter madness, but this is far from a satisfying movie.