With the sad news of the untimely death of the TV Barnabas
(Jonathan Frid) it was nice to see a glimpse of the cameos from the cast of TV
show here. Fans of the show ay be grumbling about the tone of the film, but
they are vastly outnumbered by the fans of Tim Burton, the fans of Johnny Depp,
and the fans of the Burton / Depp combo. The film may be out there, but surely a Burton / Depp
movie that was “normal” or ordinary, would be the true disappointment.
Synopsis...
“In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son
Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But
even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued
their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his
feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood
Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes
the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A
witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than
death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries
later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very
changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his
once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the
Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.
Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon
live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with
her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well
brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter
Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David
Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker
Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria
Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.”
Vampire History Featurette...
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