
Dark Shadows(2012)
Vampire Barnabas Collins 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 and family have fallen into ruin.

A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.

Jason Watkins
Christopher Cobbler

Tim Key
Narrator

Vicki Pepperdine
The Policewoman

Alex Macqueen
The VIP

Dominic Coleman
The Tailor

Shazia Nicholls
The Colleague

Rosalind Blessed
The VIP's Secretary

Grace Rowe
The Receptionist

Andrew MacBean
The VIP's Associate

Daniel Francis-Swaby
A Colleague
The Overcoat is a comedy, fantasy film released in 2017 exploring themes of mugger, ghost, high society, coat, social outcast. Directed by Patrick Myles, it stars Jason Watkins, Tim Key, Vicki Pepperdine. A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.
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