
Beetlejuice(1988)
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.


“Every family has its demons.”
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.

Johnny Depp
Barnabas Collins

Michelle Pfeiffer
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

Eva Green
Angelique Bouchard

Helena Bonham Carter
Dr. Julia Hoffman

Chloë Grace Moretz
Carolyn Stoddard

Bella Heathcote
Victoria Winters / Josette DuPres

Gulliver McGrath
David Collins

Jackie Earle Haley
Willie Loomis

Jonny Lee Miller
Roger Collins

Ray Shirley
Mrs. Johnson
Dark Shadows is a comedy, fantasy film released in 2012 exploring themes of witch, vampire, imprisonment, curse, fish out of water, chains. Directed by Tim Burton, it stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green. 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.
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