Dark Shadows Trailer

[Brazoo]

The trailer is finally here:

Dark Shadows - Movie Trailers - iTunes

I'm not too familiar with the original material for this, but I imagine it has less fish-out-of-water jokes.

I guess it looks entertaining enough - again, not knowing much about the original - I'm glad Burton is back to creepy/funny stuff, cuz I think that's what he's best at.

[The Toyroom]

Trailer almost makes it play like a comedy...Uh oh....

[megoscott]

Almost? It look hilarious...

[The Toyroom]

The original was unintentionally campy so I guess it's got a good pedigree

[ShadowAvenger]

That was wrong on so many levels.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow. I wasn't expecting THAT.

On it's own, it looks fun, but I have a feeling the faithful are going to be TICKED.

Chris

[The Toyroom]

I was hoping for something a bit more serious to show the Twilighters (my daughter included) what a "real" vampire is but oh, well...This might not be that bad after all.
I'm digging the 70s vibe it has going on and maybe this is the right direction, who knows.
I'm still seeing it no matter what...

[palitoy]

Burton always uses humour and I think the trailer highlighted that. I doubt it'll be as light as it seems.

Having said that, as a fan of the original series, it made me smile. I look forward to it.

[megoscott]

I know you are a big fan, I'm glad you aren't bitterly disappointed. It made me laugh.

[palitoy]

Remakes can never take away what was, so I'm rather zen about them in the first place.

Nobody hears "frankenstein" and thinks Robert Deniro!

[The Toyroom]

Having said that, as a fan of the original series, it made me smile. I look forward to it.

Ditto! I think it'll be just fine

[mego73]

I had my worries when Depp Barnabas looked like a renagade from an emo goth club. It looks like they are playing it for laughs.

[madmarva]

Here's some stills
www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/15/21-fresh-images-from-dark-shadows/

I wanted a serious take on Dark Shadows until I saw that trailer. Now, I want to see that movie. What a great trailer and a fantastic and great-looking cast.

[MIB41]

After having to endure watching vampire lore b*stardized into one dimensional Harlequin novels like "Twilight", it is so incredibly refreshing to see Burton and Depp find a fresh spark in the genre. It looks to me like it will be QUITE SERIOUS. But without the trappings of being bland, predictable, and dull. Looks like another Burton/Depp classic coming. I'm pumped!

[Dark Shadow]

The trailer seems heavy on the comedy, hopefully due to the fact that it will first be linked up with 21 Jump Street this weekend. It will be interesting to see if the trailer is altered in any way when it is shown with next week's opening of The Hunger Games.

The atmosphere looks great, will have to wait for the actual film to see what the vibe & tone are. I've read/heard mixed reviews from different viewers who attended the private screening held Tuesday night in Burbank. Some say full blown comedy, some say semi-serious gothic with scattered humorous moments, some weren't exactly sure what they had just seen.

The crux of the original DS vampire storyline was the love triangle between Barnabas, Josette & Angelique which resulted in a brutal Shakespearian-styled melodramatic tragedy of virtual familial annihilation (those "campy" originals!). Some have reported that this focal point gets lost in the "fish-out-of-water" gags, 70's kitsch & period social commentary.

I hope those reviewers were just being overly sensitive and that the trailer is "just a trailer"...cuz I really wanna like this movie and everything up to this point has seemed very promising.

Waiting patiently for May 11, 2012.