Tuesday, October 13, 2015

October 13 - Dark Shadows (2012)

Today’s movie is a horror comedy with a scene that happens on October 13.  Watch and enjoy this film tonight.

DARK SHADOWS     

In 1776 maid Angelique Bouchard uses black magic to kill her romantic rival Josette du Pres and turn Barnabas Collins, who had scorned her affections into a vampire. Barnabas is buried for 176 years. Victoria Winters comes to Collinsport, Maine to be the governess to young David Collins in the family mansion Collinswood. David has a live-in psychiatrist Dr, Julie Hoffman and a cousin Carolyn.  His aunt Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is head of the Collins family; while his father Roger is a ner do well. Then Barnabas is dug up, returns to Collingswood and convinces Elizabeth that his story is true when he reveals hidden treasure to her. Barnabas is smitten with Victoria, who resembles his long dead lover Josette. Branabas and Elizabeth use the hidden treasure to rebuild Collinswood and the family fishing and cannery business. The immortal Angelique on October 13, 1972 [1:03:33 –1:09:10] tries to seduce Barnabas into give up this idea, but he refuses. Barnabas learns Victoria can see ghosts and that Julia was using his blood to make herself immortal. Barnabas kills Juila. At the party reopening Collinswood Barnabas forces the worthless Roger to choose between putting himself or his son first and when Roger chooses himself, David is devastated. Victoria learns Barnabas is a vampire and runs away. Angelique tries to get her revenge on Barnabas, revealing what he is, destroying the Collins cannery and blaming him for all the deaths he caused. The ghost of David’s mother defeats Angelique and Barnabas has to turn Victoria into a vampire so she can survive a suicide attempt. The Collins family prepares to carry on.   

The date is given in the film at 1:03:55

Producers - Richard D. Zanuck, Graham King, Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski and David Kennedy

Director - Tim Burton

Screenwriter - Seth Grahame-Smith

Runtime – 1 hour 53 minutes

Released – May 5, 2012

Starring – Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman, Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard, Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis, Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins, Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters, Chloë Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard, Gulliver McGrath as David Collins, Ray Shirley as Mrs. Johnson, Christopher Lee as Silas Clarney, Alice Cooper as himself, Ivan Kaye as Joshua Collins, Susanna Cappellaro as Naomi Collins, William Hope as Sheriff Bill of Collinsport, Hannah Murray as Hippie Chick, Guy Flanagan as Bearded Hippie

Copyright by Ivan Walters in
2015.

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