Review of Dark Shadows (2012) by Thee Chad S — 12 Jun 2013

I LOVE this movie!! Its funny mysterious at times and has a great plot! Tim burton and johnny depp did a great job with this idea!

This review of Dark Shadows (2012) was written by Thee Chad S on 12 Jun 2013.

Dark Shadows has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Jennifer R (652) on 10 Mar 2017

Very good indeed!! love tim burton movies. great music too johnny depp was wonderful & michelle pfeiffer also.. I enjoyed:):)…

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By Kent S (17) on 19 Mar 2017

I'm kind of surprised at the rating this got here on RT. I haven't been too fond of any of Burton's recent work but I actually liked this one a lot…

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