Review of Dark Shadows (2012) by Gavin L — 21 Apr 2013

A very underrated movie! Tim Burton is the most original filmmaker around.

This review of Dark Shadows (2012) was written by Gavin L on 21 Apr 2013.

Dark Shadows has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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