Dark Shadows are here again. First came the campy, classic television show, then a ’90s remake. Now we get to see Tim Burton and Johnny Depp take on the franchise. Of course, it still has the might of The Avengers to contend with. We offer a review of Dark Shadows and our take on The Avengers continual success before moving into the realm of television and discussing which shows are making... 

Dark Shadows is an uneven horror comedy that is neither scary nor entirely funny but manages to be entertaining despite its many flaws. Frequent collaborators, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp reunite once again to bring Dan Curtis’ cult soap opera “Dark Shadows” (1966-1971) and its lead character Barnabas Collins to the big screen. Seth Grahame-Smith, the writer of “Pride and Prejudice... 

I wasn’t a big fan of the original Dark Shadows, which precedes me by a few years. In fact, I wasn’t even aware of the soapy show until the series saw a reboot in the ‘80s with Ben Cross in the lead role of Barnabas Collins, the cursed vampire ancestor of the Collins household at the center of the series. That reboot kept a very serious tone despite the low-budget origins of the original series....