yeah.. pfff.. I saw it. And yawned. What a boring and uninspired movie. I've never seen the soap this is based on nor have I heard of it - it made me think of Addams Family minus the oddities that made them so popular. Actually Dark Shadows had all the ingridients for a fun movie, instead it's just plain weird and awkward without the fun. The only joke that made me smile was "ugliest woman I've ever seen" and even that got old after repeating it.

Rent it on video if you feel you have to see it, but save the money now.

I don't think it's Burtons fault, his style shines through - while not the best, but the script is a disaster. Seth Grahame-Smith - never heard of the man - wrote the script. Some of his works include: Saving Dick, Deadliest Crotch and a movie about a boy with... big genitals. Yup. Apparently he is the man you got to if you need flat "bro-jokes" and this is something that doesn't go well with someone like Burton. Seth Grahame-Smith will be responsible for Beetlejuice 2. Producer and screenwriter. I weep for my childhood.