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UNITED STATES · 2012

Dark Shadows

Tim Burton
vampire mythology family decay time displacement gothic horror redemption
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Synopsis

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

Year2012
CountryUnited States
DirectorTim Burton
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