Hmm...that's a good question. I got hooked on the original Dark Shadows as a child when we spent the summer with my aunt, who was a fan. When we got home, we weren't allowed to watch because my stepfather said a co-worker's wife was driven insane by the show. (He really said that.) So, good kids that we were, we watched it with one kid posted by the window in case Dad got home before it was over. I still remember being incredibly frightened at a scene where pirates rose from their graves, and didn't even realize how campy the show was until I watched it again in re-runs in the 80s. I've started watching again on Netflix.
That said...I'm not sure what to think of the Burton version. As much as I love Depp, I kept thinking his Barnabas seems like a spoof combining Jack Sparrow and Michael Jackson. I wasn't left thinking, "I can't wait!" However, I thought a Brady Bunch movie was the stupidest idea I'd ever heard, and I thought the film ended up being really funny. I was initially creeped out when I saw trailers for "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride," but came to love both films. Since it's Tim Burton, I have great hope that it will work. We'll see it in the theater.
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