I don't know if this film suffers from editing or if it was the tv editing because I did watch it on tv over and he Halloween holiday. It's based on the wildly popular ABC TV soap opera Dark Shadows and did use the tv actors, but it was not the most accessible for "newbies" or those who haven't seen the TV soap.
Very soap-opera-y in nature, there is love of all kinds including unrequited, revenge, jealousy and hate. There are some great gothic images including Barnabus outside with the looming castle before him in shadow.
Kudos to the cobweb makers on set, there are amazing and massive cobwebs. The film does suffer a little from lack of direction or plot...although the doctor with the vampire cure was interesting and then how did she know how to reverse it???
Even my husband who watched the tv soap as a kid with his mom had trouble following this film and wasn't a big fan.
I actually really like the vampire genre in general, but I am afraid this does not receive my stamp of recommendation. I imagine fans of the soap may enjoy it however.
Very soap-opera-y in nature, there is love of all kinds including unrequited, revenge, jealousy and hate. There are some great gothic images including Barnabus outside with the looming castle before him in shadow.
Kudos to the cobweb makers on set, there are amazing and massive cobwebs. The film does suffer a little from lack of direction or plot...although the doctor with the vampire cure was interesting and then how did she know how to reverse it???
Even my husband who watched the tv soap as a kid with his mom had trouble following this film and wasn't a big fan.
I actually really like the vampire genre in general, but I am afraid this does not receive my stamp of recommendation. I imagine fans of the soap may enjoy it however.