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.
Production
Collinwood Manor is a character—every room drips with Burton excess.
Costume
Depp's 18th-century vampire in 70s Maine? *Chef's kiss.*
Acting
Eva Green devours scenery as the scorned witch.
Director
Tim Burton
Johnny Depp
Barnabas Collins
Michelle Pfeiffer
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Eva Green
Angelique Bouchard
Helena Bonham Carter
Dr. Julia Hoffman
Chloë Grace Moretz
Carolyn Stoddard
Bella Heathcote
Victoria Winters / Josette DuPres
Gulliver McGrath
David Collins
Jackie Earle Haley
Willie Loomis
Jonny Lee Miller
Roger Collins
Ray Shirley
Mrs. Johnson
Christopher Lee
Clarney
Alice Cooper
Self
Ivan Kaye
Joshua Collins
Susanna Cappellaro
Naomi Collins
Josephine Butler
David's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was based on a 1966-71 gothic soap opera that aired 1,225 episodes; Burton and Depp were obsessed as kids.
The film's tonal whiplash—horror, comedy, romance, camp—mirrors the original soap's chaotic daily melodrama.
US
