

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
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.