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2[[caption-width-right:300:The vampire is the most normal one in ''this'' family.]]
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4->''"It is said that blood is thicker than water. It is what defines us... binds us... curses us."''
5-->-- '''Barnabas Collins'''
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7''Dark Shadows'' is a film adaptation of the [[Series/DarkShadows TV series of the same name]] directed by Creator/TimBurton, with Creator/JohnnyDepp [[PromotedFanboy realizing his childhood dream]] of portraying the AffablyEvil vampire Barnabas Collins. Also in the cast are Creator/EvaGreen, Bella Heathcote, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/JonnyLeeMiller, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, Creator/JackieEarleHaley, and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz.
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9In 1776 Barnabas, the scion of a wealthy Maine fishing family, is [[{{Curse}} turned into a vampire]] by Angelique (Green), a witch, for [[WomanScorned rejecting her love]]. He is locked in an iron coffin and buried alive. He escapes two centuries later, in the early [[TheSeventies seventies]], and goes to help out his declining family's descendants and confront Angelique once more.
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11Released in the summer of 2012, the film is more comedic in tone than the series, similar to early Burton films such as ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
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14!!This film provides examples of:
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16* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:Laura Collins appears as a protective ghost rather than an evil Phoenix]].
17* AdaptationalVillainy:
18** [[spoiler:Julia Hoffman, who has her own not-entirely-reputable reasons for "curing" Barnabas this time around.]]
19** Angelique was a much more tragic figure in the original series than the malicious bitch in the film. For starters, she only cursed Barnabas after he SHOT her in the original show, with the implication that she was not in her right mind, especially since she initially tried to undo the curse when she got better. She also did not murder Barnabas' parents, or curse [[spoiler: Carolyn.]] Even though Angelique was responsible for Josette's death in the original show, she did not sadistically force her rival to kill herself against her will. She merely showed Josette an image of herself as a vampire, causing Josette to willingly kill herself in horror. It was never clear if her intention was to kill Josette or simply scare her, [[EvilLaugh though she was happy with the end result.]] Also, Angelique [[OurGhostsAreDifferent herself had been murdered]] when it happened, so it could be argued that she was not in her right mind.
20* AffectionateParody: To the original ''Series/DarkShadows'' series, as well as soap opera twists and turns in general.
21* TheAgeless: Angelique is perpetually young thanks to her witchcraft.
22* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Angelique holding out her heart to Barnabas with tearful eyes]] can easily come across as this.
23* TheAlcoholic: Willie Loomis, the manor's caretaker (Creator/JackieEarleHaley), and Dr. Julia Hoffman, the live-in psychiatrist (Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter).
24* AndIMustScream:
25** Barnabas is trapped in a coffin for 200 years ("Don't exaggerate. It was only 196"). He seems to have dealt with this nightmare by obtaining a twisted sense of time while he was imprisoned. The second time he's imprisoned in a coffin, however, he believes it has been years or decades while he was only trapped for twenty minutes.
26** [[spoiler: In the final shot, Hoffman is revealed to be reincarnated as vampire, but sitting deep in the ocean, mummified in sheets and chains with a large weight tied to her.]]
27* AndShowItToYou: Combined with BeatStillMyHeart, Angelique [[spoiler: pulls out her own heart moments before her death, when it stops beating and shatters.]] An attempt to prove that yes, she does indeed have a heart.
28* AntiHero: Barnabas is a NominalHero or a VillainProtagonist. While he is [[ApologeticAttacker apologetic]], he has few qualms about [[HorrorHunger murdering numerous innocent people to satisfy]] his vampiric BloodLust, or [[CharmPerson ensnaring minions]] in pursuit of his goals. On the positive side, he also has a strong sense of familial devotion, doing everything in his power to enrich and protect his relatives. And his love for Victoria is genuine.
29* AntiquatedLinguistics: Barnabas converses in a most quaint and peculiar 18th-century verbiage.
30* ApologeticAttacker: Barnabas apologizes both times before murdering two packs of innocent people. He voices regret to at least one of the construction workers, but explains that after 200 years, he's ''very'' thirsty.
31* AsHimself: Music/AliceCooper - though nobody accounts for why he looks 40 years older than he should have been. A bit of SelfDeprecation there: Cooper's cameo was originally supposed to be a CG representation of his younger self, but Cooper thought he looked uglier then than he does now, and decided to stand in himself.
32* AutoCannibalism: Well, at least, drinking your own blood. [[spoiler: When Barnabas drains Dr. Hoffman, she is transfusing herself with a bag of his blood, which quickly empties.]]
33* BadassBoast: Reminiscent of a line from ''Film/{{Cellular}}'':
34--> '''Barnabas''': A stout man contains some 5 quarts of blood, which if you will forgive the boast, I can consume in a mere seven and a half seconds. [[spoiler:But you, my dear little wisp, I dare say I will drink you to a withered husk in ''less than five.'']]
35* BadassFamily: The Collins all stand up against Angelique in the climax, with all their dark secrets.
36* BeatStillMyHeart: [[spoiler: As Angelique is defeated by the ghost of David's mother, she plunges her hand into her shattered chest, pulls out her still-beating heart, and shows it to Barnabas in a last desperate attempt to make him feel something for her. It doesn't work, the heart evaporates and she dies.]]
37* TheBeautifulElite: Barnabas, Josette.
38* BedsheetGhost: DoubleSubverted. The first time Victoria sees a "ghost", it's very obviously David trying to scare her. The second time, when she thinks it's David again... there is [[RealAfterAll a very real specter]] underneath the sheets. She's neither surprised nor scared though, [[spoiler: since she's known this ghost since her childhood]].
39* BedsheetLadder: Victoria used one to escape the asylum.
40* BelligerentSexualTension: Stacks of it with Barnabas and Angelique. They hate each other, but quite obviously lust for each other.
41* BettyAndVeronica: Barnabas with Maggie/Victoria (Betty) and Angelique (Veronica).
42** Although unlike the original series it's always obvious that there was never a choice to be made there unless he gave into Angelique's blackmail; although he's incredibly physically attracted to her he also openly loathes her as a person.
43* BigBad: Angelique.
44* BigFancyHouse: Collinwood Manor was built to be one of these. It regains some of its charm in 1972 post-renovation.
45* BigScrewedUpFamily[=/=]DysfunctionalFamily: The Collins in the 70's. [[spoiler: Mostly because Angelique has been secretly messing with the family for nearly 200 years]].
46* BirdsOfAFeather: This exchange happens prior to Barnabas biting Angelique and drinking her blood, kicking off the FinalBattle once she blasts him away from her.
47--> '''Angelique''': Go on, slaughter me. Show them who you are.
48--> '''Barnabas''': No... I shall show them who ''we'' are.
49* BitchInSheepsClothing: Angelique.
50* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Angelique is dead and Barnabas succeeds in turning Victoria/Maggie into a vampire so that they can be together forever, but Collinwood Manor and the fishery are burned to the ground and the Collins family are now even less liked by the townsfolk.]]
51* BlackComedy: What this mostly is, though there's also tragedy, horror and romance elements scattered throughout.
52* BlessedWithSuck: Maggie, whose ability to talk to ghosts is misunderstood by her parents, leading to her institutionalization.
53* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: During the climax Angelique's body starts to fall apart like cracked porcelain and she moves like a twisted puppet. The overall effect is quite disturbing.]]
54* BookcasePassage: You didn't expect a haunted old manor to have one of these, did you? Also {{discussed}} and {{lampshaded}}.
55* BookEnds: Barnabas begins and ends the movie with monologues about how blood is ThickerThanWater. Also [[spoiler:leaping off the cliff after his love interest does the same]].
56** One of the first scenes is of Barnabas with his parents watching Collinwood being built. One of the last scenes is [[spoiler: the modern Collins watching Collinwood burn down]].
57* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Carolyn. Bratty, teen, [[spoiler: and a ''werewolf'']].
58* BrickJoke: In the movie's prologue, the "M" in Mephistopheles' name looks suspiciously like the [=McDonald's=] "M." After Barnabas is unearthed in 1972, he looks up and exclaims "Mephistopheles!" as he sees a [=McDonald's=] sign.
59* BrokenBird: Maggie/Victoria. She gets better though.
60* BuriedAlive: Well, Barnabas is a vampire so technically he's undead, but it certainly counts.
61* BurnTheWitch: Invoked by Barnabas, as an (empty) threat against Angelique.
62* ByronicHero: Barnabas is an attractive male; he is intelligent and sophisticated; he is sensitive; the loss of his parents and fiancée haunts him; he is passionate and does not respect the social norms.
63* TheCameo:
64** Music/AliceCooper as himself at a party.
65** Creator/ChristopherLee shows up too, playing the aged fisherman Barnabas hypnotizes.
66** Special effects artist Creator/RickBaker appears as a decorator.
67* CatapultNightmare: Victoria dreams of being committed.
68* CerebusRollercoaster: The movie starts off dark, then swiftly becomes more and more comedic until the final showdown, which is very creepy, dramatic, and almost devoid of humorous moments.
69* CharmPerson: One of Barnabas' abilities. Also Angelique, who caused Josette's suicide with a spell. [[spoiler: She uses the same spell on Maggie/Victoria at the end.]]
70* ChekhovsSkill: Barnabas intimidating [[spoiler:Dr. Hoffman]] with being able to drain a woman in five seconds, as he manages to [[spoiler:drain and turn Victoria while falling off a cliff before they hit the ground]].
71* CheshireCatGrin: Angelique flaunts one as she says, [[WeMeetAgain "Hello, Barnabas. Remember me?"]] Honestly, she does this through the whole damn movie.
72* ChickMagnet: All the girls are attracted to Barnabas: Angelique Bouchard, Josette du Pres, Victoria Winters, and Dr. Julia Hoffman.
73* CompositeCharacter: This film's Victoria Winters is both the original Victoria ''and'' Maggie Evans. Serves as a MythologyGag as during the original series, ''both'' characters were identified as the reincarnation of Josette at different times.
74** Also, Angelique is both the original Angelique and Burke Devlin, who, in the first season of the original series, was building up a rival fishery to bring down the Collins family out of revenge. Of course, having had 200 years (and magic), Angelique is far more successful.
75* CreepyLongFingers: Barnabas develops these when Angelique curses him to become a vampire.
76* CrucifiedHeroShot: {{Inverted}}. [[spoiler: After having been smashed against a chandelier, the villainous Angelique dies in a crucifixion pose.]]
77* CursedWithAwesome:
78** Barnabas. Sure he can't endure sunlight, but he's gained immortality and vampiric powers.
79** [[spoiler: Carolyn, who's been turned into a werewolf]].
80%%* DenserAndWackier
81* DeadpanSnarker: Barnabas.
82** Elizabeth too.
83-->(About Dr. Hoffman) "She's probably sleeping off one of her legendary hangovers."
84** [[WorldOfSnark Everyone really]].
85* DeathAsComedy: Barnabas [[spoiler: killing the hippies in the forest]].
86* DeathGlare: Angelique does this many times. As does Barnabas when he's really mad at someone.
87* DecoyProtagonist: After the prologue, the film proper starts off with Victoria on the train to her new job, and it appears she'll be the protagonist. In fact she plays an extremely ancillary role to the plot of the film.
88* DestructiveRomance: Angelique's desire for Barnabas is ultimately what breaks her and [[spoiler: leads to her demise.]]
89* DestructoNookie: Barnabas and Angelique trash the latter's office while making love.
90* DeusExMachina: Not that [[spoiler: David's mother's ghost]] doesn't get mentioned at all before her climactic appearance, but considering that [[spoiler: ghosts]] aren't [[spoiler: seen to be capable of doing anything apart from being seen]] and that [[spoiler: she only appears at the climax]] it's hard not to consider [[spoiler: her sudden appearance]] this.
91** Then you realise it's [[spoiler:''not'' a case of DeusExMachina as she ''drowned''. She's not a ghost. She's a ''siren'' who are known for luring people to death with their voices... which she does to Angelique.]]
92* DidntSeeThatComing: Unless you picked up on the very subtle {{foreshadowing}}, [[spoiler: Carolyn being unveiled as a werewolf probably came a bit out of nowhere]].
93* DiegeticSwitch:
94** The restoration of Collinwood and the family business is accompanied by a "Top of the World" soundtrack by the Music/{{Carpenters}}. The scene eventually switches to a Collinwood TV set showing Karen Carpenter performing the song. Aghast, Barnabas attacks the TV, crying out, "Reveal yourself, tiny songstress!"
95** Played with in a scene where Barnabas, monologuing about his past, lays his arms on a '70s home organ, which plays a moody chord with inappropriately bouncy auto-accompaniment. Subsequent gestures generate {{ScareChord}}s and other out-of-place sounds, until Elizabeth finally switches it off.
96* DisappearedDad: Carolyn's dad is never seen or heard from, and Carolyn lampshades and invokes this on Elizabeth during the scene where Alice Cooper sings "Ballad of Dwight Fry", by speaking (on stage) the starting verse ("Mommy, where's daddy. He's been gone for so long. Is he ever coming home?"). [[DeathGlare Elizabeth is not remotely amused]]. Considering [[spoiler: Angelique's cursing the family for 200 years, [[FridgeHorror it's likely that Carolyn's father either abandoned her like David's father Roger, or was killed in some manner by Angelique, possibly by the same werewolf that turned Carolyn as a baby]]]].
97* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Barnabas was not locked in a box for 200 years, it was 196.
98* DugTooDeep: Barnabas is released when his coffin is dug up by construction workers.
99* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Both Barnabas and David Collins. [[spoiler:And Victoria after being turned into a vampire]].
100* ElectricTorture: Maggie was treated by electroshock therapy when she was confined in a mental hospital.
101* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler: Barnabas bites Maggie and transforms her into a vampire to save her from a fall off the cliff at the end]].
102* TheEndOrIsIt: The final shot parodies the way soap operas end in cliffhangers; [[spoiler: Dr Hoffman is shown underwater opening her eyes, implying she was successfully turned into a vampire. For fun, this scene recalls a shot of the drowned Shelley Winters, in 1955's ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''.]]
103* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler: Angelique records Barnabas' confession of killing the construction workers and the hippies, and plays it out loud to the crowd gathering near the burning Collins factory (which she destroyed using black magic).]]
104* EuropeansAreKinky: Angelique has French origins, and boy is she straightforward in sexual matters.
105* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Angelique's French origins may have something to do with her being presented as a smolderingly hot seductress.
106* EvilIsHammy: Angelique is by far the largest ham in the movie.
107* EvilVersusEvil[=/=]ALighterShadeOfBlack: Barnabas and Angelique are both clearly evil. Murder, mind-control, vicious mindset, and so on. Barnabas considers himself to be the lesser evil, arguing that all the bad things that Angelique does are her own fault... while all the bad things he does are ''also'' her fault, since Angelique's the one who turned Barnabas into a vampire. See also the ProtagonistCenteredMorality example.
108* FakeAmerican: Played with and justified in-universe. At the beginning, Angelique speaks with a French accent, but develops an American pronunciation to help her blend in the ever-changing society. Barnabas, on the other hand, missed out the last 200 years of the language's evolution in America, and still speaks like a Brit. It helped that his cover story was that he had just recently come from Britain.
109** Helena Bonham Carter plays this straight and does an excellent job with the accent. Ditto Bella Heathcote.
110** And Jonny Lee Miller.
111* FakedRipVanWinkle: At the second time Barnabas Collins got out of a coffin he was sealed in, he was ready to believe he'd been there for decades. (Justified in that it took him 196 years to get out last time) The trope was averted as a relative of his tells him he was only there for a few minutes.
112* FantasticRomance: Barnabas and Angelique/Victoria/[[spoiler:Dr. Hoffmann]].
113* FemmeFatale: Angelique, again.
114* FemmeFatalons: Angelique's. Barnabas has the male version.
115* FetishizedAbuser: Angelique kills Barnabas' parents and girlfriend and locks him in a coffin for close to two centuries. Doesn't prevent him from being attracted to her.
116* TheFilmOfTheSeries
117* FinalBattle: In which [[spoiler:Carolyn is revealed to be a werewolf, Angelique is killed by the ghost of David's mother, and Collinwood Manor is destroyed]].
118* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Barnabas. His responses to the notoriously-tacky 70s is a major source of the movie's humor.
119* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: [[spoiler:Dr. Hoffmann falls for her patient Barnabas. Later subverted, as it's revealed that she is more interested [[VampireVannabe in his vampire blood]] than his personality.]]
120* {{Foreshadowing}}:
121** [[spoiler:Carolyn being a werewolf: The first time we see Carolyn she's wearing a very short dress and throughout the whole film does not wear shoes (when she transforms her legs change so much they rip her tights); the second time she's eating under a painting of a full moon and her cousin says she makes animal noises at night. Angelique also refers to her as a "fetching creature". Also, the ''Scooby Doo'' episode featuring a werewolf and the secret passage features wolves howling at the moon. And on the night Angelique tries to get the Collins family arrested, there is a full moon in the sky, Carolyn senses this and eerily goes inside the mansion and closes both doors.]]
122** At one point, mention is made of the family curse: witches, vampires, [[spoiler:and werewolves]].
123** [[spoiler:Dr. Hoffman becoming a vampire: She's always wearing red and she's always thirsty. After the transfusions begin she also stays away from the light and asks people to shut the curtains. She also gets noticeably paler, and when Barnabas bites her and she gasps in pain it's shown she has fangs. Also, when she's mentioned as being their psychiatrist, Barnabas asks [[IsItSomethingYouEat if that's an American delicacy]], hinting he'll end up biting her.]]
124* FreudianExcuse: It's hinted at the beginning of the film that Angelique's entire attraction and torture towards Barnabas is due to her being born a peasant, and how her mother ordered that she stop looking at Barnabas and "know her place"(being a house servant). Her entire goal seems to be an obsession to prove she can be better than the rich and noble Collins, and that she can have Barnabas despite her humble origins. Just watch when she first shows up in 70's Collinswood, how she basks on people addressing her with respect and reverence. While it doesn't justify everything [[MoralEventHorizon she did to the innocent Barnabas and his family]], it does explain why she's adamant on forcing him to love her. [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex She's like a child that was told she can't have something because she "wasn't born good enough", so she tries her hardest to get what she wants.]]
125* FreakyIsCool: Of all people, David likes Barnabas the most.
126%%* FrenchJerk: Angelique is a rare female example.
127* FrenchMaid: Played with. 18th-century Angelique lacks the uniform, but has the flirtatious attitude associated with the stereotype.
128* FunnyForeigner: Barnabas comes off as this due to a combination of FishOutOfTemporalWater and his FakeBrit accent.
129* FurAgainstFang: Played with. [[spoiler:It's werewolf vs. witch, and the werewolf is fighting on the vampire's side.]]
130* GenderBlenderName: Music/AliceCooper is the "ugliest woman" Barnabas has ever seen.
131* GenreBlindness: You'd think that ''everyone'' would realize that Barnabas was a vampire after he mentions that [[spoiler: his hand should've burst into flames by touching the silverware and his declaration to focus his attention on family after 200 years at breakfast]], or at least ''MAGGIE'' would've figured out it out after [[spoiler: deep-kissing]] the damned guy, but you'd be wrong.
132* GetOut: Two examples to Angelique, both in the climax. [[spoiler:Carolyn, having just transformed into a werewolf, roars at her, "GET OUT OF MY ROOM!", and then Elizabeth orders Angelique to get out of the house while aiming a gun at her. Angelique simply mocks her and brings parts of the house to life.]]
133* GoThroughMe: Humorously subverted when Willie tells Angelique this and she immediately flings him aside.
134* GoToYourRoom: For Carolyn [[KickTheDog mocking David's mother, her own, dead aunt, right in front of David]], Elizabeth sends Carolyn to her room.
135* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: Although would've been a NearVillainVictory, [[spoiler: if not for the ghost of David's mother]].
136* GreenEyedMonster: Angelique wants Barnabus and anyone who gets in her way becomes an immediate target for her ire.
137* HauntedHeroine: Maggie/Victoria, quite literally.
138* HauntedHouse: Collinswood Manor, which is haunted by [[spoiler: the restless spirit of David's mother]].
139* HaveAGayOldTime: Barnabas suggests the Collins family throw a ball. Cue "We always had the biggest, most wonderful balls" and "This family could use some balls".
140* HistoricalInJoke:
141--> '''Hippie''': "[[UsefulNotes/VietnamWar What's good about this war is,]] it's ''so bad'', [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror there's never gonna be another one."]]
142* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Angelique's scheme to turn Barnabas into a vampire, [[spoiler: have Carolyn turned into a werewolf]], and especially [[spoiler: having David's mother killed and then come back as a ghost to haunt him]] certainly backfired and brings about her defeat.
143* HollywoodNewEngland: Both flavors (refined but decaying "Codfish Aristocracy" and gruff fishermen).
144* HotWitch: Angelique.
145* IdenticalGrandson: Maggie is probably a descendant of Josette's family, hence the resemblance between the two and the fact that Maggie can see the ghost of Josette.
146** This trope is toyed with as well. Angelique does not age, so to avoid suspicion she pretends to be her own daughter, granddaughter, great granddaughter, ad nauseum as time passes. This causes the boardroom of identical portraits in the gallery of past [=CEOs=].
147* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Angelique pulls this on Barnabas in her office. [[AllMenArePerverts Johnny Depp looks quite pleased]] [[MaleGaze at the invocation of the trope....]]
148* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Probably what Angelique was thinking when she locked Barnabas in that coffin; the first ''and'' second time.
149* ISeeDeadPeople: Maggie/Victoria and David.
150* IfICantHaveYou:
151--> '''Angelique:''' ''If I can't have you, I'll destroy you. And your family.''
152* ImmortalityImmorality: Angelique is over 200 years old, perpetually young, and deeply depraved. Barnabas, although much less of a jerk, still uses very immoral methods (mind control, killing, etc.) to further his agenda.
153* ImpoverishedPatrician: The Collins family fell on hard times and couldn't even afford to keep the whole manor warm until Barnabas Collins showed them the secret compartment where his parents hid their valuables. It's unclear what became of them after the climax.
154** The treasure room was below ground and seemed framed by stone, so it had a more than decent chance of surviving. Certainly enough to work with if they ever decided to capitalize on the SequelHook at the end.
155* InterspeciesRomance: Barnabas/Angelique; Barnabas/Victoria.
156* IsItSomethingYouEat: Barnabas thinks a psychiatrist is an American delicacy at first. [[spoiler:[[{{Foreshadowing}} She becomes one]].]]
157* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Admittedly it's a HiddenHeartOfGold, but Carolyn counts. She spends most of the film acting bitchy and dishes out a nasty KickTheDog to David, but deep down she's still a good person who does care for those around her when the time comes. She tries to give Barnabas advice on how to court Victoria despite obviously thinking he's a weirdo, shows sincere approval at his idea of a party at Collinwood and participates in the festivities [[spoiler:and attempts to battle Angelique head-on in the climax.]]
158* JuliusBeethovenDaVinci: Played with. To cover up her immortality, Angelique always poses as the head of the Bouchard family, changing names and appearances every generation or so.
159* JustTrainWrong: An amusing example in the opening credits: While the interior of the Amtrak train is correct, even using old advertising and Amtrak's original logo, the exterior shots are of a modern-day train.
160* KickTheDog:
161** Angelique crosses the MoralEventHorizon by doing this, first by murdering Barnabas's parents, then Josette. And of course, continuing Barnabas's own suffering by turning him into a vampire and burying him alive.
162** Angelique does this to the rest of the Collins family too, by ruining their fishery with her own, killing David's mother at sea, [[spoiler:turning Carolyn into a werewolf]], and then, [[spoiler:after they reopen their fishery, she destroys it again and turns the townspeople against them and Barnabas. Even though Barnabas ''did'' murder the construction workers, the hippies and Hoffman, he did not do it ForTheEvulz, as Angelique implies with her recording to the sheriff.]]
163** Carolyn does this by mocking the fate of her dead aunt, David's mother, right in front of David. Elizabeth sends her to her room for it.
164* LadyDrunk: Dr. Julia Hoffman.
165* LadyInRed: Angelique turns up to the Collins' Ball looking absolutely stunning in a [[http://www.beyondhollywood.com/dark-shadows-2012-movie-preview-images-and-videos/dsd_fullbody_busshelter_angelique_rgb/ sequined red dress]].
166* LecherousLicking: Made creepier by the fact that Angelique has a [[OverlyLongTongue long, snake-like tongue]].
167* TheLostLenore: Josette for Barnabas.
168* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: ColorCodedForYourConvenience - Victoria (the light feminine) is usually seen wearing pastels, in contrast to Angelique (the dark feminine) who wears mostly black and midnight blue.
169* LineOfSightAlias: Maggie Evans thinks her real name will not impress the Collinses so she looks for another name, sees an advertisement for the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Winter Olympics]] in Victoria, British Columbia, and renames herself Victoria Winters.
170* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler: Angelique seems to be made of some sort of ceramic and shatters progressively during the climatic fight. It's implied that her immortality has to be renewed in cycles, since she survived being slammed around a bit by Barnabas earlier.]]
171* LivingStatue: [[spoiler:In the final showdown, Angelique's sorcery animates the wooden carvings in Collinwood estate.]]
172** [[spoiler:In that same battle, Angelique takes on this appearance, with her porcelain-like skin shattering to pieces.]]
173* LooksLikeCesare: Johnny Depp, as usual. [[spoiler: Maggie/Victoria at the end.]]
174* LovecraftCountry: It's Maine. [[SarcasmMode Nothing supernatural ever happens round here]]. [[Creator/StephenKing Right, Steve?]]
175* LoveHungry: Angelique regarding Barnabas.
176* LoveMakesYouEvil[=/=]LoveMakesYouCrazy: Angelique.
177* LoveTriangle: Barnabas is in love with Maggie/Victoria, but also has a sizzling relationship with Angelique, who is still in love with him after 196 years (cue the massive amounts of [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]]).
178%%* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: Roger unsuccessfully attempts this to find the hidden treasure room. Barnabas is not amused.
179* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Josette and Victoria are the virtuous, conservatively dressed good girls. Angelique is the [[NavelDeepNeckline cleavage-baring]], [[TheVamp sexually aggressive villainess]].
180* MaleGaze: Endless shots of various elements of Creator/EvaGreen's lovely figure. [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey Angelique loves to use this to her advantage.]]
181* MamaBear:
182** Upon first seeing Barnabas, Elizabeth warns Carolyn and David to stay away from him and vice versa. Understandable because at this point she doesn't know who he is. In the climatic fight, Elizabeth wields a shotgun against Angelique to protect her family.
183** [[spoiler: The ghost of David's mother. She may be deceased, but if you threaten her child, she'll hit you with one hell of a banshee shriek.]]
184* MayflyDecemberRomance: Alluded to by Victoria at the end as an obstacle to her relationship with Barnabas.
185* MedicateTheMedium: David ended up on medication after seeing his mother's ghost and Victoria ended up in a mental asylum after seeing [[spoiler: the ghost of her earlier incarnation]].
186* MindControl: One of the perks of being a vampire is that you can do this.
187* MissingMom: David's mother died at sea before the events of the film. Angelique was behind it.
188* MisterSandmanSequence: Barnabas visiting Collinsport for the first time in 196 years, [[TheSeventies in 1972]].
189* MonsterMash: Vampires, witches, ghosts, [[spoiler: and werewolves]].
190* MoodWhiplash: After a very serious opening, the film morphs into a BlackComedy. However, the film does switch back to a darker tone at times. Sometimes, it does this in a way that's very jarring. For example, when Barnabas finds a group of hippies, he grows to really enjoy being in their company, and opens up to them about his problems and feelings. The hippies, in response, are very supportive and nice to him, more than anyone else has been up until then, and Barnabas seems happier than he's ever been since he woke up in that century. [[spoiler:Then he simply tells them that despite enjoying his time with them, he has to kill them all, and proceeds to do just that.]] It may be PlayedForLaughs, but it easily comes off as terrifying, even sad, that he would suddenly just do that to people that he had been bonding so well with.
191* MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks: Barnabas insists that hypnotizing him would be impossible. He goes under about four seconds later.
192* MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere: Said almost word-for-word by the sheriff when the supernatural stuff really shows itself in the final act.
193* MsFanservice: Creator/EvaGreen as the very sexy Angelique Bouchard. Even Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz has a scene where she [[ShowSomeLeg shows some leg]] (her dress couldn't be much shorter).
194* MurderTheHypotenuse: Angelique hypnotizes Josette and [[PsychicAssistedSuicide forces her to fall off the cliffs]].
195* MyGrandsonMyself: Angelique has been pulling this trick for at least 200 years to be able to continue running her fishery.
196* {{Narrator}}: Barnabas, in the prologue (and at the very end).
197* NavelDeepNeckline: Angelique Bouchard wears a stunning [[LadyInRed red evening gown]] with a plunging neckline that just barely reaches her stomach.
198* NeckLift: Barnabas has a tendency to do this.
199* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers play up the broad comedy and FishOutOfTemporalWater aspects of the film and make Barnabas look more like a straightforward (if quirky) hero rather than AntiHero he is. [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer The Maggie/Victoria plot is also never alluded to.]]
200* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Barnabas frightens off David's father, adding to the poor kid's woes. His mother already dead, now his father abandoning him as well. There's no sign that Roger explains his actions either.
201* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Barnabas and Angelique do ''not'' pull any punches during their climatic fight.
202* NoSmoking: Barnabas links up with a group of hippies who pass around a joint; he makes a point of not imbibing. (Interestingly, for some reason one of the hippies refuses to pass the joint to a girl sitting right next to him, as well.)
203** A deleted scene shows Vicki smoking in Carolyn's room and giving the 15-year-old girl the cigarette to smoke from. Although Carolyn actually doesn't do so, it's very likely the scene was cut due to the smoking.
204** Other than the above examples, very few adult characters are shown smoking, despite it being 1972. Angelique is a notable exception, though of course the Surgeon General's warning likely wouldn't apply to her anyway.
205* NotGoodWithRejection: After Barnabas rejects her love, Angelique goes on to MurderTheHypotenuse (see above), curse Barnabas to be a vampire, lock him in a coffin for almost 200 years, and spend those consequent 200 years sabotaging his family for revenge.
206* NothingButHits: Even if several of the songs heard were first performed well past 1972.
207* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler: David's mother]].
208* OfCorsetsSexy: Angelique is shown to be wearing one back in the late 18th century as she is casting the spell to [[spoiler: cause Josette to fall from Widow's Peak.]]
209* OhCrap: Elizabeth when Barnabas tells her who he is, as it also means he's a vampire. However, it diminishes pretty quickly when he tells her he will not harm her or anyone else in Collinwood, since they are family.
210** Barnabas definitely thought this after he rejected Angelique's offers and left the room, only to see a coffin on the other side of the door.
211** Angelique has a moment when she [[spoiler: encounters Carolyn as a werewolf]].
212** [[spoiler:During the scene of Barnabas with the hippies, they get one of these when they realise Barnabas is about to kill them]].
213* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: One of the hippies who give Victoria a lift early in the film persists in calling her "Veronica" even after being corrected.
214* OpenHeartDentistry: Dr. Hoffman exploits this with Barnabas [[spoiler: in order to get a sample of his blood in order to try and become a vampire herself.]]
215* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Barnabas fits the classic definition. [[WeakenedByTheLight Sunlight]] and silver make him [[ManOnFire spontaneously combustive]]. He can endure sunlight if sufficiently covered or keeps to the shadows.
216* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Carolyn takes on a mostly human form with big hairy wolf legs, sharp teeth, golden eyes, and claws. Also, it seems she can transform at will, and is able to control herself rather than attacking anyone and everyone]].
217** [[spoiler: Or the final fight probably happened during a full moon]].
218* OverlyLongTongue: Angelique.
219* PapaWolf: Although the Collins family are not his direct descendants, Barnabas takes their safety very seriously and will defend them whatever the cost.
220* ParentalAbandonment:
221** After witnessing Maggie talking to what they think is an ImaginaryFriend [[spoiler: (the ghost of Josette actually)]], her parents sent her to a [[BedlamHouse mental hospital]] when she was a child.
222** When Roger tries to find Barnabas' hidden treasure, Barnabas catches him, [[NeckLift reveals his strength]], and gives him two options: become a decent father to David or leave. Roger chooses the latter.
223* ThePatriarch: Barnabas feels honor-bound to protect his family and ensure their prosperity, and tries to assume this role. Of course, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is filling this role as The Matriarch before Barnabas arrives.
224* PivotalWakeup: Barnabas from his coffin.
225* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Apparently, Angelique managed to successfully run a business for 200 years despite all legal limitations and social prejudice placed on woman entrepreneurs. {{Justified}} since it's implied she has the same power to charm and entrance people as Barnabas does. Also, it is never stated that she didn't use puppet "husbands" and "brothers".
226* ThePowerOfBlood: Unsurprisingly, a major theme.
227* ProductPlacement: Lampshaded beautifully when the first thing Barnabas sees upon release from his coffin is the iconic [=McDonald's=] Golden Arches:
228-->'''Barnabas''': [[TakeThat Mephistopheles!]]
229** Wheaties are awfully prominent on the Collins's breakfast table.
230* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Angelique is portrayed as evil for the way she terrorizes Barnabas and his family, but Barnabas' unethical actions (such as mind control and murder) tend to be glossed over, though Angelique does call him out on it.
231--> Angelique about Julia's murder: "Aren't we being a tad hypocritical? Lying and stealing blood are things that come very naturally to you."
232** Also may have something to do with the fact that Barnabas' evil actions only happen ''because'' of Angelique. Had she not turned him into a vampire out of a truly amazing level of petty spite, he wouldn't be able to hypnotize anyone, and he wouldn't be forced to kill to survive.
233--> Barnabas: "Yes, I killed Dr Hoffman, and those workmen, as well as some very nice unshaven people. For every life I take, a piece of my wretched soul dies! But I kill, only because I am COMPELLED to.. by your witchcraft. By your curse..."
234** However, while Barnabas is compelled to kill, he seems to have some control over whom and when. The fact he never harms any of his family members is proof of that. He slaughters Julia even though she did him no harm and a bunch of people who were nothing but kind and accepting towards him. Yet he spares Roger's life despite ample proof he's an asshole. Also he never looks at ways to get blood without killing anyone.
235* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Angelique compels Josette to kill herself with a spell so she'll have Barnabas all to herself.
236* PsychoticSmirk: Angelique can be seen to be wearing one as she excuses herself to march into Collinwood Manor and face off against Barnabas in what would be the FinalBattle.
237* Really700YearsOld: Angelique and Barnabas are over 200 years old.
238* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler: Barnabas finally ends up with Maggie, in whom Josette is apparently reincarnated]].
239* RemakeCameo: Jonathan Frid, Lara Parker, David Selby and Creator/KathrynLeighScott, who played Barnabas Collins, Angelique, Quentin Collins, and Josette [=DuPres=] in the original ''Series/DarkShadows'', appear in the ball at Collinwood Manor (they are the group of people Barnabas greets as they arrive for "the happening"). This was the last role for Jonathan Frid, who died less than a month before the film opened (too late for the film to include a memoriam caption for him).
240* TheRenfield: Willie the butler becomes this after Barnabas hypnotizes him.
241* TheReveal: The climatic fight reveals that [[spoiler: Carolyn is a werewolf]].
242* RevengeByProxy: Angelique has spent the last two hundred years ruining the Collins family as revenge against Barnabas for spurning her. When he escapes his coffin, she steps up her efforts.
243* RuleOfDrama: Invoked by Angelique. Many of the ways in which she tormented the Collins family over the years were, by her own admission, done just to make things more dramatic and interesting.
244-->'''Angelique:''' Liz, your perfect Collins pedigree lacked a bit of substance. So, I sent the werewolf who [[spoiler:bit Carolyn in her crib]]! Just like I made David no better than a bastard when I sent his mommy to the ocean floor to have tea with the tuna! ''<turns to Barnabas>'' And as for you, my love, I killed your mother and father. I cursed your family, my Barnabas.
245* SceneryPorn: Copious beautiful shots of woods, lakes, and cliffs. Also the interior of the mansion.
246%%* TheSeventies
247* ShipSinking: Barnabas and [[spoiler: Angelique, when she dies after being attacked by the ghost of David's mother.]]
248* ShipTease: A lot between Barnabas and Angelique.
249* ShoutOut:
250** At one point Angelique spews out green vomit at Barnabas, as the possessed Regan did in ''Film/TheExorcist''.
251** During the finale, part of the staircase comes alive as a snakelike beast, similar to ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
252** Dr. Hoffman and Barnabas have a conversation about how filthy and disgusting life in England was. Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter were the two leads in ''[[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Sweeney Todd]]'', which is set in such a place in London.
253** Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz' [[spoiler: "Woof"]] to Elizabeth is a clear reference to [[spoiler: Creator/MichellePfeiffer's famous "Meow" as Catwoman in ''Film/BatmanReturns'']], delivered in much the same way.
254** This is not the first time Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter has [[Film/HarryPotter begged mercy to a not-exactly human being.]]
255* ShutUpKiss: Angelique gives Barnabas one in an early scene between them, leaving a lipstick mark around his mouth.
256* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Bella Heathcote gets a few seconds as Josette and none as Victoria.
257* SmokingHotSex: Angelique lights up afterwards.
258* SophisticatedAsHell: Barnabas, with emphasis on sophisticated:
259-->"Goest thou to hell, and swiftly, please, and there may Asmodeus himself suckle from your diseased teat."
260-->"I have already prepared my counter-proposal. It reads thusly: ''You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!''"
261* StealthPun:
262** When Angelique first sees Carolyn says she's growing into "Quite the fetching creature." [[spoiler:Carolyn is later revealed to be a werewolf.]]
263** Carolyn, who is [[spoiler: a werewolf]], spends much of the movie acting bitchy.
264* [[SupernaturalProofFather Supernatural Proof Mother]]: Elizabeth, to the point of hiring a psychologist to examine David. And then came Barnabas...
265* SupernaturalFloatingHair: Josette's ghost has this, perhaps connected to her watery end.
266* TableSpace: Carolyn eats at the far end of the table.
267** Later on, Barnabas does this as well, primarily to remain out of the sunlight.
268* TitleDrop: Once, by Barnabas.
269--> "I have spent the last two centuries locked in a box, with nothing to keep me occupied but a glimpse into the dark shadows of my soul."
270* TimeSkip: From the 18th Century (in the prologue) to 1972.
271* TorchesAndPitchforks: Angelique does this to Barnabas, making the town population descend upon him. [[spoiler:Twice.]] He makes threats of doing the same thing to her, and have them BurnTheWitch. However, it is unlikely that they would have listened to him.
272* TownWithADarkSecret: Collinsport. The curse surrounding the Collins family is, however, unknown to the townsfolk.
273* TrashTheSet:
274** [[spoiler: Collinwood Manor burns to the ground during Barnabas and Angelique's FinalBattle.]]
275** Creator/JohnnyDepp mentions in an interview that the filming of his and Creator/EvaGreen's [[DestructoNookie sex scene resulted in a lot of trashed hotel rooms.]]
276* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The movie was released in 2012 but set in TheSeventies. The series it was adapted from ran from 1966 to 1971.
277* TheUnsmile: Angelique's CheshireCatGrin ''reeks'' of this, someone who smiles that wide constantly, would have some really sore cheek muscles.
278* VampireBitesSuck: No other way of putting it.
279* VampireVannabe: [[spoiler:Dr. Hoffman is using Barnabas' blood to turn herself into a vampire in order to stop her aging. It works.]]
280* VampiresAreRich: In his life, Barnabas was the heir of an affluent colonial family. Over time, the family fortune dwindled, but fortunately [[spoiler:Barnabas' father left behind some treasure in a secret room]].
281* VampiresAreSexGods: Barnabas used to be quite handsome and knew his way with the ladies. His undead appearance may be freaky and creepy, but he still has romantic encounters of varying depth with three female characters.
282* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Angelique, to the point that she would have been a HeroAntagonist if it wasn't for two little details: That she is totally unapologetic about having turned Barnabas into the bloodthirsty monster he is, and that she in various ways goes out of her way to establish herself to the audience as being truly evil.
283* VisualPun: Angelique is a walking one, especially around the point of the FinalBattle. [[spoiler: She's a hollow shell. Her beautiful veneer cracks and shows the real her. She tries to give Barnabas her heart, but when he turns it down because he doesn't feel the same, it breaks.]]
284* VomitIndiscretionShot: Angelique vomits [[CoveredInGunge green, bug-filled slime]] onto Barnabas a la ''Film/TheExorcist''.
285* WallBangHer: And ceiling, couch, and floor bang her.
286* WeCanRuleTogether: Angelique tells Barnabas several times she likes the idea of the two of them ruling over Collinsport together as two super-powered immortals, but he refuses.
287--> '''Angelique''': I'm going to offer you a business proposal, Barnabas. My final offer; either you agree to rule this little pond of mine side by side, partners ''and lovers''...Or I put you back in the box.
288--> '''Barnabas''': I have already prepared my counter-proposal. It reads thusly: ''You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!''
289* WeakenedByTheLight: Barnabas actually catches fire when exposed to the sunlight for a relatively short period of time.
290* WhatYearIsThis: Uttered verbatim by Barnabas.
291* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Barnabas can't endure the idea of seeing Victoria age and die, so he asks Angelique to turn him back into a mortal. She refuses, naturally. [[spoiler: [[TakeAThirdOption The problem is solved at the end, when he bites Victoria to save her from a fatal fall]]]].
292* WizardsLiveLonger: Angelique is a witch, and hasn't aged a day in 196 years. Well, [[spoiler: her boobs haven't anyway.]]
293* WomanScorned: The entire plot is put in motion by Barnabas refusing Angelique's love.
294%%* WorldOfHam
295* {{Yandere}}: Angelique. Good lord, Angelique. She sets out to ruin an entire family simply because her beloved dumps her for a woman of higher class.
296--> '''Elizabeth''':'Hate? No, if she merely hated you, she would have killed you. A curse takes devotion.
297* YouShallNotPass: Willie tries pulling this on Angelique during the climax. However, she simply knocks him aside without even breaking her stride.
298** Carolyn [[spoiler:(in werewolf form)]] tries this late in the fight, with a bit more success before finally being beaten.

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