Tim Burton Claims Dark Shadows is Not a Comedy and Tons of New Pictures From the Film

I'm still not sure how to feel about new Dark Shadows Movie. The trailer looks Pretty silly and is full of goofy fish out of water jokes. There is also Johnny Depp Doing stuff Barnabas Collins would probably never do, like stuffing himself into a cardboard box.

Well, Tim Burton says it is not a comedy. He says, all the silly things in the trailer are in the movie, but he doesn't see it as a comedy. He was trying to capture Dark Shadow's weird vibe. He also says any humor is from Barnabas' situation of being buried and unearthed 200 years later being innately funny.

He said, "It's not like I'm being campy with it or anything," "The guy's been locked in a box for 200 years, and [when] he comes out ... something weird is going to happen."

So, if it isn't a comedy, what is it? I can think of four possible answers:

Click the jump to watch the Video of the interview, and see almost 30 Gorgeous new pictures from the film!



The trailer is really misleading. Marketing people wanting to make the trailer more appealing to people who have never heard of the show.

Tim Burton is delusional, and somehow made a comedy without realizing it. While trying to capture the Dark Shadows' weirdness, he made a comedy and doesn't see how silly it is.

He is completely lying to keep the hardcore Dark Shadows fans happy. I think this is the least likely answer. If he intentionally made a comedy, and hardcore fans were upset, I think he would just say I made a silly campy movie, deal with it.

Or is it a hybrid of both horror and comedy? A horror-com? Maybe the movie is on a thin line between horror and comedy and Tim sees it less of a comedy.

Whatever it is, I will probably still see the movie because I'm curious and am a fan of Dark Shadows.

And now for the pretty pictures I promised. The costumes are pretty stunning. Click to enlarge

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Dark Shadows hits theaters May 11th.