The 2012 "Dark Shadows" movie does a lot of similar things, in digging up an old property, innovating on it, while remaining true to its roots.
Both use dark humor and shamelessly killing.
If 1313ML had someone with the deftness of Tim Burton, it might have succeeded.
1313ML feels very heavyhanded, while the 2012 "Dark Shadows" movie felt more natural.
That might be the difference...
Didn't like this send up of Dark Shadows, the script should have been tons better. This was one of those films that had the right cast, the right people and a crappy, crappy script that was very uninteresting.
Mockingbird Lane needs major revamping and needs HBO, Showtime, Stars or Cinnemax as a cable series. Preferably HBO. To major recasts (sorry, I love Eddie Izzard but Grandpa was entirely too young here, and Lily and Herman was just all kinds of wrong). But this program is NOT as hopeless as Dark Shadows was.Life is too short to always be bitter.
lol and here come the Burton fanboys who think he invented macabre.
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