Dark Shadows was a recent horror film that was based on a 1966–71 gothic horror soap opera. It starrs Johhny Depp as a 200-year-old vampire who was imprisoned in a coffin but is unearthed and makes his way back to his mansion now inhabited by his dysfunctional descendants.
Through this film, I realised that you might lose your plot if you mix horror with comedy and romance. You can scare the audience, but to make them laugh shortly after you put up some gross scene - might confuse the audience.
Through this film, I realised that having a detailed storyline is not sufficient. One must develop each character for us to connect to them. For e.g. Elizabeth Collins Stoddard was the matriarch of the family, but not much was known about her - besides the fact that she is a Collins. How was she like? What are her beliefs? Why was she still living?
Through this film, I realised that being immortal is never going to be a good thing. To have the ability to remain forever young, one has to transform into either a vampire or a witch. A vampire sucks peoples' blood, whilst a witch curses your every move. Maybe it was my inability to suck and curse that make me a mortal.
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