“Dark Shadows” stars Chloe Grace Moretz, left, Eva Green, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Bella Heathcote gather at the premiere of the film based on the 1960s soap opera at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The Tim Burton-directed film opens in theaters Friday. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
The film’s star, Johnny Depp, plays vampire Barnabas Collins, who is imprisoned for years. Upon returning to his ancestral home, he learns that his dysfunctional descendants need his protection. (Paul Buck / EPA)
Michelle Pfeiffer plays Elizabeth Collins-Stoddard, the matriarch of the Gothic family. (Paul Buck / EPA)
Eva Green plays the witch Angelique Bouchard, who turns Barnabas Collins into a vampire. (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)
“Dark Shadows” director Tim Burton arrives for the premiere. (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)
Bella Heathcote plays the governess Victoria Winters, who is the spitting image of Barnabas’ lover from another century. (Paul Buck / EPA)
Singer Alice Cooper, left, who plays himself in the film, arrives with his wife, Sheryl. (Paul Buck / EPA)
Chloe Grace Moretz plays Carolyn Stoddard, daughter of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, in the film. (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)
Actors Lara Parker, left, David Selby and Kathryn Leigh Scott, who starred in the the original television show “Dark Shadows,” hit the premiere. They play guests in the new film. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
Cloris Leachman and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
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Peter Fonda and wife Parky Fonda arrive for the premiere. (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)
Singer-composer Danny Elfman and daughter Mali Elfman. (Paul Buck / EPA)
“Pirates of the Caribbean” producer Jerry Bruckheimer. (Paul Beck / EPA)
