Johnny Depp and Tim Burton ’ s fans are salivating over their hero’s remake of Dark Shadows, the long-running (1.225 episodes) cult favorite TV soap opera.

Depp has said he used to rush home from school to watch Dark Shadows, the gothic soap opera that ran on ABC from 1966-1971 and inspired the Tim Burton -directed adaptation set to open May 11.

Egads, is "Dark Shadows" ghastly dull. This reiteration of the 1960s/'70s supernatural TV soap opera – whose blatant low-budget campiness I vaguely recall from reruns – is a dressy, messy ...

“'Dark Shadows' reminds us that Tim Burton is the Woody Allen for Hot Topic shoppers — going in, you never know if you’re getting one of his great movies or one of his duds," Duralde writes.

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton Talk DARK SHADOWS, pulling elements from the TV series, having the original cast on set, deleted scenes, a sequel and more.

Who: With Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter. Directed by Tim Burton. Rated: PG-13 for comic horror violence, sexual content, drug use, language and smoking. Running time: 113 ...

April 20, 2012 / 2:00 PM EDT / CBS News Johnny Depp as Barnabus Collins in "Dark Shadows." Warner Bros. (CBS) Johnny Depp is adding the undead to his list of character roles.

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are longtime collaborators, having worked on eight films together. Their latest,”Dark Shadows,” follows in the quirky, comedic vein of many of their movies, with ...

And Depp has never seemed like less of a U.S. favorite. ‘Avengers’ crossed $1 billion worldwide; Depp has soft debut Dark Shadows is short on storytelling, not style, critics say ...

The latest collaboration between actor Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton is a remake of the low-budget, cult soap opera, "Dark Shadows," with Depp playing the 200-year-old vampire, Barnabas Collins.