In this behind the scenes video for Dark Shadows, the vampire himself Johnny Depp along with his fellow cast and crew talk about the latest interpretation of Barnabas Collins.

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better...

The classic television character, vampire Barnabas Collins, reawakens this weekend in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. Starring as Barnabas is, of course, Burton’s right-hand man, the versatile Johnny Depp. Depp’s Barnabas resembles the original on a basic level—he has jagged bangs, large ears, and fangs—but makeup department head Joel Harlow says there are marked differences between the two.

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Joel Harlow crews up for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as the make-up department head and practical creature effects supervisor, as well as Johnny Depp's personal make-up artist.

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Cinema Makeup School is proud to present an interactive OPEN CLASS event featuring Academy Award and 2 time Emmy Award winner Joel Harlow. Inspired by an original Creepy Comics character, Joel will bring " Uncle Creepy" to life through the demo of a multi-piece silicone gel-filled appliance!