'Dark Shadows' disappoints

Quixotic director Tim Burton sealed his creative marriage to Johnny Depp more 20 years ago with the brilliantly dark and twisted fairytale 'Edward Scissorhands'.

Their long and fruitful partnership hits a sticky patch with 'Dark Shadows', a misfiring fish-out-of-water comedy based on a cult TV series awash with vampires, ghosts and witches.