I'm currently watching through an old soap opera from the late 60s / early 70s because of its amazingly unusual premise (as far as soap operas go). It's called Dark Shadows and it started off as a gothic mystery but then became a full-on horror soap opera, with ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, devil-worshippers, etc. This was a daytime soap opera (lol) and it apparently became a cultural phenomenon that supposedly inspired a lot of stuff in the genre in later years.

Anyway, this is the first and only American soap opera that I've watched, and I have found that the actors are quite a mixed bag. Some of the actors in it are quite bad, and some are legitimately quite good. So much so that I would love to see them in other series or even movies because they have that quality that makes you want to watch them more and because I would like for them to receive proper recognition for their work and talents.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I grew up watching that and was stoked when I heard Burton was making a movie version. Alas the film is B-tier at best, around the time Burton/Depp/Helena were getting into a rut of “it’s us, it’s dark, it’s spooky”. Visually it’s fun though, great cast of Burton and horror regulars.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, for whatever reason, that Burton movie hasn't enticed me even though I'm almost finished watching all 1,200+ episodes of the soap. Something about it just doesn't seem appealing.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Goth mommy Eva Green is generally the biggest appeal. I’m not sure one can make an unwatchable movie with her in it.