Watch a Dark Shadows Vampire History Featurette

"The legend of the vampire has been told for centuries, capturing the dark shadows of our imagination and inspiring filmmakers and actors to breathe new life into the undead."

So begins a new featurette by the producers of Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, and based on the Gothic television soap opera of the late 1960s. We've embedded the video below.

Directed by Tim Burton from an original screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, Dark Shadows opens in theaters May 11th, 2012.