The Stratford Library's "Friday Night Movies" series will screen the 2012 comedy, "Dark Shadows" at 7 p.m. on Oct. 12. 

The series presents recent, popular films on monthly Friday evenings, September through June.  The film showing is free and open to the public, according to a statement.

"Tim Burton's take on the cult Gothic soap follows a centuries-old vampire," Johnny Depp, "as he returns to his now-crumbling estate to meet his modern-day descendants. But what he finds is a house full of secrets and shadows.  The campy comedy also features Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Johnny Lee Miller and Helena Bonham Carter, the statement said" 

Movies in the series are shown uncut on widescreen in the Stratford Library Lovell Room.  "Dark Shadows" is rated PG-13 and runs 113 minutes.  Complimentary snacks are served.   Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information, call the library at 203.385.4162 or visit www.stratfordlibrary.org.

In the photo:  Johnny Depp camps it up as a long-dead vampire with Eva Green as his nemesis in the Tim Burton comedy, "Dark Shadows."