I agree. This one seems rather plastic. Also the narration at the beginning sounds like she is reading a script poorly.

Hey Just in case you didnt get it from the previous posts, this one is a remake. Wow, I love it when people continue to state the obvious.

This Is a remake. I was an extra in the original .

Yes, this is a remake. The original series debuted as an afternoon soap in 1966 and ran for four years. It was originally very much a gothic romance with lots of fog, cobwebs, and ghosts appearing thanks to the magic of the still relatively new chromakey. The original storylines revolved around Victoria Winters ("The Innocent Damsel in Distress") and Burke Devlin who was out for revenge against Roger Collins because he had been framed for a crime (vehicular manslaughter) that ROGER had really committed. Young David's mother (who is really an immortal phoenix) makes her first appearence during this time and tries to snatch David away. Vicky, of course, is imperiled because she tries to prevent this. 209 episodes carry on in this way and the ratings are flagging and then, come episode 210 we meet Barnabas Collins for the first time and, just as the Daleks had done for DOCTOR WHO with their first appearence on THAT show in the second story sequence) the ratings were given a huge shot in the arm.
Now Johnny Depp is set to play Barnabas (making him the "Fourth Barnabas"---hope that means good luck. Tom Baker was "The Fourth Doctor" and he did alrigh t :-)The others are:
1. Jonathan Frid
2. Ben Cross.
3. Alec Newman (failed remake from 2004)