Tim Burton's Animated Horror

I love Tim Burton.  Anything he touches turns to platinum.  His animated horror has brought me some of the greatest joy in the world.  Its generally appropriate for adults, little kids, and at the very least tweens, but its dark and twisted at the same time.

One of the best things about Tim Burton is that he always has Danny Elfman, who of course composed the theme music for Tales From the Crypt among many other masterpieces, do the music in his films!

I am going to share with you some of my favorite Tim Burton Film music!

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Sally's Song

The Corpse Bride - Tears to Shed 

Corpse Bride - Remains of the Day

Hummm, what do you think my favorite Tim Burton Animated Film is?

I Love the Victorian (Gothic) Horror Genre!

I don't know about you guys, but my favorite horror genre to read and watch has to be Victorian/Gothic Horror, which I classify as horror reading and viewing from the late 1800's and the early 1900's. 

Some of my favorite horror flix, mostly adapted from novels in said era, are set in Victorian England or in North America during the Victorian/Gothic era.  From the popularity of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula to the popular play Sweeney Todd - Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I have to say, this genre is more realistic and terrifying than any other.  Of course, I have to mention Edgar Allen Poe, the man that got me reading for enjoyment in the fifth grade. Not only did he get me reading, but he got me writing.  Not long after, H.P. Lovecraft got me to love science fiction infused with horror.


The notions and backdrops for these stories come from a time when science was in its infancy and we began to realize that science fiction, which can translate quite well into horror has no limits!


Some of my favorite stories that either come from this genre or are set in this genre are, of course...

1.  Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Dracula (1958) & Dracula (1979)

2.  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

3.  Sleepy Hollow (1999) (not really Victorian, but it fits the genre very closely).

4.  From Hell (2001)

5.  The Others (2001)

6.  The Woman in Black (2012)

7.  Masters of Horror (mini movie short) - Poe's The Black Cat (watch it here, free.)

8.  Masters of Horror (mini movie short) - Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch House (watch it here, free.)

(This movie is set in modern times, but is a modern adaptation of a Victorian novel.)

9.  The Turn of the Screw (adapted from Henry James' 1898 Novel) - Its got many versions and I can't seem to locate the best one from the seventies/early eighties online, but it was creepy!

10.  The Wolfman (2010) - Though werewolf movies are not my favorite, this movie was the best adaptation and probably one of the better werewolf movies I have seen in quite some time aside from The Howling franchise, which of course, is not Victorian or Gothic in nature.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows Coming May 2012!!!???

I am psyched!  Tim Burton is TAKING A STAB at Dark Shadows.  They did Dark Shadows in the sixties, and seventies.  They AWAKENED it in the eighties.  The nineties was void of Dark Shadows.  But, in the millenium, guess what, 2012, DARK SHADOWS!!!    Here is the cast!!!

Johnny Depp - Barnabas Collins (drool)
Jackie Earle Haley - Willie Loomis
Bella Heathcote - Victoria Winters
Eva Green - Angelique
Helena Bonham Carter - Dr. Julia Hoffman (my idol)
Michelle Pfeiffer - Elizabeth Collins

Of course two of the main cast are Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.  What would a Tim Burton flick be without them?  Michelle Pfeiffer is an interesting choice.  It seems to me Elizabeth Collins wasn't smoking hot the last two times, but hey, look at The Tudors.  They made Henry VIII not a ginger, but a hot Irishman with black hair and blue eyes, or else, who the hell would watch the show!!!???  I am awaiting this flick, and will go see it when its released immediately!

Dan Curtis, the person who created the 1966-1971 series will be doing the Warner Brothers Tim Burton version.  I wonder if it will be true to form?  Nobody does genres like Burton!

Christopher Lee and Alice Cooper will be featured in this film, which is awesome!  Alice is playing himself, hummm???

Johnny Depp can bite me any day, and I don't know if I care if he gets cured.  I'm good being a vampire if he bites me.