The loss of a childhood pet inspired Tim Burton to create 'Frankenweenie' Burton sought solace in classic horror films Burton first created 'Frankenweenie' as a short film in 1984 but Disney rejected ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

You know what Anton Chekhov used to say about the gun? If it shows up in one act, it'll go off in the next? The same holds true for any and all vintage horror riffs that materialize during ...

‘Frankenweenie’’ is Tim Burton’s best film in years. With this expanded, beautifully realized and highly entertaining animated version of his famous 1984 live-action short about a young loner and his ...

FILE - In this July 12, 2012 file photo, figures on the set of the Tim Burton Disney movie " Frankenweenie" are shown on display at Comic-Con preview night held at the San Diego Convention Center, in ...

It’s too bad that Frankenweenie comes at this late-middle stage of Tim Burton’s career when the director, now more brand than auteur, has lost his older fans, because it’s exactly the kind of funny, ...

Frankenweenie, the story of a young science nerd who brings his dead dog back to life with a blast from a lightning bolt, is an expansive adaptation by Tim Burton of his 1984 live-action short of the ...

Tim Burton continues his quest to mix the scary with the cutesy, the horrifying with the heartwarming, in "Frankenweenie," a stop-motion animated feature about a little boy who misses his dead dog so ...