FrankensteinIn a Universal Pictures' adaptation that set a new benchmark for the genre, Dr. Frankenstein completes his monster (Boris Karloff) by thieving a human brain, and subsequently loses control of his creation.
Mary Shelley's bewildered, misunderstood creature - drawn from her nineteenth century gothic horror novel - inspired Burton's wonderfully inventive live action short, Frankenweenie as well as the titular 'hero' of his 1990 feature, Edward Scissorhands, a role imbued with surprisingly tender pathos by Johnny Depp.
Screens with Frankenweenie (28 mins, USA, 1984), Burton's live-action short film in which an inventive ten year old, Victor (Barret Oliver), takes a leaf out of Mary Shelley's classic story and re-animates his dearly departed dog, Sparky. Shelley Duvall and Daniel Stern co-star.
