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 reminds us of why we love Tim Burton with “Frankenweenie,” a feature-length version of the 1984 short that revealed early glimmers of the veteran director’s darkly humorous style.

When Tim Burton had seemingly given himself a blank check by making a billion-dollar behemoth with Alice in Wonderland, he used it to look back and refurbish the childhood daydream that started it all ...

The stop-motion movie Frankenweenie is an adaptation of the 1984 short film of the same name, which notably led to Tim Burton's dismissal from Disney. Taking general inspiration from Mary Shelley's ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As far as Tim Burton's concerned, you can't keep a good dog down. And you can't keep a good, old-fashioned form of animation down, either. Burton's boy-and-his-dead-dog tale ...

Before things took off with "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and "Beetlejuice," Tim Burton made a live-action black-and-white film, in 1984, called "Frankenweenie." You can find it on YouTube. It's really ...

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The original half-hour version of "Frankenweenie" almost did Tim Burton in. Rather than release it in 1984, the folks at Disney sent Burton packing. He then became one of the most talented filmmakers ...