Tim Burton’s live-action Frankenweenie was shelved in 1984 after Disney decided it was too scary for kids.

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.

According to Tim Burton lore, Frankenweenie, the live action short he made for Disney back in 1984, was intended to be a stop motion animation film. Nearly 30 years later, that original vision has ...

The Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack of Tim Burton's Frankenweenie includes multiple versions of the film and a small but well-done collection of bonus features that make it a worthwhile purchase for fans of ...

Director Tim Burton was on stage today at Comic-Con for exclusive clips and a Q&A for his animated feature, Frankenweenie. The trailer started off in the same way as the previously released trailer, ...

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 ...

Do-overs are rare in popular culture. There may be second acts in American lives, but they hardly ever get to do the same act. And do-overs as gracefully executed as Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” are ...

In Frankenweenie, Tim Burton puts a nontraditional twist on the story of a boy and his dog. The 3-D stop-motion film, due next year around Halloween, will focus on Victor, a young ...

Back in 1984, Tim Burton crafted Frankenweenie, a live-action short film about about a boy who uses the power of science to bring his pet pooch back to life. Burton was working at Disney at the time, ...

“Frankenweenie” is darned near an instant classic. Tim Burton has taken the animated short that launched his career and expanded it into a vivid and moving essay on science and love – the love a ...

What was your relationship to monsters as a child? Were they the boogeymen under your bed, or were they the things of wonder that fueled your imagination? My experience growing up follows the latter, ...