Frankenweenie 1984. USA. Directed by Tim Burton. With the voices of Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver. Transporting Mary Shelley’s classic tale to Southern California,...

Frankenweenie 1984. USA. Directed by Tim Burton. With the voices of Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver. Transporting Mary Shelley’s classic tale to Southern California, Burton imagines Frankenstein’s monster in the form of a reanimated family pet. 29 min. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993. USA. Directed by Henry Selick. Story and characters by Tim Burton. Screenplay by Michael McDowell, Caroline Thompson. With the voices of Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara. With its ghoulish imagery and manic-depressive antihero, The Nightmare Before Christmas straddles the line between grim children’s fable and gentle horror story. Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, has grown weary of his crown. Obsessed with his recent discovery of this thing called “Christmas,” he attempts to shake off his malaise by usurping the mantle of “Sandy Claws” instead. 76 min.