![]() And speaking of references, though I only watched Burton’s stop motion films, you really can’t ignore the similarities to Edward Scissorhands. Not only did this movie jump on the Frankenstein train, but there were so many Dracula references, as well as several other big horror monsters, and it was so fun to hunt for them. When, sadly, Sparky dies, well–there’s only one option left, considering where Vincent’s relationship with his dog eventually ends up (ie: as a skeleton & ghost dog). ![]() ![]() After Vincent, in the short, has essentially experimented on his dog and had it taken away, Vincent in Frankenweenie is at a point where he absolutely adores his dog, and he goes everywhere with him. It’s such an adorable beginning to what becomes a fairly dark journey. It’s been a while since I saw this, too, and my dad had never seen it, so this was definitely our favorite of this three-day event. The way they change the Disney castle to be all spooky is just delightful. Not only that, but Vincent and Victor literally look identical.Įven before this started, I was having a great time. (Okay, fine, it doesn’t, Victor lives way too far back in time to make sense with the two Vincent’s, but we’ll get to that in a bit.) Vincent is at an age that seems just young enough to be before Frankenweenie‘s Vincent, and the path of their dogs creates a perfectly linear line between them.ĭon’t even get me started on the fact that, while watching this, my dad said, “Oh, that teacher looks like Vincent Price,” even though he didn’t watch the short with me, so he could have had no idea what a good connection that was. There are so many characters dropped in the background from Nightmare, the MC has the same name as the one from Frankenweenie, and the timeline just works. And that Edgar Allen Poe ending? DECEASED.īut as for the theory? Dude, this short itself just proves the entire thing by itself. Just the fact that Vincent bemoans his horrible life while his mom is like bro chill out you have it good, and then he’ll just flop over and sigh loudly? High school Mary would have died. I liked seeing it now for the first time because I had enough knowledge to really appreciate all the super Goth nonsense that Burton was spouting. The dual stories in it were just adorable. Even if you’re not going to watch the rest of these movies this month, I definitely recommend at least watching this. It immediately kicked off my admiration for stop motion again because damn, not only is it amazing by itself, but Burton gives his characters so many little motions that must just take forever to film, and it’s so impressive. I can’t remember if I’ve ever watched Vincent, but I don’t think so given how hard it made me laugh. Jfc I forgot just how truly emo Burton was My personal favorite, though, is the one that threads Vincent, Frankenweenie, Corpse Bride, and The Nightmare Before Christmas together, in that order, and thus, that’s the order I watched them in. People have arguments for all of them, and many of those arguments make a lot of sense. There are a lot of versions of this theory–all of his original films are connected, every film sits in the same universe, only three are connected, etc. Which, uh, yeah, means I watched a lot of Burton movies in September instead of October. I love the idea of a larger universe, and since I’m writing one of my own and always trying to connect things where they don’t connect, I thought I’d break down the Burton theory here. Thus, when I first heard of the Burton theory a few years ago, I was immediately hooked. The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my all-time favorite movies, and it’s one of the few that I’ve consistently watched every single year. He is, for me, the father of all things spooky, and the reason that I started to look into more nontraditional fashion and media. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I know it’s not Halloween yet, but it really is because all of October is spooky season for me, so we’re kicking off celebrations in the best possible way ever: Tim Burton.
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