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 ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - "Frankenweenie" is a remake of a short-film Tim Burton made in 1984. That "Frankenweenie" was live action but this time he uses stop-motion animation to tell the story. Burton ...

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 young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows ...

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 ...

Yes, it’s another boy-and-his-dog story. Except that in “Frankenweenie” the dog happens to be deceased and the boy is, more or less, a mad scientist. Tim Burton’s 1984 short movie was a lot of fun and ...

Tim Burton has never been busier! Coming off the success of Alice in Wonderland, he’s working on several other projects including the much talked about big screen adaptation of Dark Shadows (note, ...

(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 “Frankenweenie” is ...