Direct Conversations: The Animated Films of Tim Burton (Foreword by Tim Burton). Tim Lammers
medium supports that."
An artist with a fascination in the macabre since a kid growing up in suburban Burbank, California, Burton, like many boys who came of age in the 1950s and '60s, became obsessed with classic horror movies. Whether it was the Frankenstein films of Universal Monster Movie lore or the creature features from London's famed Hammer House of Horror in the 1950s, '60's and '70s, the atmosphere of those films—and sometimes, even the actors—would one day become instrumental in Burton's works, perhaps most prominently in the stop-motion version of Frankenweenie.
It's easy to see why the films influenced Burton: Unlike the slasher-types that pervaded cinema like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface, A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Kruger, or Jason from the Friday the 13th chapters, the movie monsters of yesteryear had emotion, which effectively created depth and weight. Especially Frankenstein's monster or Larry Talbot—a.k.a. the Wolf Man. The characters weren't so much monsters as they were creatures who were misunderstood; a through line, not surprisingly, that has run prominently through most of Burton's films, such as Edward Scissorhands.
Omnipresent, too, in Burton's early life were such horror film luminaries as Vincent Price, who brought endless thrills to moviegoers with indelible classics like The Fly movies, The Tingler, House on Haunted Hill and The Pit and the Pendulum, in the 1950s and 1960s, and The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, and Theatre of Blood in the 1970s.
Burton's first interpersonal thrill with his movie hero came in Vincent (1982), when Price provided the narration to the chronicle of young Vincent Malloy (no doubt the young Burton), a misunderstood boy who wants to be the screen legend.
Not surprisingly, Burton credited the part of the root of his passion behind Corpse Bride to Vincent, a few years before his career as a feature filmmaker took off.
"[Working with Vincent Price] was a dream for me, because, I wrote this thing and sent it to him and had no idea how he was going to respond," Burton fondly recalled.
"There was a certain amount of risk involved when you're contacting somebody who's had a great impact on you, because A, if they don't return your call and B, if maybe they're not a nice person," Burton added with a laugh. "But he was so supportive and really helped in getting it made. When he said, 'Yes,' that sealed it."
Of course, Burton's cinematic dreams fully became realized when Price starred as The Inventor in Edward Scissorhands.
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