If Tim Burton had made THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993) as a black-and-white, live-action feature, it might look something like David Lee Fisher's digital reworking of Robert Wiene's 1920 German Expressionist classic, but with sound and dialogue. The shadow play begins in an eerily stylized garden, where young Francis (Judson Pearce Morgan) tells a curious older gentleman the sad story of his finacee, Jane (Lauren Birkell), who lost her reason under circumstances so fantastic even he can scarcely believe them. Francis and his best friend, Alan (Neil Hopkins), who grew up together in small-town Holstenwall, always seemed unlikely companions: Francis is steady and...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
72 mins