Twelve Years ago Tim Burton released his masterpiece "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Over time this film became one of the classic animated tales of our time. Now, Tim Burton has released another film using the amazing technology of Claymation. Corpse Bride can be described easily with the films tagline. "There has been a grave misunderstanding." Victor Van Dort (played by Johnny Depp) has accidentally married a dead woman. Strange? Yes. Creepy? Yes. Does it work as a film? Yes. Tim Burton is only film maker who can take this gruesome a topic for a film and make a delightful family film.

A word of warning for Burton fans:

This film is NOT as good as “Nightmare.” This isn’t to say the film isn’t amazing, but do not expect Corpse Bride to live up to “Nightmare.”

The soundtrack is amazing, yet there are not as many classic songs, and the characters in the film are not as memorable or quirky as those in "Nightmare."

Both are as amazing as the other. In fact, Corpse Bride does triumph over “Nightmare” in one way. The claymation in “Bride” is so detailed it makes some of “Nightmare’s” animation seem sketchy.

That said “Corpse Bride” is an amazing movie that I'm sure will go down with "Nightmare" as a classic Claymation Masterpiece.

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