Tim Burton’s 10 Goth-iest Movies, Ranked by Goth Factor

Tim Burton launched his career with a short film about a dead dog brought back to life with a jolt of electricity, 1984’s Frankenweenie. He’s been putting his unique gothic—and straight-up goth—stamp on movies ever since.

A lover of all things black and sporting a signature shock of wild hair that resembles that of The Cure’s goth pioneer Robert Smith, the director may have had his first big (and uncharacteristic) hit with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure the following year, but even that film hinted at his predilections with the unforgettably eerie appearance of Large Marge, the ghost of a truck driver.

His post-Pee-Wee career is littered (in an awesome way) with ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, black goo, and an aesthetic that is both nightmarish and gorgeous, betraying the auteur’s background as a visual artist first. (Seriously, if you get a chance to see The World of Tim Burton exhibition, take it.)

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