Frozen in time

Rating: 8/10 (24 August 2018)

The story line is predictable but extremely well executed in the niche of Tim Burton. The acting by Johnny Depp is outstanding. There was an uneasy feel about the whole film as you could tell it was leading towards a much darker path. There was not so subtle foreshadowing with the unlocking of the door. And the idea of the snowing was a little far fetched but so was the idea of scissors for hands.
The makeup (such as on Winona at the beginning) is quite dated compared to the make up today and background art (such as the clouds in the beginning) have obviously been drawn on compared to CGI today (28 years as of this review) But these are the days when the special effects (such as the scissors for hands) were plentiful but now are much more of a limited art form. It is lovely to see. And the haircuts are so frozen in time in which now it has become a landmark in film making history just for these points.
Overall, a great film which makes a change to the same pumped sequels by many bigger companies nowadays. And is just different enough to the genre to be unique. And I believe it has lasted the harshness of time that not many other films have done.