Impressive Visual Effects, but poor story

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 1999)

I was looking forward to this reproduction of the classic tale.
Tim Burton certainly did a wonderful job of dressing up turn-of-the-century upstate New York, and had impressive costumes and visual effects, but the rest of the movie suffers. Poor, confusing plot surrounds a fearless, though gory, story-line.
Disney's rendition was much more frightening.