In the UK? Mark Your Calendars for Tim Burton Season from Grimm Up North
Debi Moore
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This winter Grimm Up North presents a season of four films from Tim Burton, the master of quirky Gothic cinema, at Odeon Printworks Manchester.
It begins 11 December with a screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas, followed by Edward Scissorhands on 15 January and Sleepy Hollow on 29 January, and ends 12 February with Burton’s original vision of the Dark Knight of Gotham in Batman.
For more info visit the official Grimm Up North website.
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – 11 December
Synopsis:
The story of undead skeleton Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, who lives in Halloweentown. He is thought to be the scariest being in the entire world. One day he goes through a door in a tree and arrives in Christmastown and sees how happy and beautiful it is over there. When he is back in Halloweentown, he shows his friends what Christmas is like, and he suggests to do Christmas this year instead of Halloween. But things do not go as planned when an evil gambling boogeyman named Oogie Boogie plots to play a game with Santa Claus’ life!
Doors 6.30pm; film starts at 7pm
Tickets: £6.50 + booking fees; available HERE
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS – 15 January
Synopsis:
In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor’s greatest creation – Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward’s hands; instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then he has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers him and takes him into her home. At first everyone welcomes him into the community, but soon things begin to take a turn for the worse.
Doors 6.30pm; film starts at 7pm
Tickets: £6.50 + booking fees, Available HERE
SLEEPY HOLLOW – 29th January
Synopsis:
Constable Ichabod Crane of the New York Police arrives in the small village of Sleepy Hollow in 1799 to solve a mystery of murders. With all the victims found with their heads missing, everybody in Sleepy Hollow is talking about the ghost of the “headless horseman.”
Doors 6.30pm; film starts at 7pmDoors 6.30pm, Film Starting at 7pm.
Tickets £6.50 + booking fees, Available HERE
BATMAN – 12 February
Synopsis:
After a young boy witnesses his parents’ murder on the streets of Gotham City, he grows up to become the Batman – a mysterious figure in the eyes of Gotham’s citizens – who takes crime-fighting into his own hands. He first emerges out of the shadows when the Joker appears – a horribly disfigured individual who is out for revenge on his former employer and generally likes to have a good time.
Doors 6.30pm, Film Starting at 7pm.
Tickets £6.50 + booking fees, Available HERE
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