It takes a certain twisted, melancholy, big-hearted man to come up with stories about a boy who is cursed with scissors for hands, a skeezy demon who moonlights as a bio-exorcist and a man-child fixated on finding his stolen bike and Tim Burton, with his penchant for telling compelling outsider tales with a macabre twist, is a Hollywood original who has also become a force at the box office.

Your friendly neighbourhood goth follows up on 2010's Alice in Wonderland, the 10th highest-grossing flick of all time, with Dark Shadows where he reunites with his near-constant muses Johnny Depp and lady love Helena Bonham Carter for an adaptation of the popular early-'70s soap opera.

And Burton is right in his element, perfectly attuned to the the story of Barnabas Collins, an ancient vampire who awakens to find that his mansion is in ruins and being run by members of his dysfunctional family, a favourite topic for Burton.

On the occasion of the writer-director's latest theatrical release, we're sharing our picks for the Top 5 Tim Burton Movies and looking at what makes him the goth with the most.... See Complete Article @ Cineplex