Influences

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The first and most obvious of his influences is the author/illustator Edward Gorey. Gorey's inky, dark style has inspired many an artist, and Tim Burton is no exception. Tim's book "the Melancoly Death of Oyster Boy" is essentionally a bunch of poems about wierd child and how they're maimed, killed or turned into household objects. Similarly, Gorey's book the Grishly Crumb Tinneys (sp?) is about a bunch of children that die, 26 to be exact. There's one for every letter of the alphabet (i.e.: A is for Anna who fell down the stairs)

The Hammer Movie House ihe 60's created a seemingly endless slew of B-horror flicks, attacking every well-established horror villian. The best of these are their contradicting string of Dracula movies, starring the great Christopher Lee as the hemophile himself.

(Note: Mr. Lee made a cameo in Sleepy Hollow) Tim gets rather poetic about these movies, having adored them since his childhood. They were much his inspiration for Sleepy Hollow, to combine the campiness and blood and beauty in a way only hammer and our dear Tim can.