Heathers

Heathers

New World Pictures

March 31, 1989

Crime Comedy, Romance

DVD
B-

An uneven but still entertaining high-school-murder comedy, from the pre-Columbine era.  Ryder gives a capable appearance as a gray-moraled character, while Slater somehow is charming teen rebel and pathetic psychopath in one Jack-Nicholsonian package.  Michael Lehmann directed.

Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

Disney

October 5, 2012

Animation, Sci-Fi

DVD

C-

While this is somewhat reminiscent of Burton's Corpse Bride, the look, story, and characters aren't nearly as good.

Experimenter

Experimenter 
Magnolia Pictures
October 16, 2015
Historical Drama
DVD
C-

Well-made telling of a story I don't want to hear: the background to the famous fake electric-shock experiment of 1961.  Michael Almereyda wrote and directed.

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Columbia
November 13, 1992
Horror
DVD
D+

Francis Ford Coppola directed this ridiculously overwrought production that doesn't quite (at least not in the first quarter hour) cross over into Sobaditsgoodvania.  Technically based on a book, by Bram Stoker oddly enough.