Most Tim Burton films are huge box-office successes, and several are already classics. The directors mysterious and eccentric public persona attracts a lot of attention, while the films themselves have been somewhat overlooked. Here, Alison McMahan redresses this imbalance through a close analysis of Burtons key films (Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow) and their industrial context. She argues that Burton has been a crucial figure behind many of the transformations taking place in horror, fantasy, and sci-fi films over the last two decades, and demonstrates how his own work draws on a huge range of artistic influences: the films of Georges Mlis, surrealism, installation art, computer games, and many more.