Director Tim Burton crafted this touching fable about a tender young man surviving Frankensteinal loneliness, owing to the absurd fact that he has scissors for hands. He stays in a painfully patient purgatory, locked inside a mansion.

A nosy neighbour interrupts his sleepless slumber, and Edward reenters reality. He falls in love with a local girl, and his fingers work wonders on bushes and hairdos, thus more than ensuring his popularity among women. Life, as our snippy Ed discovers, can be quite a good thing.

But the world isn't that simple, as he finds out after accidentally injuring a young boy. Suddenly, the town awakens to the fact that he's not just a freak, but a monster, and turns vindictive.

The dark tale is arguably the best effort to come from the surreal, fabulous Depp/Burton relationship.