The Curse of Eleanor Crabtree
Short Film (2011)
dir. James Cowen | prod. James Cowen | edit. James Cowen
JimmyC.tv Design and Direction
“A hearse, the curse and some twisted verse.”
The Curse of Eleanor Crabtree is a short film by James Cowen that tells the tale of a woman cursed by immortality and the extreme steps she takes to be reunited with her murdered fiance. Inspired in part by the wonderful Tim Burton’s ‘A Nightmare before Christmas’ , this black comedy is set in a surreal world stuck somewhere between the 18th Century and the 1950s. The film fuses animation and live action techniques to construct a unique and hilarious slice of life, told as a rhyming poem.
Rather immodestly, I freaking love this score. It’s not often I get to put my Danny Elfman hat on…
