I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton and also loved the Ransom Riggs trilogy so had high hopes for this film. When I heard Tim Burton was making it I loved the idea of eerie dreamlike music and odd but beautiful imagery. The book itself is creepy at times but the film almost overdid this, instead of Burton's almost subtle horror; certain scenes were almost grotesque and reminded me of low budget horror. The film itself was actually pretty good as a standalone but as a Tim Burton film based on the Ransom Riggs novels it was somewhat disappointing
