I find it doubly haunting, the Gothic story now making Boston-area headlines like "Decomposed Body Found In Upscale Brookline Home" and "Woman Lived With Sister's Body In Kitchen For More Than A Year.

Vaguely set in a 19th century East European village, the story is reportedly inspired by an old, Russian folk tale. Longtime Burton collaborator Johnny Depp gives voice to Victor Van Dort, an ...