Tim Burton presents a stop-motion animation of a young man who iswhisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bridewhile his real bride waits in the land of the living.

Unbeknownst to her parents, who believe she's studying law, Alma Lancaster, a young woman from a good family, has given herself a year to pursue her dream of making movies. When she's forced to work with Vadim Arcadi, a young man with few ties, an electric attraction sparks between them. But lurking behind the scenes is an invisible threat determined to tear them apart and expose everything…