Victor has messed up his vows during a wedding rehearsal, and is traveling through the woods, reciting his vows. He stops to rest in the woods,and while practicing. He finally gets them right and ceremoniously puts the wedding ring on a finger-shaped stick in the ground and says his wedding vows. The stick turns out to be a rotted finger belonging to a murdered girl who has returned as a zombie and insists that she is now Victor's lawfully wedded wife.

MPAA rating: PG; for some scary images and action, and brief mild language.

Optional French or Spanish subtitles or dialogue; closed-captioned.

Special features: "Inside the two worlds": includes interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and production drawings; Danny Elfman interprets the two worlds; "The animators: the breath of life" featurette; "Tim Burton: Dark vs. light" featurette; "Voices from the underworld" featurette; Making puppets tick; "The voices behind the voice"; 'The corpse bride' pre-production galleries; music-only track.

Director of photography, Pete Kozachik ; art director, Nelson Lowry ; editor, Jonathan Lucas ; music, Danny Elfman ; production designer, Alex McDowell ; visual effects supervisors, Pete Kozachik, Jessica Norman.

Voices: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul Whitehouse, Joanna Lumley, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant, Christopher Lee.

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, dual layer.