Emily (Corpse Bride)

33. Emily

“Movie(s): Corpse Bride (2005)

First Appearance: Corpse Bride (2005)

Voiced by: Helena Bonham Carter

This could easily have been an uncomplicated horror, with a young man ensnared by a terrifying deadite obsessed with wedding bells, a Bridezilla with bits falling off. Instead, it became an unusual love story, precisely because Helena Bonham-Carter's Emily is so adorable. Rather than the lurching zombie she might have been, she's tragic, charming and strangely beautiful - yes, even with the blue flesh, skeletal extremities and loosely-attached eye. The fact that most of the audience consider the nicely wrapped up, happy ending an unhappy one is testament to just how likeable Emily is.

Stroke of genius

It's the melancholy song that Emily si” read more