Edward Scissorhands Carves Into 4K for Its 35th Anniversary — Here’s When It Arrives

Break out the hedge trimmers: Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands is getting the 4K treatment for its 35th anniversary. Disney will roll out a new restoration this fall, and yes, there is a fancy SteelBook for the shelf-display crowd.

What you are getting and when

• Release date: October 28, 2025
• Formats: the restored film hits digital and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray the same day
• Collector option: a limited-edition SteelBook that bundles the 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray discs
• SteelBook art: front cover shows Kim's face fractured in shattered glass; the back is a tight, moody close-up of Edward's eyes
• Bonus features:
  - Featurette with cast and crew digging into Burton's modern riff on Frankenstein
  - Audio commentary by director Tim Burton
  - Audio commentary by composer Danny Elfman

Quick refresher if it's been a minute: the 1990 gothic romance stars Johnny Depp as Edward, an unfinished invention with scissor hands, and Winona Ryder as Kim Boggs, the suburban teen who sees past the blades. The cast is stacked with greats: Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, Alan Arkin, Robert Oliveri, and Conchata Ferrell. Burton directed from a script by Caroline Thompson, based on a story she developed with Burton.

The movie walks that Burton line between fairy tale and suburban satire: an Avon lady brings Edward into a candy-colored cul-de-sac, and things go tender, weird, and then inevitably complicated. The message still lands without a sledgehammer.

"To embrace what makes us different."

If you track scores, Edward Scissorhands is Certified Fresh at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, from 68 reviews. Not bad for a guy who can't wear gloves.

Bottom line: if you have been waiting for a proper 4K upgrade, this is the one to circle on the calendar. And if you are a SteelBook person, the art sounds like the good kind of gloomy.