When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
Science goes astray!
AnimationComedyFamilyHorrorScience Fiction
Director: Tim Burton · Writer: John August
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
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Charlie Tahan
Victor Frankenstein (voice)
Catherine O'Hara
Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
Martin Short
Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
Martin Landau
Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
Atticus Shaffer
Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)
Winona Ryder
Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
Robert Capron
Bob (voice)
James Hiroyuki Liao
Toshiaki (voice)
Conchata Ferrell
Bob's Mom (voice)
Tom Kenny
New Holland Towns Folk (voice)
Frank Welker
Sparky (voice) (uncredited)
Dee Bradley Baker
Persephone / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Good stuff, unmistakably Tim Burton. Frankenweenie is a solid stop-motion horror film from Disney. Interesting plot, coupled with a suitable cast and untypical animation. It's also in black-and-white, which doesn't hamper things at all - I, in a weird sort of way, kinda forgot it was b/w for vast portions. Charlie Tahan voices the lead character, Victor Frankenstein. You also have well-known names in Winona Ryder (Elsa), Martin Short (Edward) and Catherine O'Hara (Susan). I also liked Martin Landau as Rzykruski. There's decent humour amongst those characters, too. Worth a watch, for sure.
This time it's the Frankenstein story that gets the Tim Burton treatment delivering us an hybrid of "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) and Karloff's "Frankenstein" (1935) with a little pooch throw in for good measure. It's the eponymous mutt that gets hit by car whilst fetching a baseball hit, surprisingly, out of the park by his young master "Victor". Distraught, the scientifically minded youngster concocts a cunning plan to use the attic windows, some toy seahorses and loads and loads of lightning to bring "Sparky" back from the dead. What now ensues is quite a fun series of escapades as the young man resurrects his friend and tries to keep it a secret from his schoolmates ahead of a looming science fair that causes his friends to try to mimic his skills and create monstrous mayhem en route. The monochrome stop-motion animation (especially their eyes!) and typically fun Danny Elfman score ma…
Frankenweenie is a 2012 animation and comedy movie from the United States directed by Tim Burton, starring Charlie Tahan, Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short. It was released on October 4, 2012. The running time is 1 h 27 min, in English. Audiences rate it 7.0/10 from 3,758 votes — well received.
“Science goes astray!”
Frankenweenie was released on October 4, 2012.
Frankenweenie was directed by Tim Burton.
The main cast includes Charlie Tahan, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau and Atticus Shaffer.
Frankenweenie runs 1 h 27 min.
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