Frankenweenie

2012 87 min ★ 7.0 Animation, Comedy, Family, Horror, Science Fiction

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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Cast

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)

Details

Director

Tim Burton

Screenplay

John August

Tagline

"Science goes astray!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$39,000,000

Revenue

$81,493,846

Production

Walt Disney Pictures

Reviews

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r96sk

August 24, 2020

★ 7/10

Good stuff, unmistakably Tim Burton. <em>Frankenweenie</em> 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 w...

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CinemaSerf

October 20, 2022

★ 7/10

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 con...