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Science goes astray!
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.
CinemaSerf
Oct 20, 2022 · via TMDB
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 make for an effective comedy-horror and it is hard not to engage with the reincarnated patchwork puppy. Their rather menacing science teacher "Rzykruski" reminded me of Christopher Lee, too. It's a quickly paced and engaging tale with a gentle morality to it - love, loyalty, friendship all feature strongly in a narrative that goes some way to illustrate how, illogically sometimes, people can become attached to their pets. Good fun, this film.
r96sk
Aug 24, 2020 · via TMDB
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 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.
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Catherine O'Hara
Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
Martin Short
Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
Martin Landau
Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
Charlie Tahan
Victor Frankenstein (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 Townsfolk (voice)
Frank Welker
Sparky (voice) (uncredited)
Dee Bradley Baker
Persephone / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Jeff Bennett
Giant Sea Monkeys (voice) (uncredited)
Jon Donahue
Additional Voices (voice)
Rick Heinrichs
Production Design
Barret Oliver
Thanks
Daniel Stern
Thanks
Shelley Duvall
Thanks
Tim Burton
Director
Chris Lebenzon
Editor
Ronna Kress
Casting
Derek Frey
Co-Producer
Don Hahn
Executive Producer
Jen Rudin
Local Casting
Allison Abbate
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Tim Burton
Producer
Chris Navarro
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Mark DeSimone
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Michael Higham
Music Editor
Danny Elfman
Original Music Composer
Christopher Boyes
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Michael Semanick
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Tom Johnson
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Cesar Diaz Melendez
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Kim Keukeleire
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Kristien Vanden Bussche
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Marjolaine Parot
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Matias Liebrecht
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Antony Elworthy
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Brian Leif Hansen
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Richard Baker
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Mary Shelley
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Jørgen Klubien
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