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AnimationComedyFamily

Frankenweenie

- The electrifying dog is back from beyond the grave

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.

Release Date : 2012-10-04

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Tim Burton Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Frankenweenie 3D

Cast

Catherine O'Hara

Character Name : Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)

Original Name : Catherine O'Hara

Gender : Female

Martin Short

Character Name : Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)

Original Name : Martin Short

Gender : Male

Martin Landau

Character Name : Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

Original Name : Martin Landau

Gender : Male

Charlie Tahan

Character Name : Victor Frankenstein (voice)

Original Name : Charlie Tahan

Gender : Male

Atticus Shaffer

Character Name : Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)

Original Name : Atticus Shaffer

Gender : Male

Winona Ryder

Character Name : Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

Original Name : Winona Ryder

Gender : Female

Robert Capron

Character Name : Bob (voice)

Original Name : Robert Capron

Gender : Male

James Hiroyuki Liao

Character Name : Toshiaki (voice)

Original Name : James Hiroyuki Liao

Gender : Male

Conchata Ferrell

Character Name : Bob's Mom (voice)

Original Name : Conchata Ferrell

Gender : Female

Tom Kenny

Character Name : New Holland Townsfolk (voice)

Original Name : Tom Kenny

Gender : Male

Frank Welker

Character Name : Sparky (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Welker

Gender : Male

Dee Bradley Baker

Character Name : Persephone / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Dee Bradley Baker

Gender : Male

Jeff Bennett

Character Name : Giant Sea Monkeys (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Jeff Bennett

Gender : Male

Reviews

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r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

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.

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-10-20

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.