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Frankenweenie (2012)

Name: Frankenweenie
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Horror
Released: 2012-10-05
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 6.7

PG (US) | USA, UK | English | 87 min

Directed by: Tim Burton

6.7

Animation Comedy Drama Family Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, 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 (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.

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Awards

BAFTA Film Award 2013

Best Animated Film

Nominated

Oscar 2013

Best Animated Feature

Nominated

Cast & Crew

Tim Burton

Director

Winona Ryder

Elsa Van Helsingvoice

Catherine O'Hara

Mrs. Frankensteinvoice

Martin Short

Mr. Frankensteinvoice

Martin Landau

Mr. Rzykruskivoice

Charlie Tahan

Victor Frankensteinvoice

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Release Date

USA

(Austin, Texas, Fantastic Fest, premiere)

2012-09-20

USA

(Los Angeles, California, premiere)

2012-09-24

United Arab Emirates

No data

2012-10-04

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Frankenweenie

(Original title)

Chien de résurrection grotesque

Algeria (French title)

Frankenweenie

Argentina

Parent Guide

Some smashing, bashing and gouging things happen in Victor and Sparky's town of New Holland with most of the serious stuff taking place offscreen.

When Sparky's hit by a speeding car, we see everything leading up to the collision, but not the impact itself. And when Victor later digs up the dog's remains and sews the cut and injured areas back together (substituting a patch of patterned fabric for fur in one place) we again get the gist of the action without seeing anything gory or gross. The closest we come is when Victor screws bolts into a section of the pup's neck.

The resurrection experiment itself is a lightning bolt-charged sparkfest that sets electrical appliances to glowing and zaps the blanket-covered dog corpse with a sizzling, smoking blast of electricity. (It's all motivated by a science test that shocks leg-flinching "life" back into a dead frog's legs.)

The newly reanimated Sparky takes quite a few tumbles while regaining his living land legs, including falling off a roof and smashing through a window.

One rambunctious, happy hindquarters-shake results in the dog's tail falling off. (To which Victor exclaims, "I can fix that.") A similar thing later happens with one of the dog's ears.

The poodle next door is thrown back in a shocked tumble when she touches her nose to Sparky's neck bolt. Sparky is connected via jumper cables to a group of cars at one point.

A turtle is transformed into a Godzilla-like monster that crushes cars, smashes buildings and roars at passersby.

A rat becomes a man-sized beast that chases and slashes at people with razor claws.

A package of Sea-Monkeys are turned into gremlins that cause all manner of havoc until they blow up in gelatinous globs upon ingesting salt.

A cat holding a dead bat in its teeth undergoes quite a gruesome transformation into a flying demon thing that hisses and snaps at people with its sharp fangs. At one point it swoops in and carries off a girl. It's eventually impaled by a sharp beam that falls from a burning building.

Other than that cat, and another resurrected pet that's smashed flat by the Godzilla turtle, all the animals either explode in globs or are hit by lightning and revert back to their previously dormant state.

The county fairgrounds is pretty much devastated by these attacking creatures.

A mini golf course windmill is accidentally set on fire by a crowd of neighbors with torches.

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