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This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Sad, I watched it after watching the remade version. I cannot believe Tim Burton was fired for making this. Yeah, I agree it is too dark for the 80s theme, but it's got matter. A simple, odd story about how far a kid can go to bring back his lovable dog Sparky!The concept is inventive and Burton has done a stupendous job with both the versions. Music is spooky, screenplay is good and everything gels in this 30 minutes of classic thriller! Watch it before you watch the critically acclaimed 2012 remake!WATCH OUT FOR: the serious slapstick!Language: No | Sex: No | Violence: No

Victor Frankenstein's beloved dog Sparky gets hit by a car. Victor (a fine and engaging performance by Barret Oliver) brings Sparky back to life by using electricity. Alas, the neighbors mistake Sparky for a monster. Director Tim Burton, working from a witty script by Leonard Rips, deftly crafts a funny and affectionate tongue-in-cheek homage to vintage 30's Universal fright fare like "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein." Shelley Duvall and Daniel Stern are excellent as Victor's warm and loving parents Susan and Ben. Moreover, there are neat supporting turns by Joseph Maher as snoopy neighbor Mr. Chambers, Paul Bartel as stuffy science teacher Mr. Walsh, and Sofia Coppola as Mr. Chambers' excitable daughter Anne. Kudos are also in order for Tomas E. Ackerman's crisp black and white cinematography and the robust orchestral score by David Newman and Michael Conventino. Best of all, there's a sweet charm evident throughout that's impossible to either dislike or resist (Sparky in particular is absolutely adorable while the conclusion is both touching and uplifting). A real treat.

If you love Tim Burton, you'll be sure to love Frankenweenie, it's as simple as that. it contains a great story, great characters/actors, wonderful visuals, brilliant comedy and much, much more. I had the treat of seeing it on the new Nightmare Before Christmas box set and it is an awesome film to own. It truly is inspiring to see one of my favorite filmmaker's early work and it makes me wanna go out try to do my best on making a similar film.This is the perfect short film to watch with the whole family and it's highly recommended. Be sure to get it with Nightmare Before Christmas set!

For a fun and nostalgic look at the 1950s and its expressionistic horror themes, here's a slightly underground early short by Tim Burton called "Frankenweenie," a movie apparently that "wasted resources" from good ol' Walt Disney's estate. In other words, a pretty creative, fun, nostalgic film that really didn't have an audience until Burton became the household name he is and got a super devoted fan base of goth kiddies from around the globe."Frankenweenie", as the name implies, is a take off of Frankenstein involving a child's favorite, Fido-like dog, Sparky. Speaking of Fido, the movie is kind of a lot alike the later, 2007 movie "Fido" involving 50s decor and zombies: much is made out of the faux-McCarthy era imagery, where tight-knit neighbors look into each other's windows "Irma! Irma!" style and freak out enough over a zombie dog to almost burn a little kid and his playmate alive. Where the concept of a Frankenstein's monster as childhood best friend joke starts to drag, Tim Burton's love of making fun of suburbanite conformity takes over, and the two concepts run for a pretty decent 30 minute parody.Apparently, it was short films like this that got Burton fired from Disney. Personally, though, it seems to me more like Disney was doing Burton a favor in letting him go from its vastly unoriginal production company so that he could take his visions and make much bigger, grandiose Gothic productions. Burton, like so many idiosyncratic names in show business, is a success built both on talent and general good timing--nowadays, people don't trust a children's movie that doesn't have a little darkness in it, and movies like "Frankenweenie" are what many kids are raised on. If the rumored "Frankenweenie" remake is true, believe-you-me no one will blink any more than they did for "Wallace and Gromit in the Case of the Wererabbit." --PolarisDiB