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Frankenweenie
UNITED STATES · 2012

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton
mad science pet resurrection friendship and loyalty small-town prejudice grief and loss
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Synopsis

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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It’s always been a special project for me. It relates to how I felt as a child, and those early influences like the Universal monster movies and also the German Expressionist films like 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' – the black and white, the mood, the atmosphere.

I grew up with all those movies, Universal monster movies, Hammer films, Japanese monster movies, Ray Harryhausen films. Those are the ones that I grew up with.

— Tim Burton  ·  Collider interview with Tim Burton
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