Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

JoshSharpe If you keep track of upcoming movies (like I do), you may know that Tim Burton is releasing a film called "Frankenweenie" next month. It is based on his original idea of a boy that brings his dead dog back to life. In 1984, he released a short film version. Well, almost released it. Disney fired him because it scared children and they didn't want him making those kind of movies for them. It wasn't released to the public until an edited version came out on VHS in 1994. It wasn't until 2008 that the original uncut version was released with the special edition DVD and Blu-ray of "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Unfortunately, I don't think all this work was worth it. The creative idea doesn't translate very well on screen here. I don't think most kids would be scared; just rather uninterested. And the black and white adds nothing to it and I found it unnecessary. I will be sure to see the new "Frankenweenie" next month and I'm hoping it will be an improvement over this.

ThreeGuysOneMovie With the upcoming release of an animated version of Frankenweenie, just in time for Halloween this year, I thought it might be a good time to review the original. What's that you have never seen the original 29 minute short created for Disney by Tim Burton? Frankenweenie was created way back in 1984, when everyone was still convinced those godless commies were going to invade our shores. This short film was supposed to be released at the same time as the re-release of Pinocchio in theaters. However, children in test screenings were horrified by the film. Disney summarily fired Burton over the creation of this film and his spending of a cool million to create it.This film might have been lost in obscurity for all time if Burton had not eventually found success and acceptance, by a wide audience with films like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Suddenly, Disney was a big fan of Tim Burton, in the hopes of cashing in a bit they added two shorts to the DVD releases of A Nightmare Before Christmas, Frankenweenie and Vincent. Hell they even added the Burton created Jack Skellington to the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and Disneyworld. Seems like their is a fine line between kooky filmmaker and bankable director.The story in Frankenweenie is a rather simple, heartfelt tale of a boy, young Victor Frankenstein and his dog Sparky. While playing with Sparky young Victor accidentally throws his ball a bit too far and Sparky get killed by a car. Devastated, Victor sets out to reanimate his beloved dog Sparky. He creates a small scale mad scientist lab and successfully brings his beloved Sparky back to life.However, all does not go according to plan, as the reanimated Sparky starts to terrify the surrounding neighbors. Despite attempting to allay the neighbors fears by having a meet and greet at the family home, the neighborhood soon turns on Sparky and forms an angry mob. This mob chases Sparky and young Victor to an abandoned miniature golf course. Will Sparky and Victor escape the mob or will the mob extract vengeance on the terror that has been reanimated.At its core this film is mildly dark comedy that pays homage to the classic Universal Monster films, Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. The decision to shoot the film in black and white only serves to add to the creepy atmosphere. The recreation of the windmill scene at the end Frankenstein via the use of the miniature golf course borders on genius. Less a film about the horror or reanimation the dead than a commentary of American fears, mass hysteria and mob mentality at the time of its release, Frankenweenie is a short early peek into the mind of cinematic virtuoso Tim Burton.If you enjoy the Classic Universal horror films, or are a fan of Tim Burton this is certainly worth a watch. The scares are mild and the mood is lighthearted, I would be surprised if any children reacted in horror like that test audience long ago. The film is included with your DVD copy of A Nightmare Before Christmas and can be viewed in under 30 minutes.

Mightyzebra ...Yet sweet at the same time! This film is based (obviously) on the original story on Frankenstein and yet it is about a dog who comes back to life. The dog is the sweet part of this film, the rest of it is at times funny, at times a little mediocre and at times spooky.At the beginning of Frankenweenie, we meet a young boy called Victor and his dog Sparky. He is playing ball with Sparky one day, when Sparky runs out to catch the ball on the road and he is run over by a car. We then see a spooky and surreal pet graveyard, where Sparky is buried. Victor misses Sparky with every molecule of his heart and when his science teacher shows a way of using electricity to make animals come back to life, Victor is off and bringing his beloved dog back from the dead...Unfortunately, I spent the whole of this film wondering how scary it would get, which is why I did not enjoy it so much at the time. When I look back on "Frankenweenie", I can see its good points properly and ignore the freaky parts and look more on the sweet parts. I originally liked this film for the plot and for the dog, the human characters just came in the way a little bit for me, but now I see them as the enhancers of the story. After all, Victor is the person responsible here for giving life to Sparky, just as Professor Frankenstein creates life in his monster in the original book (which I have not read, but know the basics about).This very good Tim Burton creation can be seen on the same DVD as "The Nightmare Before Christmas", which is very convenient. I recommend this to people who are not faint-hearted and who like dogs. Enjoy "Frankenweenie"! :-)

Michael_Elliott Frankenweenie (1984) **** (out of 4) Wonderful short about a boy's dog who dies after being hit by a car but the boy uses electricity to bring him back to life. I read that Tim Burton was fired from Disney due to making such a dark picture that they felt they couldn't sell to children but this is probably the best movie I've seen from the director. It's rather amazing to see how great his visual style was even at this young age as the visuals in the film match the stuff from later films and to do it on such a small budget is even better. Daniel Stern and Shelley Duvall are great as the boy's parents and the supporting cast is good as well. There's a lot of great homages to James Whale's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, which come off great. I'd also say that this is one of the greatest horror/comedies out there as the humor in the film is very nice and the ending is great.