Review #212: Frankenweenie (2012)
This review was originally written in 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #67: Frankenweenie (2012) This movie came out in late 2012, roughly the same time as ParaNorman (another animated horror movie about something supernatural happening to a child in a small town). I went to see ParaNorman due to, probably among other things, the fact that a story about the death of a pet doesn't strike me as particularly enjoyable. As such, I watched Frankenweenie for the first time today, and although there's more to the movie than that, I'd be lying if I said it didn't color my entire viewing experience. Frankenweenie is a modern re-imagining of the Frankenstein story, following a child Victor Frankenstein. When his pet dog Sparky is hit by a car, he resorts to using science to bring back his closest friend, but in a twist from the original story, this is only the beginning of the shenanigans to come when his classmates discover his project and misguidedly use it ...