A lonely boy uses electricity to bring his dead dog back to life. However, the presence of the animal in the neighbourhood leads to panic over a monster, while the young scientist's classmates are soon also meddling with life and death to revive their own pets. Tim Burton's stop-motion animated fantasy, with the voices of Charlie Tahan and Winona Ryder.

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.