Igor is an evil scientist's assistant but in the dungeons of the dark castle he wants to be an evil scientist himself.

He creates his own monster but she's gentle rather than genocidal, and she really wants to be an actress.

So Igor tricks her into her first "performance": smashing up other monsters so he can win the Evil Science Fair.

It's a good idea, brought to highly enjoyable life with great characters, voices and script.

With animation in the mould of A Nightmare Before Christmas's it's a short and darkly sweet family comedy.

David Knights