Tim Burton has brought a twisted take to the classic boy-and-his-dog tale.

Way back in 1984, Burton teamed with Disney to create "Frankenweenie," the heart-warming tale of a lad who reanimates his dead pet with electrical impulses.

Nearly 30 years later, Burton in now revisiting the film - which starred Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern and Barret Oliver - in animated form, with Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short and Martin Landau providing voice work for the stop-motion revamp.

As the film's new trailer attests, the film blends influences ranging from Burton's previous stop-motion efforts "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride" to the black-and-white, Universal horror films of the 1930s that inspired the original "Frankenweenie."

Burton's re-imagination of his own vision hits theaters on October 5, The Wrap reported.