Stitch Head, an international co-production between Germany, Luxembourg, India, and United Kingdom, is based on based on the 2011 graphic novel of the same name by British author Guy Bass.

Bass’s story tells the tale of Stitch Head (voiced by Asa Butterfield), a young boy with, unsurprisingly, a stitched together head who is brought to life by a Mad Professor (Rob Brydon).

Whilst living in the castle it’s Stitch Head’s job to look after the Professors other monstrous creations. His first and most important job is to tell the monsters that they’ve not to be monstrous so that the townsfolk, who live under the castle in the village of Grubber Nubbin, won’t form an angry mob and storm the castle.

At the same time that Stitch Head is teaching the monsters to be polite a traveling circus Ringmaster, Fulbert Freakfinder (Seth Usdenov), who is looking for his next big, new attraction, turns up in the village with his travelling freak show.

Finding that the villagers aren’t scared of his attractions, as, according to them, there’s worse monsters up in the castle, Freakfinder persuades Stitch Head, who’s desperate for someone to love him, to leave the castle and become part of his show.

Finding that the public do in fact love him, Stitch Head shuns his monster buddies for a life in the circus. However, it isn’t long before Freakfinder reveals his true colours, leaving the other monsters from the castle to try and recuse Stitch Head from Freakfinder’s claws.

Charming and inoffensive, Stitch Head should hopefully, and deserves to, do better at the box-office in the UK than it did in the US. With a reputed budget of $30 million it only drew back in $6 million at the box-office.

Stitch Head, animation wise, looks terrific and can easily draw comparisons with Disney/Pixar’s recent releases.

Playing like a cross between Monsters, Inc. and Hotel Transylvania, Stitch Head is filled with enough laughs and scares to keep even the most demanding youngsters happy.