Igor is a 2008 computer animated comedy film, it is a humorous take on the stock character Igor. The plot revolves around the grotesque title figure Igor (voiced by Cusack) and his dreams of winning first place at the Evil Science Fair. The movie was released on September 19, 2008.

Plot

The film is set in a fantasy world that contains elements of the horror film and steampunk genres with a hint of Tim Burton in the design. Located in this world is a thriving village grimly named "Malaria", whose economy was based almost exclusively on agriculture until a mysterious change in climate caused the crops to wilt, impoverishing the people. A newly-risen leader styling himself "King Malbert" (Jay Leno) eventually proposes a new economy based on the creation of increasingly sophisticated, bizarre, monstrous, terrifying inventions; an idea that soon becomes the community's cultural core. Thereafter the inventors of frightening machines, who are known as "Evil Scientists", become the ruling class and are depicted overall as commanding, arrogant figures. Those born with a hunch on the back (an evidently common deformity) are forced to become laboratory assistants nicknamed "Igor", who are treated as an oppressed lower class and often thought stupid by the Evil Scientists who employ them. The protagonist of the film is an Igor (John Cusack) who is scientifically intelligent, despite being shunned by his own master, Doctor Glickenstein (John Cleese). According to the film's premise, this Igor has brought a cynical rabbit named Scamper (Steve Buscemi) back to life from death, and had made him immortal, much to Scamper's chagrin. Igor is also said to have transplanted a human brain into a life-support robot, which is thereafter nicknamed Brian (Sean Hayes).

As the film progresses, Doctor Glickenstein invents a rocket to demonstrate his skill at the annual Evil Scientists' Fair; but he is killed during a malfunctioning test run. Taking a chance to reveal his own powers, the protagonist Igor decides to keep his master's death a secret and participate in the Fair himself. He therefore assembles a huge, monstrous being (in effect a female version of Frankenstein's Monster) from human tissue. When he brings her to life, Igor discovers, contrary to his expectations and the norms of Malaria, that the giant is gentle, polite, and affectionate. When Igor explains his expectations of her, the giant (Molly Shannon) mispronounces the word "evil" and converts it to "Eva", which becomes her name. Igor surmises that the 'Evil Bone' (her version of a component that presumably bestows malice on any invention) had not activated properly, and therefore brings Eva to the "Brain-Wash" to correct this by having her watch violent acts on television. As she watches, Brain absent-mindedly changes the channel in the midst of the treatment and thereby causes Eva to adapt the personality of a kind-hearted Hollywood actress. Igor uses this to his advantage by telling her that the Fair is an audition for the role of Annie, convincing her to co-operate with him. While preparing for her role, Eva becomes close friends with Igor and supports him in his goal of defying convention.