Monster House (2006)

Directed by

Gil Kenan

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, comedy horror, independent film, family film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 4,375 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Kids in a neighborhood discover that an old house is alive and dangerous on Halloween. They work together to stop the house from terrorizing them and their town.

spookyplayfuladventurouslightheartedcreepymildly thrillinganimatedfamily-friendly

What happens

Monster House is a 2006 American animated supernatural comedy horror film directed by Gil Kenan in his feature directorial debut, produced by Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke and written by Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab and Pamela Pettler. The film's plot revolves around a neighborhood being terrorized by a sentient haunted house during Halloween and features the voice talents of Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Nick Cannon, Jason Lee, Fred Willard, Jon Heder, Catherine O'Hara and Kathleen Turner. Produced by Relativity Media and executive producers Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, the human characters were animated using motion-capture animation, which was previously utilized in Zemeckis' previous film, The Polar Express (2004). Monster House was also Sony's first computer-animated film produced by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Relativity Media's first animated film. Monster House was released in the United States on July 21, 2006, by Sony Pictures Releasing under their Columbia Pictures label. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $142 million worldwide against its $75 million production budget. Monster House received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, but lost to Happy Feet and Cars, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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