Spooky House (2002)

Director:

William Sachs

Writers:

Margaret Sachs, William Sachs

Stars:

Ben Kingsley, Mercedes Ruehl, Matt Weinberg

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Kingsley	...	The Great Zamboni
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Boss
Matt Weinberg	...	Max
Jason Fuchs	...	Yuri
Ronald Joshua Scott	...	Beans
Simon Baker	...	Prescott
Chaz Monet	...	Zoe
Myles Ferguson	...	Mike The Mouth
Katharine Isabelle	...	Mona
Kyle Labine	...	Dumb Dave
Yanna McIntosh	...	Nicole
Carmen Moore	...	Dawn Starr
Dave 'Squatch' Ward	...	Cigar Van Driver (as David 'Squatch' Ward)
Carolyn Tweedle	...	Woman Neighbor
Benz Antoine	...	Police Officer

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

haunted house | independent film

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Taglines:

When The Magic Starts, The Fun Begins.

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Genres:

Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements

Details

Official Sites:

Spooky House Entertainment LLC

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 April 2004 (Hungary)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spooky House Entertainment LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital EX SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released 2 years after the death of Myles Ferguson.

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Goofs

Max cuts his finger and sits on some stone steps waiting for a Band Aid. In some of the shots, the steps are in full sunshine and in others, in the shade.

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Quotes

Boss: Tough Kazookies.

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Connections

Featured in The Making of 'Spooky House' (1999)

User Reviews

Great for kids, Groans for Grown-ups

OK, my wife rented this off-the-shelf, thinking it would be a cute "family" movie, so we were forced to buy pizza and sit through it with our kids (9 & 5). In a nutshell, the kids loved it, although my 5 year old thought parts of it were a bit "scary", and didn't want to sit through it. For my wife and I, however, it was definitely a tremendous groaner...The biggest plus was the fact that it was SOOOO bad that we actually laughed at how bad it was! This was one of those "I'm too drunk to go to sleep...what's on TV?" B-movies from the old USA Network "Up All Night" series (if you remember those).

There were parts of it that actually reminded us of the old "Little Rascals" shows, where the kids---and their so-obviously-memorized scripts---were almost like puppets. The super-fast-motion scenes to speed things up were good for a chuckle.

Rent this for your kids to enjoy, but don't dare watch it yourself unless you want to bang your head afterwards for wasting this much time.