Monster House (2006)

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

Director:

Gil Kenan

Writers:

Dan Harmon (screenplay), Rob Schrab (screenplay),

Stars:

Ryan Newman, Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryan Newman	...	Little Girl (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Nebbercracker (voice)
Mitchel Musso	...	DJ (voice)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Mom (voice)
Fred Willard	...	Dad (voice)
Sam Lerner	...	Chowder (voice)
Woody Schultz	...	Paramedic #1 (voice)
Ian McConnel	...	Paramedic #2 (voice)
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Zee (voice)
Jason Lee	...	Bones (voice)
Spencer Locke	...	Jenny (voice)
Kevin James	...	Officer Landers (voice)
Nick Cannon	...	Officer Lister (voice)
Jon Heder	...	Reginald 'Skull' Skulinski (voice)
Kathleen Turner	...	Constance (voice)

Storyline

The teenage DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of their street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When DJ's parents travel on the eve of Halloween and the abusive nanny Zee stays with him, he calls his clumsy best friend Chowder to play basketball. But when the ball falls in Nebbercracker's lawn, the old man has a siege, and soon they find that the house is a monster. Later the boys rescue the smart Jenny from the house and the trio unsuccessfully tries to convince the babysitter, her boyfriend Bones and two police officers that the haunted house is a monster, but nobody believes them. The teenagers ask their video-game addicted acquaintance Skull how to destroy the house, and they disclose its secret on the Halloween night.

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Plot Keywords:

house | halloween | neighbor | babysitter | kid | 

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Taglines:

The House is . . . ALIVE!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Gaumont Columbia Tristar [fr] Official site [ru]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zemeckis/Spielberg Motion Capture Project

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$921,648 (Australia) (15 September 2006)

Gross:

$73,661,010 (USA) (20 October 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, ImageMovers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The motto on the police car reads "We Wanna Help".

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Goofs

Before DJ, Chowder and Jenny went to Nebbercracker's house to try out their dummy plan, the scene focuses on a picture DJ took, which is of the tree outside the house. When the scene changes and becomes real, it showed the three of them walking towards the house, which was on the right side of the screen. If DJ had taken the photo from his house, they should have been moving towards the other side where the house should have been.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Little Girl: Hello, fence!

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Crazy Credits

Kenny the Dog as Himself

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Connections

References Amazing Stories (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Thou Art Dead"
Written and Performed by Gil Kenan

User Reviews

This movie caught me by surprise

Monster House was a perfect combination of kid-friendliness, horror, action and adventure. When I first walked into the theater I thought it would be "kiddy" because I went to see it with my younger cousin. You know how most animated movies are somewhat funny and about teamwork and working together or teaches life lessons or morals but I actually came to find that this movie was more scary than comical or ethical. I actually got into it. I actually ended up liking it more than my cousin. Some of the content is for older kids but it's non-stop action and the momentum of the story line never stops. And the characters seem so real. 2 thumbs up. I definitely recommend it.