Monster Night (2006) (V)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Directors:

Leslie Allen
Lorenzo Doumani

Writers:

Damián Romay (screenplay) and
Lorenzo Doumani (writer)

Release Date:

24 January 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Horror

Plot:

On Halloween, a teenage boy who is grounded and forced to baby-sit his brother and sister discovers, along with his siblings, that his house is haunted. |

Plot Keywords:

Halloween | Sibling | Haunted House | Teen | Children

Cast

Taylor Dooley	...	Dana Ackerman
Jake Thomas	...	Issac Ackerman
Matthew Lawrence	...	Brock Anderson
Nikki Griffin	...	Jessica
Robert Carradine	...	George Ackerman
Vanessa Angel	...	Claire Ackerman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...	Frostbite
Carrie 'CeCe' Cline	...	Brandy
Chris Coppola	...	Mr. Incredulus
Skyler De Wilde
Alisia Geanopulos	...	Poker girl
Taylor Greer	...	Popular student
Richard Halpern	...	Winston Churchill
Marcelle Larice	...	Ms. Mama Jama
Robert Allen Mukes
Joss Saltzman	...	Vincent Ackerman
Bob Thomas	...	Dean
Simms Thomas	...	Ms. Willowpuff
Musetta Vander	...	Miss Morticia
Jonny Vincent	...	J.J.

Also Known As:

Trick or Treat (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Majestic Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: Who took the picture of the family? No friends, neighbors and the dad was gone. Also, no tripod or Camera was shown during that scene.

Uninspired, by-the-numbers kiddy pic.

Overworked plot wherein young teens are forced to move to a weird town. Their new home is a huge fully furnished mansion, clearly worth a million bucks, but they hate it because the door falls off its hinges, it has cobwebs and a spider and looks spooky at night. Its haunted by pathetically boring non-threatening ghosts. Furthermore, their new home town is patterned after the "Eerie Indiana" TV show of the 90's. Their school teachers, bus driver etc are all goofy and talk in rhyme, for no apparent reason. The school principal appears to be out of Harry Potter and wears a monks robe. All of which would be fine if any of the jokes were funny. The writers seem to think kids will laugh at anything remotely silly. Boring gag after gag falls flat until the fast forward key becomes the only salvation. Even young kids are likely to find this film dull and predictable. The producers have spared every expense here and even shun the modern aspect ratio, presenting this shoestring quickie in full screen format. The kid actors are not particularly appealing and are given trite and unconvincing lines. Very forgettable. Your kids deserve better.