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{{Short description|2006 American film by Gil Kenan}} |
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| alt = Film poster showing three children standing behind and looking at the titular haunted house. The tagline "There goes the neighborhood." appears at the top of the poster, and the title and the names of the cast and crew appears at the bottom of the poster. |
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| image = Monster House poster.jpg |
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| caption = Theatrical release poster |
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| alt = Film poster showing three children standing behind, watching the haunted house. A text "There goes the neighborhood." appears at the top of the poster, and the title and the names of the cast and crew appears at the bottom of the poster. |
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| director = [[Gil Kenan]] |
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* [[Dan Harmon]] |
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* [[Rob Schrab]] |
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*[[Dan Harmon]] |
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*[[Rob Schrab]] |
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*[[Pamela Pettler]] |
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* [[Steve Starkey]] |
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* [[Jack Rapke]] |
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*[[Spencer Locke]] |
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*[[Steve Buscemi]] |
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*[[Nick Cannon]] |
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*[[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] |
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*[[Kevin James]] |
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*[[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] |
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*[[Catherine O'Hara]] |
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*[[Kathleen Turner]] |
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*[[Fred Willard]]<!--- per film poster billing block ---> |
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* [[Steve Buscemi]] |
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| cinematography = Xavier Perez Grobet |
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* [[Nick Cannon]] |
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* [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] |
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*Fabienne Rawley |
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* [[Kevin James]] |
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*Adam P. Scott |
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* [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] |
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* [[Catherine O'Hara]] |
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* [[Kathleen Turner]] |
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* [[Fred Willard]] |
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| cinematography = Xavier Perez Grobet |
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*[[Relativity Media]]<ref name="VarietyReview"/> |
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* Fabienne Rawley |
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*[[ImageMovers]]<ref name="VarietyReview"/> |
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* Adam P. Scott |
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*[[Amblin Entertainment]]<ref name="VarietyReview" /> |
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| music = [[Douglas Pipes]] |
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* [[Columbia Pictures]] |
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| runtime = 91 minutes<ref>{{cite web|title=Monster House|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/BFF219631/|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|accessdate=October 28, 2012|date=June 16, 2006}}</ref> |
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* [[Relativity Media]] |
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| country = United States |
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* [[ImageMovers]] |
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| language = English |
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* [[Amblin Entertainment]] |
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| budget = $75 million<ref name=BOM /> |
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| gross = $140.2 million<ref name=BOM /> |
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| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] |
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'''''Monster House''''' is a 2006 American [[3D film|3D]] [[Computer animation|computer-animated]] [[Family film|family]]<ref name=EO10HorrorMovies /> [[horror comedy film]]<ref name=EWChatGilKenan/> directed by [[Gil Kenan]], produced by [[ImageMovers]] and [[Amblin Entertainment]],<ref name="VarietyReview" /> and distributed by [[Columbia Pictures]] about a neighborhood that's being terrorized by a demonic house. The film stars [[Mitchel Musso]], [[Sam Lerner]], [[Spencer Locke]], [[Steve Buscemi]], [[Nick Cannon]], [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], [[Jon Heder]], [[Kevin James]], [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Kathleen Turner]], and [[Fred Willard]]. |
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| released = {{Film date|2006|6|30|[[Lowe's Motor Speedway]]|2006|7|21|United States}} |
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| runtime = 91 minutes<ref>{{cite web|title=''Monster House'' (PG)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/monster-house-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mtq2ndg |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]]|access-date=August 17, 2024|date=June 16, 2006}}</ref> |
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| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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| budget = $75 million<ref name=BOM /> |
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| gross = $141.9 million<ref name=BOM /> |
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'''''Monster House''''' is a 2006 American animated [[Supernatural horror film|supernatural horror]] [[Comedy horror|comedy film]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/monster-house-v319316|title=Monster House (2006) - Gil Kenan | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com|access-date=2022-05-27|archive-date=2022-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527133648/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/monster-house-v319316|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by [[Gil Kenan]] in his [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]], from a screenplay written by [[Pamela Pettler]] and the writing team of [[Dan Harmon]] and [[Rob Schrab]] based on a story written by the latter two. The plot revolves around a neighborhood being terrorized by a sentient [[haunted house]] during [[Halloween]]. The film features the voices of [[Mitchel Musso]], [[Sam Lerner]], [[Spencer Locke]], [[Steve Buscemi]], [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], [[Kevin James]], [[Nick Cannon]], [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]], [[Fred Willard]], [[Jon Heder]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], and [[Kathleen Turner]]. |
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Produced by [[Columbia Pictures]], [[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' ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' (2004). It was also Sony's first computer-animated film produced by [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]] and Relativity's first animated film.<ref name="VarietyReview">{{cite news|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title=Review: 'Monster House'|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/monster-house-1200514988/|access-date=January 22, 2017|work=Variety|date=July 4, 2006|archive-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826173452/http://variety.com/2006/film/awards/monster-house-1200514988/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Executive producer|Executive produced]] by [[Robert Zemeckis]] and [[Steven Spielberg]], this is the first time since ''[[Back to the Future Part III]]'' that they have worked together. It is also the first time that Zemeckis and Spielberg both served as executive producers of a film. The film's characters are animated primarily utilizing [[Motion capture|performance capture]], making it the second film to use the technology so extensively, following Zemeckis' ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]''. |
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''Monster House'' received generally positive reviews from critics |
''Monster House'' was released theatrically by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] on July 21, 2006. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $142 million worldwide against a $75 million budget. It 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 (film)|Cars]],'' respectively. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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On the eve of [[Halloween]]<!-- Don't add a year without providing a source or getting consensus at the Talk page. -->, 12-year-old D.J. Walters documents his elderly neighbor, Horace Nebbercracker, stealing a girl's [[tricycle]] and scaring her off of his property, just one of many such incidents. D.J.'s parents leave for a [[Convention (meeting)|convention]], placing him in the care of his teenaged babysitter, Elizabeth, known as Zee. Later, D.J.'s best friend Chowder loses his [[Basketball ball|basketball]] in Nebbercracker's front yard, and D.J. attempts to retrieve it. Nebbercracker furiously confronts D.J. but suffers a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and is taken away by paramedics, leading the boys to believe he has died. |
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Dustin J. "DJ" Walters spies on his elderly neighbor Mr. Horace Nebbercracker, who confiscates any item landing in his yard. DJ's parents leave town for a dentist convention, leaving him in the care of Elizabeth "Zee". DJ's best friend Charles "Chowder" accidentally loses his basketball on Nebbercracker's lawn. DJ tries to recover it, but Nebbercracker rages at him, but suffers a heart attack, and is taken away by an ambulance. That night, DJ receives mysterious phone calls from the house with no one on the other end. Eavesdropping on Zee's boyfriend Bones, DJ hears him tell Zee about losing his kite on Nebbercracker's lawn when he was younger, and that Nebbercracker supposedly ate his wife. Later, Bones sees his kite in the doorway of Mr. Nebbercracker's house, but he is consumed by the house while retrieving it. |
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When Zee's boyfriend Bones visits, he recalls Nebbercracker stealing his [[kite]] and relates rumors that Nebbercracker ate his wife. After Zee kicks Bones out for being too rough, he sees his kite in the front door of Nebbercracker's house and reclaims it, only to be sucked inside. D.J. and Chowder investigate and learn that the house is a living, terrifying [[monster]]. The next day, the duo save a girl named Jenny Bennett from the house as she sells candy. Jenny calls police officers Landers and Lister, but the house intelligently stays quiet when the officers arrive, and they dismiss the report. |
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Later, DJ meets Chowder at a construction site and recruits him to investigate Nebbercracker's house. Once arriving, Chowder rings the doorbell, only to discover that the house is in fact alive, and it scares him and DJ away. |
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The children consult local supernatural expert Reginald "Skull" Skulinski, who speculates that the house is a rare ghost-object hybrid that can only be killed when its heart is struck. Realizing that the [[furnace (central heating)|furnace]] is the heart, the children construct a dummy filled with [[cough syrup]] and offer it to the house to eat, hoping to put it to sleep. However, Landers and Lister disrupt the plan, and the house devours them all. The children explore the now-sleeping house and discover a [[shrine]] to Nebbercracker's wife, Constance, whose skeleton is entombed in [[cement]]. The house awakens, but Jenny grabs a [[chandelier]] which is the uvula and forces the house to [[vomit]] them back outside. |
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The next morning, a girl named Jenny Bennett is selling [[Halloween]] [[candy]]. DJ and Chowder see her going to the house and rush out to catch her before she is eaten. Jenny calls the police but they do not believe their story. |
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The trio seek advice from Reginald "Skull" Skulinski, supposedly an expert on the supernatural. They learn that the house is a rare monster created when a human soul merges with a man-made structure and that it can only be killed by destroying its heart. They predict that the heart must be the furnace. Chowder provides a [[drugs|cold medicine]]-filled dummy that should cause the house to sleep long enough for them to douse the furnace. However Police Officers Landers and Lester saw them and they thwart their plan and they are arrested when Landers finds the cold medicine stolen from Chowder's father's pharmacy inside the dummy. As Landers and Lester were about to leave with the kids they heard the house's sounds. When the officers go to examine the house, it eats them, including the trio placed in the car. |
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Nebbercracker returns from the hospital and reveals that Constance is the [[ghost]] possessing the house. He explains that when they first met, Constance was an unwilling participant in a circus [[freak show]] due to her [[obesity]]. Nebbercracker helped her escape, married her, and began constructing a house for them. On Halloween, children began harassing Constance, causing her to fall into the basement, where she was suffocated by wet cement. Nebbercracker finished the hosue, knowing Constance would've wanted that. Upon the house's completion, Constance's spirit merged with it, forcing Nebbercracker to scare off children for their protection. |
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D.J. tells Nebbercracker that they must put Constance to rest by blowing the house up with [[dynamite]]. Overhearing this, Constance becomes enraged, using two trees to lift the house from its foundation before pursuing her husband and the children. Chowder combats Constance by using an [[excavator]] from a nearby construction site, into which the group lures her. D.J. tosses the dynamite into the chimney, destroying the house. Constance's spirit briefly reunites with Nebbercracker before finally ascending to the [[afterlife]]. |
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Nebbercracker and the kids return all of the stolen toys to their rightful owners, and D.J.'s parents return home. D.J. and Chowder decide to go trick-or-treating, for which D.J. previously felt they were too old. During the credits, all of the house's victims, including Bones, Landers, and Lister, emerge from the basement unscathed. |
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==Voice cast== |
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In a [[post-credits scene]], those who were eaten by the house now emerge from the basement. |
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[[File:Samlerner spencerlocke mitchelmusso.jpg|thumb|''Monster House'' co-stars [[Sam Lerner]], [[Spencer Locke]] and [[Mitchel Musso]] at the [[34th Annie Awards]].]] |
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* [[Mitchel Musso]] as Dustin James "D.J." Walters, the main character who investigates the house of his elderly neighbor. |
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* [[Sam Lerner]] as Charles "Chowder" Peterson, D.J.'s best friend. |
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==Cast== |
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* [[Spencer Locke]] as Jennifer "Jenny" Bennett, a girl scout who befriends D.J. and Chowder. |
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[[File:Samlerner spencerlocke mitchelmusso.jpg|thumb|[[Sam Lerner]], [[Spencer Locke]], and [[Mitchel Musso]] at the [[34th Annie Awards]] red carpet at the [[Alex Theatre]] in [[Glendale, California]].]] |
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* [[Steve Buscemi]] as Horace Nebbercracker, D.J.'s elderly neighbor. |
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* [[Mitchel Musso]] as Dustin J. "DJ" Walters, a 12-year-old boy<ref>{{cite web|title=Monster House|url=https://itunes.apple.com/movie/monster-house/id277049127|publisher=iTunes|accessdate=September 20, 2012}}</ref> who is known for spying on Nebbercracker through a telescope. He is treated like a child and is often thought to be crazy. |
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* [[Kathleen Turner]] as Constance "The Giantess" Nebbercracker, Nebbercracker's late wife whose vengeful spirit is possessing their house. |
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* [[Sam Lerner]] as Charles "Chowder", DJ's best friend. He has a habit of acting slightly strange and immature. |
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* [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] as Elizabeth "Zee", D.J.'s babysitter. |
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* [[Spencer Locke]] as Jenny Bennett, an intelligent girl who attends a prestigious all-girls school called Westbrook Prep. DJ and Chowder both have crushes on her, but she only returns DJ's affections. |
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* [[Kevin James]] as Officer Landers, a local police officer. |
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* [[Steve Buscemi]] as Mr. Horace Nebbercracker, a 72-year-old former [[US Army]] "demolition squad" expert who lives across the street from DJ. He is known for stealing anything that lands on his lawn. It is later revealed he is a good person, protecting others from his possessed house by his late wife Constance's ghost. |
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* [[Nick Cannon]] as Officer Lister, Landers' partner. |
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* [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] as Elizabeth "Zee", DJ's punk babysitter who was kicked out of Westbrook Prep. She is sardonic and, like his parents, treats DJ in a patronizing manner. She is paranoid that Sherry Klausen will steal her boyfriend Bones. |
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* [[Jon Heder]] as Reginald "Skull" Skulinski, a pizza delivery man, gamer, and friend of D.J. and Chowder who is an expert on the supernatural |
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* [[Catherine O'Hara]] and [[Fred Willard]] as Mr. and Mrs. Walters, DJ's overprotective parents who treat their son in babyish ways. |
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* [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] as Bones, Zee's |
* [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] as Bones, Zee's ex-boyfriend who is rude and a member of a [[rock band]] |
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* [[Fred Willard]] as D.J.'s father |
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* [[Jon Heder]] as Reginald "Skull" Skulinski, a videogame-crazed comic geek and expert on the supernatural who once played an arcade game for 4 days straight on one quarter, a gallon of chocolate milk, and an [[adult diaper]]. He becomes Zee's boyfriend at the end of the movie. |
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* [[Catherine O'Hara]] as D.J.'s mother |
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* [[Kevin James]] as Officer Landers, a [[police officer]] and Officer Lester's partner. Landers is an experienced cop with a laid-back, sardonic, and deadpan personality. |
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* [[Ryan Whitney (actress)|Ryan Newman]] as Eliza, a little girl who has her tricycle stolen by Nebbercracker at the start of the film and reclaims it at the end of the film. |
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* [[Nick Cannon]] as Officer Lester, a [[police officer]] who is Officer Landers' partner. Lester is a rookie on his first week. |
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* Kevin the Dog as himself |
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* [[Kathleen Turner]] as Constance "The Giantess" Nebbercracker, a 675-pound woman who was featured against her will in a circus' freak show in the mid 1940s. Horace Nebbercracker, having fallen in love with her, freed and married her. People (especially children) constantly disliked Constance because of her size, driving her to the point of fits of anger, which eventually led to her death and her spirit to be trapped within the house, causing it to come alive. |
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* Jason Huckzo-Summerford as vocal effects of birds |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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''Monster House'' was initially set up at [[DreamWorks Animation SKG]], based on a [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitch]] by newcomer [[Gil Kenan]].<ref name="Origins">{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/sony-moves-into-dreamworks-monster-house/|title=Sony Moves into DreamWorks' Monster House|publisher=[[Animation Magazine]]|author=Ryan Ball|date=July 20, 2004|access-date=January 28, 2020|archive-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129050009/https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/sony-moves-into-dreamworks-monster-house/|url-status=live}}</ref> Having just finished film school recently, Kenan had been having meetings with film producers for a while, but hadn't found any success, with a screenplay based on the ''[[Pac-Man]]'' video game series going unproduced. After Kenan received [[Dan Harmon]]'s and [[Rob Schrab]]'s screenplay for [[ImageMovers]], Kenan had a meeting with head of story Bennett Schneir, where he was able to pitch his vision for the film. Schneir worked for [[Robert Zemeckis]] as the head of development at ImageMovers, and Kenan had a meeting with Zemeckis quickly thereafter, apparently due to the filmmakers wanting to get a director for the project as fast as they could. Upon impressing Zemeckis with his pitch, Kenan then had a meeting with [[Steven Spielberg]], where he pitched the film to Spielberg in a presentation with some sketches and drawings he had drawn before meeting Zemeckis.<ref name="KenanInterview">{{Cite web |last=Awalt |first=Steven |date=September 27, 2021 |title=Into the 'Monster House' |url=https://amblin.com/article/into-the-monster-house/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928005046/https://amblin.com/article/into-the-monster-house/ |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |website=[[Amblin Entertainment]] }}</ref> By 2004, the studio put the film in [[Turnaround (filmmaking)|turnaround]], after which [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] picked up the project and began production on August 23 of that year, with Zemeckis and Spielberg serving as executive producers.<ref name="Origins" /> |
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The original screenplay of ''Monster House'' was, in Kenan's words, "absolutely brilliant and laugh-out-loud funny". Due to his experience as a storyteller, Kenan decided to preserve all the characters and the tone from Harmon's and Schrab's story, but added the idea that the titular house was possessed by a soul, leading to the creation of Constance Nebbercracker and the house's backstory. To help him revise the script and introduce Constance and Horace Nebbercracker into the plot, Kenan brought [[Pamela Pettler]] after reading her script for ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' (2005). They worked on the script at her house, and to meet the established deadline, they finished a draft quickly and sent it to [[Amy Pascal]] at Sony's [[Columbia Pictures]]. As work on the screenplay was underway, in a few months of preparation, Kenan had assembled a team of storyboard artists led by Simeon Wilkins in [[Studio City, Los Angeles]] to put up rudimentary boards with scratch dialogue and temporal score, with Khang Lee and [[Chris Appelhans]] collaborating on paintings for the film.<ref name="KenanInterview" /> |
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The film was shot using [[motion-capture]], in which the actors performed the characters' movement and lines while linked to sensors, a process pioneered by Zemeckis for his 2004 film ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lostintheplot.com/blog/?p=47 | title=The Animation of Monster House | work=Lost in the Plot | access-date=2007-06-05 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008141635/http://www.lostintheplot.com/blog/?p=47 | archive-date=2007-10-08 }}</ref> Zemeckis was in the process of starting filming on ''The Polar Express'' when he met Kenan, who visited the set to see how that film was filmed and discussed with Kenan how they would exactly shoot ''Monster House'', deciding that they should prioritize the story before the filming technology, though Kenan always felt that the story should use animation to create a world with a living house, as he opined that making the house a viable threat and character would better work in an animated setting.<ref name="KenanInterview" /> |
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The casting for ''Monster House'' was a laborious process, especially for the lead trio, who were portrayed by [[Mitchel Musso]], [[Sam Lerner]] and [[Spencer Locke]]. Kenan agreed with head of animation Troy Saliba that actors were needed to portray the roles in a believable way. Many of the film's artists interpreted the roles on set and enhanced the lead actors through posed animation that drove the exaggerations of their performances to make them feel subtle and real.<ref name="KenanInterview" /> |
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Ed Verreaux served as the production designer of ''Monster House''. To design the neighbourhood where the story takes place, Verreaux realized that the film's setting needed to resemble that of 1980s films, like ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982). During his discussions with Harmon and Schrab, Kenan was told that the film's setting was inspired by that of [[Wisconsin]] and [[Minneapolis]]. Verreaux and Kenan went together on a scouting trip to design the film's locations, which involved a visit to [[Universal Studios Lot|Universal Studios]]' backlot, during which they were granted access to the suburban street of ''[[The 'Burbs]]'' (1989), the neighborhood of the show ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' and the house of ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' (1960).<ref name="KenanInterview" /> |
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''Monster House'' was the first animated feature film using the [[Arnold (software)|Arnold]] rendering software (co-developed at [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]]), and the first feature film entirely rendered with unbiased, brute-force [[path tracing]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.arnoldrenderer.com/about/| title=about| website=www.arnoldrenderer.com| publisher=[[Autodesk]]| access-date=2021-03-05| archive-date=2021-02-25| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225165234/https://www.arnoldrenderer.com/about/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.realtimerendering.com/resources/RTNews/html/rtnv23n1.html#art3| title=Marcos and Arnold| author=Eric Haines| date=July 20, 2010| publisher=Ray Tracing News| access-date=March 5, 2021| archive-date=February 14, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214190126/http://www.realtimerendering.com/resources/RTNews/html/rtnv23n1.html#art3| url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Years after the film was released, Harmon received a letter from a woman whose 7-year-old daughter was having nightmares due to the film. Harmon wrote back, explaining that the story went the way it did because he had not finished the script when the studio took it, and hired other writers to change it in ways he did not approve of before stating that Kenan was a hack and called Spielberg a moron (although he later clarified he was just venting, and did not really mean the latter).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/community-creator-writes-to-child-disses-spielberg-and-wins-our-hearts/|title='Community' Creator Writes to Child, Disses Spielberg and Wins Our Hearts|website=The New York Times|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=March 29, 2010|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184645/https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/community-creator-writes-to-child-disses-spielberg-and-wins-our-hearts/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Performance capture=== |
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The film was shot using [[performance capture]], in which the actors performed the characters' movement while linked to sensors. This process was pioneered by [[Robert Zemeckis]] on his film ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'', also produced by [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lostintheplot.com/blog/?p=47 | title=The Animation of Monster House | work=Lost in the Plot | accessdate=2007-06-05}}</ref> |
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==Digital 3-D version== |
==Digital 3-D version== |
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As with ''The Polar Express'', a [[Stereoscopy|stereoscopic]] [[3-D film|3-D]] version of the film was created and had a limited special release in digital 3-D stereo along with the "flat" version. While ''The Polar Express'' was produced for the 3-D [[IMAX]] 70mm giant film format, ''Monster House'' was released in approximately 200 theaters equipped for new [[REAL D Cinema]] digital 3-D stereoscopic projection. The process was not based on film, but was purely digital. Since the original source material was "built" in virtual 3-D, it created a very rich stereoscopic environment. For the film's release, the studio nicknamed it ''Imageworks 3D''.<ref>For more info on the 3D technology used for ''Sony ImageWorks Monster House'', visit: www.reald.com</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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===Critical response=== |
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''Monster House'' grossed $73,661,010 in the United States and Canada, and $66,513,996 overseas, for a worldwide total of $140,175,006.<ref name=BOM>{{cite web|title=Monster House|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=monsterhouse.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=November 12, 2012}}</ref> |
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[[Review aggregator|Review aggregation]] site [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a 75% approval rating, based on 162 reviews with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Monster House'' welcomes kids and adults alike into a household full of smart, monstrous fun."<ref name="RT">{{rotten-tomatoes|monster_house|Monster House}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 68 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/monster-house |title=Monster House - Metacritic |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2020-04-20 |archive-date=2020-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722042646/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/monster-house |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|url=https://m.cinemascore.com/|title=CinemaScore|publisher=cinemascore.com|access-date=2018-11-10|archive-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214005119/https://m.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film his highest ranking of four stars calling it "one of the most original and exciting animated movies I've seen in a long time" and compared it to the works of [[Tim Burton]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1DkfJmBL04 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/b1DkfJmBL04 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=Monster House (2006) - Roger Ebert Review |website=[[YouTube]] |date=March 6, 2020 | access-date=September 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Ian Freer]] of ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, stating "A kind of ''[[The Goonies|Goonies]]'' for the Noughties, ''Monster House'' is a visually dazzling thrill ride that scales greater heights through its winning characters and poignantly etched emotions. A scary, sharp, funny movie, this is the best kids' flick of the year so far."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=10518 | title=Review by Ian Freer (Empire) | access-date=January 1, 2013 | archive-date=July 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724121811/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=10518 | url-status=live }}</ref> Jane Boursaw of [[Common Sense Media]] also gave it 4 stars out of 5, saying "This is one of those movies where all the planets align: a top-notch crew (director Gil Kenan; executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis), memorable voices that fit the characters perfectly; and a great story, ingenious backstory, and twisty-turny ending."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/monster-house | title=Review by Jane Boursaw (Common sense Media) | access-date=January 1, 2013 | archive-date=October 20, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020050609/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/monster-house | url-status=live }}</ref> Roger Moore of the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' also gave the film four stars out of five, saying "This ''Monster House'' is a real fun house. It's a 3-D animated kids' film built on classic gothic horror lines, a jokey, spooky ''Goonies'' for the new millennium."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-db-moviereviews-searchresults,0,3279701,results.formprofile?turbine_cdb_lib__cdb_01_txt=Monster%20House&Find+it!=Submit+Query | title=Review by Roger Moore (Orlando Sentinel) | access-date=January 1, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021021118/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-db-moviereviews-searchresults,0,3279701,results.formprofile?turbine_cdb_lib__cdb_01_txt=Monster%20House&Find+it%21=Submit+Query | archive-date=2012-10-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Scott Bowles of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying that "The movie treats children with respect. ''Monster''{{'s}} pre-teens are sarcastic, think they're smarter than their parents and are going crazy over the opposite sex".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2006-07-20-monster-house-review_x.htm | title=Review by Scott Bowles (USA Today) | access-date=January 1, 2013 | date=July 20, 2006 | archive-date=July 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724114237/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2006-07-20-monster-house-review_x.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> Amy Biancolli of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' wrote, "It's engineered to scare your pants off, split your sides and squeeze your tear ducts into submission."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Monster-House-1507453.php | title=Review by Amy Biancolli (Houston Chronicle) | newspaper=Chron | date=21 July 2006 | access-date=January 1, 2013 | archive-date=26 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726134441/http://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Monster-House-1507453.php | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Michael Medved]] called it "ingenious" and "slick, clever [and] funny" while also cautioning parents about letting small children see it due to its scary and intense nature, adding that a "[[MPAA film rating system|PG-13 rating]] would have been more appropriate than its PG rating."<ref>[http://www.michaelmedved.com/pg/jsp/eot/home.jsp Michael Medved: Movie Minute<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311114306/http://www.michaelmedved.com/pg/jsp/eot/home.jsp |date=2008-03-11 }}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' commented, "One of the spooky archetypes of childhood imagination—the dark, mysterious house across the street—is literally brought to life in "Monster House", a marvelously creepy animated feature directed by Gil Kenan."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2006/07/21/movies/21mons.html?_r=0 | title=Review by A. O. Scott (New York Times) | access-date=January 1, 2013 | work=The New York Times | date=August 28, 2006}}</ref> |
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The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Based on 158 reviews collected by review aggregate site [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film scored a 74% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Monster House'' welcomes kids and adults alike into a household full of smart, monstrous fun."<ref name="RT">{{rotten-tomatoes|monster_house|Monster House}}</ref> |
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However, the film was not without its detractors. [[Frank Lovece]] of ''[[Film Journal International]]'' praised director Gil Kenan as "a talent to watch" but berated the "internal logic [that] keeps changing.... D.J.'s parents are away, and the house doesn't turn monstrous in front of his teenage babysitter, Zee. But it does turn monstrous in front of her boyfriend, Bones. It doesn't turn monstrous in front of the town's two cops until, in another scene, it does."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://filmjournal.com/filmjournal/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877008 |title=Monster House<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-08-05 |archive-date=2007-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018194025/http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877008 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a dismissive review, [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Alert '[[Harry Potter]]' fans will notice the script shamelessly lifts the prime personality traits of [[J. K. Rowling]]'s three most important young characters for its lead trio: Tall, dark-haired, serious-minded DJ is [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]], semi-dufus Chowder is [[Ron Weasley|Ron]] and their new cohort, smarty-pants prep school redhead Jenny (Spencer Locke), is [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]].... it is a theme-park ride, with shocks and jolts provided with reliable regularity. Across 90 minutes, however, the experience is desensitizing and dispiriting and far too insistent."<ref>{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|title=Monster House|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931010?refcatid=31|access-date=28 October 2012|newspaper=Variety|date=4 August 2006|archive-date=7 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107003458/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931010?refcatid=31|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Ian Freer]], writing for ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'', gave the film 4 out of 5 stars with the verdict, "A kind of ''[[The Goonies|Goonies]]'' for the Noughties, ''Monster House'' is a visually dazzling thrill ride that scales greater heights through its winning characters and poignantly etched emotions. A scary, sharp, funny movie, this is the best kids’ flick of the year so far."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=10518 | title=Review by Ian Freer (Empire) | accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> Jane Boursaw of ''[[Common Sense Media]]'' also gave it 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "This is one of those movies where all the planets align: a top-notch crew (director Gil Kenan; executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis), memorable voices that fit the characters perfectly; and a great story, ingenious backstory, and twisty-turny ending."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/monster-house | title=Review by Jane Boursaw (Common sense Media) | accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> Roger Moore of the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' wrote, "This ''Monster House'' is a real fun house. It's a 3-D animated kids' film built on classic gothic horror lines, a jokey, spooky ''Goonies'' for the new millennium." He also gave it 4 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-db-moviereviews-searchresults,0,3279701,results.formprofile?turbine_cdb_lib__cdb_01_txt=Monster%20House&Find+it!=Submit+Query | title=Review by Roger Moore (Orlando Sentinel) | accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> Scott Bowles of ''[[USA Today]]'' observed, "The movie treats children with respect. ''Monster'''s pre-teens are sarcastic, think they're smarter than their parents and are going crazy over the opposite sex.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2006-07-20-monster-house-review_x.htm | title=Review by Scott Bowles (USA Today) | accessdate=January 1, 2013 | date=July 20, 2006}}</ref> Amy Biancolli of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' wrote, "It's engineered to scare your pants off, split your sides and squeeze your tear ducts into submission."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Monster-House-1507453.php | title=Review by Amy Biancolli (Houston Chronicle) | accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> [[Michael Medved]] called it "ingenious" and "slick, clever [and] funny" while also cautioning parents about letting small children see it due to its scary and intense nature, adding that a "[[MPAA film rating system|PG-13 rating]]" would have been more appropriate than its "PG rating."<ref>[http://www.michaelmedved.com/pg/jsp/eot/home.jsp Michael Medved: Movie Minute<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of the ''[[New York Times]]'' commented, "One of the spooky archetypes of childhood imagination — the dark, mysterious house across the street — is literally brought to life in “Monster House,” a marvelously creepy animated feature directed by Gil Kenan."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2006/07/21/movies/21mons.html?_r=0 | title=Review by A. O. Scott (New York Times) | accessdate=January 1, 2013 | work=The New York Times | date=July 21, 2006}}</ref> |
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Dissenting critics included [[Frank Lovece]] of ''[[Film Journal International]]'', who praised director Gil Kenan as "a talent to watch" but berated the "internal logic [that] keeps changing.... DJ's parents are away, and the house doesn't turn monstrous in front of his teenage babysitter, Zee. But it does turn monstrous in front of her boyfriend, Bones. It doesn't turn monstrous in front of the town's two cops until, in another scene, it does."<ref>[http://filmjournal.com/filmjournal/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877008 Monster House<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "Alert "[[Harry Potter]]" fans will notice the script shamelessly lifts the prime personality traits of [[J. K. Rowling|J.K. Rowling]]'s three most important young characters for its lead trio: Tall, dark-haired, serious-minded DJ is [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]], semi-dufus Chowder is [[Ron Weasley|Ron]] and their new cohort, smarty-pants prep school redhead Jenny (Spencer Locke), is [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]].... [I]t is a theme-park ride, with shocks and jolts provided with reliable regularity. Across 90 minutes, however, the experience is desensitizing and dispiriting and far too insistent."<ref>{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|title=Monster House|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931010?refcatid=31|accessdate=28 October 2012|newspaper=Variety|date=4 July 2006}}</ref> |
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''Monster House'' opened theatrically on July 21, 2006, alongside ''[[Clerks II]]'', ''[[Lady in the Water]]'' and ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]'', and grossed $22.2 million in its opening weekend, ranking number two at the North American box office behind ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''. The film ended its theatrical run on October 22, 2006, having grossed $73.7 million in North America and $68.2 million overseas for a worldwide total of $141.9 million against a production budget of $75 million.<ref name=BOM>{{cite web|title=Monster House|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=monsterhouse.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 12, 2012|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707230135/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=monsterhouse.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 2008, the [[American Film Institute]] nominated this film for its [[AFI's 10 Top 10|Top 10 Animation Films list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110716071937/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/10top10.pdf?docID=381&AddInterest=1781|title=AFI's 10 Top 10 Nominees |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2016-08-19}}</ref> |
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===Awards and nominations=== |
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|rowspan=6|[[34th Annie Awards|Annie Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title=34th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients|url=http://annieawards.org/34th-annie-awards|publisher=Annie Awards|access-date=December 18, 2012|archive-date=March 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322211430/http://annieawards.org/34th-annie-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[64th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Ryan|title=Golden Globes Favor Cars, Happy Feet, Monster House|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/golden-globes-favor-cars-happy-feet-monster-house/| |
|[[64th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Ryan|title=Golden Globes Favor Cars, Happy Feet, Monster House|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/golden-globes-favor-cars-happy-feet-monster-house/|access-date=June 14, 2013|newspaper=Animation Magazine|date=December 14, 2006|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132051/http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/golden-globes-favor-cars-happy-feet-monster-house/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 2008, the [[American Film Institute]] nominated this film for its [[AFI's 10 Top 10|Top 10 Animation Films list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/10top10.pdf?docID=381&AddInterest=1781|title=AFI's 10 Top 10 Nominees|format=PDF|access-date=2016-08-19|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071937/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/10top10.pdf?docID=381&AddInterest=1781|archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref> |
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==Video game== |
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A video game based on the film, titled ''[[Monster House (video game)|Monster House]]'', was released by [[THQ]] on July 18, 2006 for [[PlayStation 2]], [[GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance]], and [[Nintendo DS]].<ref name=PRNMonsterVideoGame /> Players can choose one of the three main characters from the film (voiced by the same actors), and explore new sections of the house, battling creatures with water blasters and other unique weapons.<ref name=PRNMonsterVideoGame>{{cite press release|author1=THQ|title=Save the Neighborhood in the New Monster House(TM) Video Game From THQ, Based on the Anticipated Summer Blockbuster Film From Columbia Pictures|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/save-the-neighborhood-in-the-new-monster-housetm-video-game-from-thq-based-on-the-anticipated-summer-blockbuster-film-from-columbia-pictures-56101182.html|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=September 13, 2015|date=July 18, 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913155445/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/save-the-neighborhood-in-the-new-monster-housetm-video-game-from-thq-based-on-the-anticipated-summer-blockbuster-film-from-columbia-pictures-56101182.html|archivedate=September 13, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref> |
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A video game based on the film was released by [[THQ]] on July 18, 2006, for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Fox |first=Matt |author-link=Matthew Fox (author) |title=The Video Games Guide: 1,000+ Arcade, Console and Computer Games, 1962-2012 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzMYYrsDaAEC&pg=PA192 |publisher=[[McFarland Publishing]] |date=3 January 2013 |page=192 |isbn=9780786472574}}</ref> |
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A companion comic book was released on June 14, 2006, with the title ''Monster House''. One of the stories was written by Joshua Dysart with a second story written and illustrated by Simeon Wilkins. The comic was focused on the lives of the characters of Bones and Skull.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR063230 |title=MONSTER HOUSE ONE SHOT |website=previewsworld.com |access-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113163531/https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR063230 |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 23, 2006, a novelization of the film was released entitled ''Monster House: There Goes the Neighborhood''. It was written by Tom Hughes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Hughes (author) |date=2006 |title=Monster House: There Goes the Neighborhood}}</ref> |
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== Potential sequel or spin-off == |
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On March 25, 2024, while promoting ''[[Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire]]'', director Gil Kenan addressed the possibility of a sequel or a spin-off.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monster House Director Addresses Possible Sequel or Spinoff |url=https://comicbook.com/horror/news/monster-house-movie-sequel-future-franchise-spinoff-reaction-gil-kenan/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Horror |language=en}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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<ref name="VarietyReview">{{cite news|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title=Review: ‘Monster House’|url=http://variety.com/2006/film/awards/monster-house-1200514988/|accessdate=January 22, 2017|work=Variety|date=July 4, 2006}}</ref> |
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]]<ref name=EO10HorrorMovies>{{cite news|last1=De Semlyen|first1=Phil|title=10 Horror Movies For Kids (Big And Small)|url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/10-horror-movies-for-kids/p4|accessdate=August 29, 2015|work=Empire|date=September 24, 2010|quote=But then this is a kids’ horror...}}</ref> |
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<ref name=EWChatGilKenan>{{cite news|last1=Daly|first1=Steve|title=A chat with ''Monster House'' director Gil Kenan|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2006/07/26/chat-monster-house-director-gil-kenan|accessdate=August 29, 2015|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 26, 2006|quote=I can’t imagine a better natural setting for a horror film than adolescence.}}</ref> |
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* Columbia Pictures press release titled "''Monster House'': July 21, 2006" (offline) |
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Latest revision as of 02:26, 7 January 2025
Monster House | |
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Directed by | Gil Kenan |
Screenplay by | |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Xavier Perez Grobet |
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Music by | Douglas Pipes |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $75 million[2] |
Box office | $141.9 million[2] |
Monster House is a 2006 American animated supernatural horror comedy film[3] directed by Gil Kenan in his directorial debut, from a screenplay written by Pamela Pettler and the writing team of Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab based on a story written by the latter two. The plot revolves around a neighborhood being terrorized by a sentient haunted house during Halloween. The film features the voices 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 Columbia Pictures, 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' The Polar Express (2004). It was also Sony's first computer-animated film produced by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Relativity's first animated film.[4]
Monster House was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Releasing on July 21, 2006. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $142 million worldwide against a $75 million budget. It 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.
Plot
[edit]On the eve of Halloween, 12-year-old D.J. Walters documents his elderly neighbor, Horace Nebbercracker, stealing a girl's tricycle and scaring her off of his property, just one of many such incidents. D.J.'s parents leave for a convention, placing him in the care of his teenaged babysitter, Elizabeth, known as Zee. Later, D.J.'s best friend Chowder loses his basketball in Nebbercracker's front yard, and D.J. attempts to retrieve it. Nebbercracker furiously confronts D.J. but suffers a heart attack and is taken away by paramedics, leading the boys to believe he has died.
When Zee's boyfriend Bones visits, he recalls Nebbercracker stealing his kite and relates rumors that Nebbercracker ate his wife. After Zee kicks Bones out for being too rough, he sees his kite in the front door of Nebbercracker's house and reclaims it, only to be sucked inside. D.J. and Chowder investigate and learn that the house is a living, terrifying monster. The next day, the duo save a girl named Jenny Bennett from the house as she sells candy. Jenny calls police officers Landers and Lister, but the house intelligently stays quiet when the officers arrive, and they dismiss the report.
The children consult local supernatural expert Reginald "Skull" Skulinski, who speculates that the house is a rare ghost-object hybrid that can only be killed when its heart is struck. Realizing that the furnace is the heart, the children construct a dummy filled with cough syrup and offer it to the house to eat, hoping to put it to sleep. However, Landers and Lister disrupt the plan, and the house devours them all. The children explore the now-sleeping house and discover a shrine to Nebbercracker's wife, Constance, whose skeleton is entombed in cement. The house awakens, but Jenny grabs a chandelier which is the uvula and forces the house to vomit them back outside.
Nebbercracker returns from the hospital and reveals that Constance is the ghost possessing the house. He explains that when they first met, Constance was an unwilling participant in a circus freak show due to her obesity. Nebbercracker helped her escape, married her, and began constructing a house for them. On Halloween, children began harassing Constance, causing her to fall into the basement, where she was suffocated by wet cement. Nebbercracker finished the hosue, knowing Constance would've wanted that. Upon the house's completion, Constance's spirit merged with it, forcing Nebbercracker to scare off children for their protection.
D.J. tells Nebbercracker that they must put Constance to rest by blowing the house up with dynamite. Overhearing this, Constance becomes enraged, using two trees to lift the house from its foundation before pursuing her husband and the children. Chowder combats Constance by using an excavator from a nearby construction site, into which the group lures her. D.J. tosses the dynamite into the chimney, destroying the house. Constance's spirit briefly reunites with Nebbercracker before finally ascending to the afterlife.
Nebbercracker and the kids return all of the stolen toys to their rightful owners, and D.J.'s parents return home. D.J. and Chowder decide to go trick-or-treating, for which D.J. previously felt they were too old. During the credits, all of the house's victims, including Bones, Landers, and Lister, emerge from the basement unscathed.
Voice cast
[edit]- Mitchel Musso as Dustin James "D.J." Walters, the main character who investigates the house of his elderly neighbor.
- Sam Lerner as Charles "Chowder" Peterson, D.J.'s best friend.
- Spencer Locke as Jennifer "Jenny" Bennett, a girl scout who befriends D.J. and Chowder.
- Steve Buscemi as Horace Nebbercracker, D.J.'s elderly neighbor.
- Kathleen Turner as Constance "The Giantess" Nebbercracker, Nebbercracker's late wife whose vengeful spirit is possessing their house.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Elizabeth "Zee", D.J.'s babysitter.
- Kevin James as Officer Landers, a local police officer.
- Nick Cannon as Officer Lister, Landers' partner.
- Jon Heder as Reginald "Skull" Skulinski, a pizza delivery man, gamer, and friend of D.J. and Chowder who is an expert on the supernatural
- Jason Lee as Bones, Zee's ex-boyfriend who is rude and a member of a rock band
- Fred Willard as D.J.'s father
- Catherine O'Hara as D.J.'s mother
- Ryan Newman as Eliza, a little girl who has her tricycle stolen by Nebbercracker at the start of the film and reclaims it at the end of the film.
- Kevin the Dog as himself
- Jason Huckzo-Summerford as vocal effects of birds
Production
[edit]Monster House was initially set up at DreamWorks Animation SKG, based on a pitch by newcomer Gil Kenan.[5] Having just finished film school recently, Kenan had been having meetings with film producers for a while, but hadn't found any success, with a screenplay based on the Pac-Man video game series going unproduced. After Kenan received Dan Harmon's and Rob Schrab's screenplay for ImageMovers, Kenan had a meeting with head of story Bennett Schneir, where he was able to pitch his vision for the film. Schneir worked for Robert Zemeckis as the head of development at ImageMovers, and Kenan had a meeting with Zemeckis quickly thereafter, apparently due to the filmmakers wanting to get a director for the project as fast as they could. Upon impressing Zemeckis with his pitch, Kenan then had a meeting with Steven Spielberg, where he pitched the film to Spielberg in a presentation with some sketches and drawings he had drawn before meeting Zemeckis.[6] By 2004, the studio put the film in turnaround, after which Sony Pictures Entertainment picked up the project and began production on August 23 of that year, with Zemeckis and Spielberg serving as executive producers.[5]
The original screenplay of Monster House was, in Kenan's words, "absolutely brilliant and laugh-out-loud funny". Due to his experience as a storyteller, Kenan decided to preserve all the characters and the tone from Harmon's and Schrab's story, but added the idea that the titular house was possessed by a soul, leading to the creation of Constance Nebbercracker and the house's backstory. To help him revise the script and introduce Constance and Horace Nebbercracker into the plot, Kenan brought Pamela Pettler after reading her script for Corpse Bride (2005). They worked on the script at her house, and to meet the established deadline, they finished a draft quickly and sent it to Amy Pascal at Sony's Columbia Pictures. As work on the screenplay was underway, in a few months of preparation, Kenan had assembled a team of storyboard artists led by Simeon Wilkins in Studio City, Los Angeles to put up rudimentary boards with scratch dialogue and temporal score, with Khang Lee and Chris Appelhans collaborating on paintings for the film.[6]
The film was shot using motion-capture, in which the actors performed the characters' movement and lines while linked to sensors, a process pioneered by Zemeckis for his 2004 film The Polar Express (2004).[7] Zemeckis was in the process of starting filming on The Polar Express when he met Kenan, who visited the set to see how that film was filmed and discussed with Kenan how they would exactly shoot Monster House, deciding that they should prioritize the story before the filming technology, though Kenan always felt that the story should use animation to create a world with a living house, as he opined that making the house a viable threat and character would better work in an animated setting.[6]
The casting for Monster House was a laborious process, especially for the lead trio, who were portrayed by Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner and Spencer Locke. Kenan agreed with head of animation Troy Saliba that actors were needed to portray the roles in a believable way. Many of the film's artists interpreted the roles on set and enhanced the lead actors through posed animation that drove the exaggerations of their performances to make them feel subtle and real.[6]
Ed Verreaux served as the production designer of Monster House. To design the neighbourhood where the story takes place, Verreaux realized that the film's setting needed to resemble that of 1980s films, like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). During his discussions with Harmon and Schrab, Kenan was told that the film's setting was inspired by that of Wisconsin and Minneapolis. Verreaux and Kenan went together on a scouting trip to design the film's locations, which involved a visit to Universal Studios' backlot, during which they were granted access to the suburban street of The 'Burbs (1989), the neighborhood of the show Desperate Housewives and the house of Psycho (1960).[6]
Monster House was the first animated feature film using the Arnold rendering software (co-developed at Sony Pictures Imageworks), and the first feature film entirely rendered with unbiased, brute-force path tracing.[8][9]
Years after the film was released, Harmon received a letter from a woman whose 7-year-old daughter was having nightmares due to the film. Harmon wrote back, explaining that the story went the way it did because he had not finished the script when the studio took it, and hired other writers to change it in ways he did not approve of before stating that Kenan was a hack and called Spielberg a moron (although he later clarified he was just venting, and did not really mean the latter).[10]
Digital 3-D version
[edit]As with The Polar Express, a stereoscopic 3-D version of the film was created and had a limited special release in digital 3-D stereo along with the "flat" version. While The Polar Express was produced for the 3-D IMAX 70mm giant film format, Monster House was released in approximately 200 theaters equipped for new REAL D Cinema digital 3-D stereoscopic projection. The process was not based on film, but was purely digital. Since the original source material was "built" in virtual 3-D, it created a very rich stereoscopic environment. For the film's release, the studio nicknamed it Imageworks 3D.[11]
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]Review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 75% approval rating, based on 162 reviews with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Monster House welcomes kids and adults alike into a household full of smart, monstrous fun."[12] On Metacritic the film has a score of 68 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[14]
Roger Ebert gave the film his highest ranking of four stars calling it "one of the most original and exciting animated movies I've seen in a long time" and compared it to the works of Tim Burton.[15] Ian Freer of Empire gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, stating "A kind of Goonies for the Noughties, Monster House is a visually dazzling thrill ride that scales greater heights through its winning characters and poignantly etched emotions. A scary, sharp, funny movie, this is the best kids' flick of the year so far."[16] Jane Boursaw of Common Sense Media also gave it 4 stars out of 5, saying "This is one of those movies where all the planets align: a top-notch crew (director Gil Kenan; executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis), memorable voices that fit the characters perfectly; and a great story, ingenious backstory, and twisty-turny ending."[17] Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel also gave the film four stars out of five, saying "This Monster House is a real fun house. It's a 3-D animated kids' film built on classic gothic horror lines, a jokey, spooky Goonies for the new millennium."[18] Scott Bowles of USA Today gave the film a positive review, saying that "The movie treats children with respect. Monster's pre-teens are sarcastic, think they're smarter than their parents and are going crazy over the opposite sex".[19] Amy Biancolli of the Houston Chronicle wrote, "It's engineered to scare your pants off, split your sides and squeeze your tear ducts into submission."[20] Michael Medved called it "ingenious" and "slick, clever [and] funny" while also cautioning parents about letting small children see it due to its scary and intense nature, adding that a "PG-13 rating would have been more appropriate than its PG rating."[21] A. O. Scott of The New York Times commented, "One of the spooky archetypes of childhood imagination—the dark, mysterious house across the street—is literally brought to life in "Monster House", a marvelously creepy animated feature directed by Gil Kenan."[22]
However, the film was not without its detractors. Frank Lovece of Film Journal International praised director Gil Kenan as "a talent to watch" but berated the "internal logic [that] keeps changing.... D.J.'s parents are away, and the house doesn't turn monstrous in front of his teenage babysitter, Zee. But it does turn monstrous in front of her boyfriend, Bones. It doesn't turn monstrous in front of the town's two cops until, in another scene, it does."[23] In a dismissive review, Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote: "Alert 'Harry Potter' fans will notice the script shamelessly lifts the prime personality traits of J. K. Rowling's three most important young characters for its lead trio: Tall, dark-haired, serious-minded DJ is Harry, semi-dufus Chowder is Ron and their new cohort, smarty-pants prep school redhead Jenny (Spencer Locke), is Hermione.... it is a theme-park ride, with shocks and jolts provided with reliable regularity. Across 90 minutes, however, the experience is desensitizing and dispiriting and far too insistent."[24]
Box office
[edit]Monster House opened theatrically on July 21, 2006, alongside Clerks II, Lady in the Water and My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and grossed $22.2 million in its opening weekend, ranking number two at the North American box office behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The film ended its theatrical run on October 22, 2006, having grossed $73.7 million in North America and $68.2 million overseas for a worldwide total of $141.9 million against a production budget of $75 million.[2]
Awards and nominations
[edit]In 2008, the American Film Institute nominated this film for its Top 10 Animation Films list.[29]
Marketing
[edit]Video game
[edit]A video game based on the film was released by THQ on July 18, 2006, for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS.[30]
Printed media
[edit]A companion comic book was released on June 14, 2006, with the title Monster House. One of the stories was written by Joshua Dysart with a second story written and illustrated by Simeon Wilkins. The comic was focused on the lives of the characters of Bones and Skull.[31] On June 23, 2006, a novelization of the film was released entitled Monster House: There Goes the Neighborhood. It was written by Tom Hughes.[32]
Potential sequel or spin-off
[edit]On March 25, 2024, while promoting Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, director Gil Kenan addressed the possibility of a sequel or a spin-off.[33]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Monster House (2006) - Gil Kenan | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022 – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (July 4, 2006). "Review: 'Monster House'". Variety. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ^ a b Ryan Ball (July 20, 2004). "Sony Moves into DreamWorks' Monster House". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Awalt, Steven (September 27, 2021). "Into the 'Monster House'". Amblin Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "The Animation of Monster House". Lost in the Plot. Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2007.
- ^ "about". www.arnoldrenderer.com. Autodesk. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Eric Haines (July 20, 2010). "Marcos and Arnold". Ray Tracing News. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (March 29, 2010). "'Community' Creator Writes to Child, Disses Spielberg and Wins Our Hearts". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ For more info on the 3D technology used for Sony ImageWorks Monster House, visit: www.reald.com
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- ^ "Monster House - Metacritic". Metacritic. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "Monster House (2006) - Roger Ebert Review". YouTube. March 6, 2020. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ "Review by Ian Freer (Empire)". Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Review by Jane Boursaw (Common sense Media)". Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Review by Roger Moore (Orlando Sentinel)". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Review by Scott Bowles (USA Today)". July 20, 2006. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Review by Amy Biancolli (Houston Chronicle)". Chron. July 21, 2006. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ Michael Medved: Movie Minute Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Review by A. O. Scott (New York Times)". The New York Times. August 28, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
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- ^ "The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ^ "34th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients". Annie Awards. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ^ Ball, Ryan (December 14, 2006). "Golden Globes Favor Cars, Happy Feet, Monster House". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ Weinberg, Scott (February 21, 2007). "Celebrate the Genre Goodness with the Saturn Awards". Moviefone. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
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