This house knows what makes you tick.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Lorenza Izzo, Owen Vaccaro, Colleen Camp, Kyle MacLachlan, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sunny Suljic |
Director |
Eli Roth |
Screenplay | Eric Kripke, from the novel by John Bellairs |
Music | Nathan Barr |
Cinematography | Rogier Stoffers |
Editing | Andrew S. Eisen, Fred Raskin |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos, Auro 11.1 |
Made in | 2018 |
Produced by | Amblin Entertainment, Mythology Entertainment, DreamWorks |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Family horror |
Language | Low impact, infrequent, not used to demean. |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Low to mild impact, fairly frequent psychological violence, justified by context of horror and magic. There are scenes of explosions at war and children fighting each other at school that could unsettle little ones. |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | Contains scary scenes. |
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PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for thematic elements including sorcery, some action, scary images, rude humor and language |
Runtime | 104 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 11 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Die Burger Karla Janse van Vuuren Okkulte in 'House with a Clock' laat jou kriewel. | 2 | |
24.com Alex Isaacs The House with a Clock in Its Walls has impressed and disappointed critics all around the world in (almost) equal measure. | 10 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy To be fair, it’s nowhere near a travesty, but its early meandering and flat nature, third act danger that goes too big in scope when it should have remained much smaller, and overall missed opportunity of being far more creative and imaginative than it ultimately is, means it could have used some more magic to make it better than it is. | 9 | |
Metacritic.com 38 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 161 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer An entertaining PG detour for gore maestro Eli Roth, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a family-friendly blend of humor and horror with an infectious sense of fun. | 13 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 12 | |
CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Eli Roth’s aged-down spookfest has jump-worthy scenes. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 40 users | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes users 1667 users | 11 | |
IMDB 6019 Netizens | 13 | |
The Movie DB Community | 13 | |
Average .. 53% | 11 |