Monster House (2006)
Coming Out at 20 July 2006 in theaters.
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Monster House is computer-animated supernatural film directed by Gil Kenan in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab and Pamela Pettler, about 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, as well as human characters being animated using live action motion capture animation, which was previously used in The Polar Express (2004).
Produced by Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, the film was released theatrically by Columbia Pictures on July 21, 2006 to generally positive reviews from critics. It grossed $140 million worldwide against a production budget of $75 million.
The parents of 12-year-old D.J. go away for the weekend, leaving him in the care of his negligent babysitter Zee. D.J. has been spying on his elderly neighbor Mr. Nebbercracker, who scares away children and confiscates their belongings that land in his front yard. After D.J.’s best friend Chowder loses his basketball on Nebbercracker’s lawn, D.J. is caught attempting to retrieve it, but the enraged Nebbercracker suffers a heart attack and is taken away by an ambulance. That night, D.J. gets phone calls from the house with no one there and eavesdrops on Zee’s boyfriend Bones, who tells her about losing his kite on Nebbercracker’s lawn when he was ten and that Nebbercracker supposedly ate his wife.
Director: Gil Kenan
Writers: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler
Stars: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Nick Cannon
Cast:
Ryan Whitney 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) |
Erik Walker | … | Bully #1 (voice) |
Matthew Fahey | … | Bully #2 (voice) |
Brittany Curran | … | Jenny (voice) |
Marc Musso | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia