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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018)
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:01 pm
by mfunk9786
Um, the next Eli Roth film is a del Toro-lite family horror picture starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett and
the trailer is here.
And uh... what a title...
Re: The House with a Clock in its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018)
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:32 pm
by domino harvey
A title very much in line with those awful
Italian "House" horrors of the 80s that I'm sure Roth loves
Re: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018)
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:09 pm
by beamish13
Not a fan of Roth in the least, but when I was a child, I adored the John Bellairs
book this is based on. Along with
The Gashleycrumb Tinies and the original credits of
MYSTERY!, it solidified my love of Edward Gorey as well.
Re: The House with a Clock in its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018)
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:03 pm
by Mr Sausage
Or giallos like
The House with Laughing Windows.
Re: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018)
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:15 pm
by Big Ben
Well this might be the first Roth film I'm able to tolerate on any level. Hostel was incredibly popular at my High School and I have absolutely no love for it. It was one of the most appalling experiences I've ever had watching something.
Re: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018)
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:34 am
by MoonlitKnight
I enjoyed the book as well, and I probably liked its follow-up, The Figure in the Shadows, even more (I barely remember The Letter, the Witch and the Ring - the final book in the trilogy - though). Count me in as well for being highly skeptical of Roth being at them helm with this material. Subtlety has never been his forte.
Re: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018)
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:36 am
by domino harvey
This was cute, if that’s the right word for it. 95% of the enjoyment here is in watching Cate Blanchett have an absolute ball chewing scenery— like Charlize Theron in A Million Ways to Die in the West, the question of what a big name is doing in a strange genre film is answered by watching them have a lively time on-screen. Beyond Blanchett and some of Jack Black’s performance, the rest is standard issue but competent. This one is surprisingly intense for PG, though— I think some sorcery is afoot here, this is legit a big budget kids film about satanic blood rites, demonic summoning, &c, not Milo and Otis! Also, there are way too many bathroom jokes here— is there like an exec in every studio whose only job is making sure something shits, farts, and/or pees in every movie made for kids?