movie review - Monster House
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Kokubunji, 2024.11.03
This is a clever animated movie featuring two nerdy boys who discover that the 'haunted house on their street' is actually possessed by an angry spirit that is capable of controlling the house to do things like eat people. They are joined in their investigation by a substantially less geeky female and less helpfully by a variety of adults and teens. We enjoyed the engaging characters, and I enjoyed the voice work. The plot is clever and the dialog is snappy without being annoying. The animation is dated but in a pleasant way.
Recommended.