![]() ![]() Based on the 1973 Young Adult fantasy novel written by John Bellairs and illustrated by Edward Gorey, The House with the Clock in Its Walls takes place in 1955 in New Zebedee, MI. Even when working on a PG-rated film for young audiences, Roth is more interested in the scary bits. Perhaps this approach should come as no surprise, as the film was directed by Eli Roth, the gore-hungry auteur behind The Green Inferno and the Hostel movies. It's not until the film's final act – when puppet automatons spring to life, jack-o'-lanterns attack, and zombies begin stalking the halls – that it really begins to breathe and excite. The House with a Clock in Its Walls is missing a lot of vital charm and genuine wonderment that its genre so thirstily requires and is so rarely rewarded with. ![]()
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