What, an animated horror movie? Well, kinda. I wanna recommend something that can be seen as PG rated for once, and since I want to save a very special animated horror-themed movie for December, I decided to choose something that was good, but probably not as well known as that (And you’ll know what I’m talking about when pasko comes around) For now, let’s talk about probably the scariest children’s horror movie… At least, from what I’ve seen: Monster House



Monster House takes place in a small town neighborhood, where local kid DJ spies on his neighbor, the elderly and angry Mr. Nebbercracker, who confiscates whatever lands on his lawn. After Mr. Nebbercracker has a puso attack, the house starts to behave in disturbing ways, as if it was alive… And it is. So, DJ, along with his friends, tsauder and Jenny, must stop the house before Halloween night. Now, from the start, you can tell this movie is terrifying, because it’s one of those motion capture animated movies. Now, with it’s flaws, I actually liked The Polar Express, but goddamn, that movie was terrifying because of the animation in it. Same thing with the other motion capture film, Mars Needs Moms, a movie, we’ll say, I didn’t like as much as The Polar Express. But, here, I think the motion capture works well. It moves at a much slower pace and manages to have a very Halloween-like atmosphere about it. Most shots are shown in either early mornings or at the evening, when the sky is all orange, which really fits with the autumn leaves falling to the ground. It really gives you that Halloween vibe that I pag-ibig so much.



The characters, in this movie, I can really like. Usually, child characters aren’t the best, but I think they really did a good job creating them. They do behave like children who are wanting to keep the town ligtas from a house that literally eats people. And it does eat people. The dog, the drunken teenager, the two cops. This sounds like a slasher movie to me. And it almost is. It’s a slasher movie, but madami for kids. Don’t want to scar your children sa pamamagitan ng ipinapakita them Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street? No worries. Just ipakita them Monster House. It has everything from murder to some haunting backstory that I can’t get into because spoilers… It’s fun for the whole family. The other characters are about what you’d expect in this movie. You got the punk babysitter with a edgy boyfriend, the douchebag cops who don’t do their jobs much and don’t listen to their kids, and the parents who think the kids have finally gone crazy because of them saying there is a monster and they don’t believe them. It’s got a lot of things that you see in most R rated horror movies, yet it’s for kids. That seems to be what I talk about a lot in this movie. Monster House is a very disturbing horror movie for kids, and that’s why I pag-ibig it.



The thing that I pag-ibig about this movie is that, even for a kids movie, it manages to talk about some mature subjects, and I think they got them down pretty well. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that a kids movie is madami mature than most adult horror movies. Yeah, I’m talking to you Hellraiser Revelations. Most people forgot about you, but I didn’t. Even though I really want to, you terrible straight-to-video mistake. The movie gives you quite a lot of mature themes that I kinda like. I guess there could have been madami to it, but hey, it’s a kids movie. Sure, it can be mature and give the kids some lessons, but sometimes, you just wanna screw around and just enjoy something different. I guess that I just like the movie for some of the messages, but I also like the crazy ideas of the actual monster house… Speaking of which, I pag-ibig the house in this movie.



For a kids movie, the house was terrifying. I didn’t think you could make a house terrifying, but they found a way. And I would know, I watched all of the Amityville Horror movies, and I didn’t find that house scary at all. But here, in Monster House, the house is so creepy. I remember this movie disturbing the hell out of movie when I was a little child. As a 17 taon old with the mindset of a weird child, I don’t find it as creepy as I used to, but I can definitely still enjoy it for the horror elements. The house manages to ilipat all on it’s own, with different parts of the house used as body parts. The rug is a tongue, the door is a mouth, the windows are eyes, the chimney is the heart, and the chandelier is a uvula (Which makes it a girl house). And then there’s the ending, which I won’t spoil. It’s too good for me to just spoil right here and now. Trust me, it’s good.



I have to say, Monster House was a pretty good horror movie. One that the whole family can enjoy without worrying about murder, sex, and all the creepy stuff you see in horror movies. It’s scary enough for adults to get scared of, but enough of an interesting premise for children to enjoy. The movie did get enough popularity to get a video game based on it, but nothing much else, unfortunately. I wish this movie could get madami recognition. It really is a great movie. Take care.

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