Monster House (DVD)

Director: Gil Kenan Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation Release Date: August 2006 (in cinemas) Genre: Listed as Family comedy adventure animation – I describe it as animated thriller Classification: PG (I question this rating. See review for details) Run Time: 91 minutes Cast: Steve Buchemi, Maggie Gyllenhall, Jason Lee, Mitchell Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke RRP: £14.99 Asda Price: £5! ***Summary of the film*** DJ, a preteen on the verge of puberty has what some will describe as an unhealthy obsession with his mysterious neighbour across the street, Nebbercracker. He spends most of his days watching him ...

It’s an age old question that has plagued man even since they crawled out of the ooze; how do you introduce kids to the horror genre? We know that their minds are very impressionable during their development; to the point were some children are scared to watch Paul Daniels (and rightly so). Do you go the route I did and watch something like ‘Nightmare on Elmstreet’ or ‘Critters’ before you are ten? I survived, but it’s given me an obscure taste in film! Seriously though, with films becoming increasingly scary, at a lower certificate, do children need to be prepared? The Lord of the Rings trilogy or ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ were all dark, but only ...

Director: Gil Kenan Producers: Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey Writers: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab and Pamela Pettler Stars: Mitchel Musso, Spencer Locke, Sam Lerner, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steve Buscemi and Kathleen Turner. Released in the summer of 2006 this computer animated masterpiece of a comical thriller cleverly follows the life in a small suburban street. **MAIN CHARACTERS** *Douglas J. "DJ" Walters: (voiced by Owen Draper) is a preteen boy who is always using his telescope to spy on his neighbour 'Nebbercracker', who lives directly opposite. Although he is young he can ...