The House With a Clock in its Walls

2018
6.3
The House With a Clock in its Walls
Poster The House With a Clock in its Walls

Title: The House With a Clock in its Walls

Original Title: The House With a Clock in its Walls

Year: 2018

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: September 15 2018
  • United States: September 21 2018

Plot

The new film by director Eli Roth ('Hostel') means a change of register to fantastic and more familiar cinema.

Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Eli Roth, 'The Clock House on the Wall' is a magical adventure for the whole family starring Jack Black ('Nightmares', 'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle', 'Gulliver's Travels' ',' Kung Fu Panda '), Cate Blanchett ('Thor: Ragnarok','Cinderella','The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'), Kyle McLachlan ('Twin Peaks').

The story tells the magical and chilling tale of Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), a 10-year-old boy who, after becoming an orphan, moves into his uncle's old, creaking house, which has a mysterious clock. Soon, the boring and quiet life of their new town is interrupted when accidentally, Lewis wakes wizards and witches from a secret world

Cast

Director:

Eli Roth Eli Roth

Jack Black

Jack Black

Jonathan Barnavelt

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Mrs. Zimmerman

Owen Vaccaro

Owen Vaccaro

Lewis Barnavelt

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Isaac Izard

Colleen Camp

Colleen Camp

Mrs. Hanchett

Sunny Suljic

Sunny Suljic

Tarby Corrigan

Videos

Photos

The House With a Clock in its Walls
The House With a Clock in its Walls
The House With a Clock in its Walls
The House With a Clock in its Walls
The House With a Clock in its Walls
The House With a Clock in its Walls
The House With a Clock in its Walls
The House With a Clock in its Walls

Trivia

Spielberg Dad

Eli Roth's first directed film working with Amblin Entertainment, it's founder and one of his cinematic heroes Steven Spielberg. Eli Roth previously had a cameo in El mundo perdido: Jurassic Park (1997) that was directed by Spielberg and produced by Amblin. Also Eli has said his favorite Spielberg movies are Tiburón (1975) and Poltergeist (Fenómenos extraños) (1982).

Comics enemies

Cate Blanchett and Kyle MacLachlan, who play rival magicians in this film, have both been in Marvel comic-book features as enemies of the god hero Thor: Blanchett played Hela in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and MacLachlan played Calvin Zabo/Mr Hyde in Agentes de S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) (although he never encounters Thor).

Ilustrations

Famed Goth artist Edward Gorey did the illustrations for the book that this movie is based on.

Recommended movies and tv shows The House With a Clock in its Walls

Follow Us