'The House With a Clock in its Walls' trivia and fun facts

Ilustrations

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

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).

First adaptation

This is Eli Roth's first adaptation of a literary work, his first Gothic work and his first family film.