Monster House

The ThawedCast: Conversations About Animation

Alex, Philip and Bridget put out an APB on 'Monster House' from 2003, directed by Gil Kenan, about a villainous house that eats people (and dogs)! This edgy horror-comedy for kids is the perfect balance of kid-friendly intrigue and clever, tongue-in-cheek dialogue from the animation house behind 'The Polar Express.' Having made the tonal shift from Christmas to Halloween, Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers adopted a more cartoonish style for their characters in a rare departure for the performance-capture specialists. This arguably gives 'Monster House' a more ageless quality a la classic Tim Burton or Henry Selick stop motion. Can DJ, Chowder, and Jenny defeat the ultimate haunted house before it devours more victims? They key (literally) lies in one of the best fake-out deaths (in a movie that also has one of the best anatomical jokes) ever put to film. Follow The ThawedCast: Conversations About Animation: twitter.com/thawedcast and instagram.com/thawedcast. instagram.com/ayeedeezy, instagram.com/elysiumskyy, instagram.com/bridget5246, instagram.com/philipehlke. Visit thawedcast.com