It's honestly a really unsettling movie. The textures on the characters make them feel icky and real. Adds up to an enjoyable disturbing experience.

@Victoria-vd2li

26 күн бұрын

"icky" is a perfect word for it

@kayden2119

25 күн бұрын

Yeah as a kid I honestly thought the animation was bad but looking back on it I can see the animation is actually very quality and it was purposely made to be off-putting to creep kids out lol.

@stanpines9011

25 күн бұрын

The characters being mocapped instead of animated normally also really adds to this feeling

@OliverOils

24 күн бұрын

​@@kayden2119 even if it wasn't on purpose it still holds value tbh

@kayden2119

24 күн бұрын

@@OliverOils True but I do think it clearly was on purpose. Like its very quality stuff its not like some mars needs moms type horrible animation.

That framing at 9:25 Actually, the whole film is framed excellently. Just interesting that nevercracker is on the side with the cage in his background, while his wife, for the moment, is uncaged.

@_TheDoctor

22 күн бұрын

holy shit thats genius

@FelixEA

18 күн бұрын

omg, that's brilliant

@thefaculty3419

11 күн бұрын

Thats just happenstance.

@shamefuldisplay9692

7 күн бұрын

@@thefaculty3419 I don't know if I agree. For viewers maybe, but for the people who spent days writing the scene, storyboarding it, and finally animating it... Well they had more than enough time to think of things like that.

@ursfan

7 күн бұрын

​@@thefaculty3419 believe it or not but sometimes artists intentionally do things.

When you realize that you live in that deteriorated house on the block and your parents are crazy hoarders.

@BlooperStupid

23 күн бұрын

Chris-Chan?

@ninjireal

18 күн бұрын

Holy shit.

@mir4924

13 күн бұрын

@@BlooperStupid It's Christine, please don't deadname xir.

@2e2i23

12 күн бұрын

Don't worry, man. I suck too 😂

@kymo6343

11 күн бұрын

"I hear if you go to close to it late at night someone will drag you in and slurp your brains thru a straw out your ears, and then they'll--" "HEY I LIVE HERE YANNO" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!" xD

Loved this movie as a kid, I remember the DVD menu would jumpscare you with the house lunging towards the screen. Amazing video my guy! Hoping you get more recognition

@pedrozajnr7475

26 күн бұрын

You loved _this movie_ as a KID?

@pedrozajnr7475

26 күн бұрын

Next thing, you're gonna tell me is that Coraline was a banger

@EndoEnnard1

26 күн бұрын

@@pedrozajnr7475Coraline IS a banger

@MrEgg-zb2nf

26 күн бұрын

Dude I actually couldn’t watch the movie because of that, I’d put it on, get to the menu, and then run down stairs, unable to turn it off because I was convinced as soon as I came back the jumpscare would happen

@Vilonu

25 күн бұрын

@@pedrozajnr7475 it's good and healthy for kids movies to have moments of horror and depth, having safe outlets for your child to experience discomfort or get scared is incredibly important. Movies like Coraline, Monster House, Bridge to Terabithia are some of my favorite movies from when I was a kid. Hell even Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, and the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had plenty moments of horror. It feels like most media made for children now are more made for infants, there's hardly any respect for their intelligence anymore. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is one of the only movies made predominantly for children within the past few years that I feel respected its audience

This old man, and the hobo from polar express both haunt my nightmares in a tag team of terror

@Nothingreallytoseehere

22 күн бұрын

I forgot all about the homeless man until I read your comment. I remember leaving the cinéma feeling really messed up about him being a ghost .

@deanpope2055

19 күн бұрын

The homeless man scared me but the room full of marionettes was absolutely harrowing

@ninjireal

18 күн бұрын

wtf that hobo was fuckin sick dude

@youtubestudiosucks978

16 күн бұрын

Then tag them back

@gojirazillasaurus6341

15 күн бұрын

@@ninjirealthats what i'm saying

The backstory revelation marked me forever, it was creepy, but also very sad. I cried with the ending back then, and I still do now.

@migueeeelet

6 күн бұрын

I think one of the key parts here is how the old man finally opens up. There's something about someone so seclusive finding people who are curious and persistent enough that, maybe, they will be willing to listen to him.

Criminally underrated film.

@firelion6687

14 күн бұрын

it really is

@Fyrdman

13 күн бұрын

Doesn't know what 'underrated' means

@zcom4180

12 күн бұрын

​@Fyrdman Who do you ever hear talking about it? The fact this video exists was a surprise to me because of that.

@Fyrdman

12 күн бұрын

@@zcom4180 that means it's overshadowed. For it to be 'underrated' it would have to be universally considered bad.

@RaringGarlic118

12 күн бұрын

@@Fyrdmanno bruh im pretty sure thats overrated, underrated means its a perfectly good film but not many people know about it thats why he said its underrated

The babysitter's boyfriend was legit on SOMETHING, you don't have teeth that bad that young without screwing around with substances...

@GiraffeFlavoredCondoms

2 күн бұрын

Probably, esp with his eye bags, but I know folks who's parents just didn't raise them so they never brushed their teeth. My half-brother's mom is a PoS and his teeth were like that by the time he was like 10 :/

@fuzzybuzzy3159

2 күн бұрын

Not entirely true. I have some cousins with really messed teeth because it's genetic from their dad. Methed up teeth without the substance is super unfortunate I always feel a little bad whenever I talk to them.

Of all movies that made the villain sympathetic at the end, this one is still one of the best I’ve seen. Taking something scary and pretty “out there” and escalating it to the point where that absurdity makes sense through the human story underneath is lovely. Then, leaning into the human side of things through natural-feeling dialogue without it belittling the audience or spoon feeding anything makes it such a warm conclusion. Great video! Forgot how much I appreciated this movie

the higher frame rate also makes the entire movie look uncanny, most movies are at 24 frames, but this seems to be interpolated to 60 in post, giving all of the characters that "stop motion movement" appearance, when tension rises your brain is really told just how tense it is, even the babysitter dancing spooked me a fair bit.

@dreamsprayanimation

27 күн бұрын

That would make it a lower frame rate wouldn’t it?

@LowEndPCGamer100

26 күн бұрын

@@dreamsprayanimation on the input side yes, but the image is interpolated, making movements feel much more animated and machine like, look up the "soap opera" effect

@dreamsprayanimation

25 күн бұрын

@@LowEndPCGamer100 Thats interesting. I feel like a lot of stylized cgi looks better when it is interpolated to look like this. One example is a skeleton in the Tv Show: "Evil" that is made to move like a skeleton from a Harryhausen movie and the end result is nearly indistinguishable from a stopmotion miniature making the scene much more memorable than just having some generic cgi skeleton with super smooth bezier interpolation.

@fcantil

20 күн бұрын

wait, this was interpolated? i don't think frame interpolation was even that good enough when this movie came out. you sure?

@TannyWanny

17 күн бұрын

zoomers will go to such lengths to convince themselves into terror. watched this as a youngin and enjoyed it. liked the gameboy game too, though I never beat it

I just thought to myself, "we didn't have a dilapidated house on our street growing up", and then I realized that my childhood home stuck out like a dysfunctional, awful sore thumb. 😅

@gachalifelilly

Күн бұрын

You just made me realize mine was also the decrepit house in the neighborhood

@douglashall7425

Күн бұрын

felt

Sure, the house shuts the door AND SQUINTS HER WINDOW-EYES. That's not a supernatural element foreshadowing, that's a whole ass supernatural entity right there and then.

@Fredofbread

10 күн бұрын

Yeah, even scarier than Home. (Welcome Home)

@AlbertBalbastreMorte

10 күн бұрын

@@Fredofbread what's that?

@MidNightStarSkape

6 күн бұрын

​@@AlbertBalbastreMorte They are referring to another piece of horror media involving another supernaturally involved house. I would love to go into more detail if you'd like.

@AlbertBalbastreMorte

6 күн бұрын

@@MidNightStarSkape yes please

@MidNightStarSkape

6 күн бұрын

@@AlbertBalbastreMorte The piece of media that person was referring to was the horror ARG Welcome Home. The ARG is about a restoration group who is trying to find an old puppet show with the same name and recording theit findings on a website. Home is one of the characters of this show. It's a living house and has Wally Darling (the main character of the puppet show) residing in it. The horror element of this ARG comes in through the website's secrets. The earliest secret of the website involves Wally seemingly worshiping Home in a black void. There are a lot of these secrets all over the website and these make it seem that Home has some sort of control over these characters, at least with Wally. There isn't much about Home we know of yet as the ARG mostly focuses on the restoration team and the supernatural and adverse effects they experience while continuing this project. The entire thing is very interesting and I recommend watching this video to get the gist of it kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yo2Z1saLdM26law.htmlsi=9BccsQAOgAkXveGr The actual website link: www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/ I recommend going to the website on laptop or PC as it gets odd on mobile

7:10. That’s crazy for a kids movie. The most realistic death right in front of your eyes.

@scottishcheese13

2 күн бұрын

Obviously not a death tho.

The thing that has always stuck with me was the title screen on the DVD. The image of the house sitting there, hearing it breath and seeing it move slightly is something I could never get out of my head. I was always too scared to get past the title screen. But all these years later and I honestly don't regret ever being scared of this movie because without it, I would've never found my love for scary things.

@Kycilak

7 күн бұрын

I have this relationship with the main menu of Dead Space. I'm not a fan of scary things but I was curious about the plot. I rarely got past the menu and never through the intro...

@lorenzodiambra5210

Күн бұрын

As a child I only saw the end of this film and thought it was just a beautiful film about aliens with monster houses

i love how the art style has aged well into an artificial claymation look. like the light rendering feels a bit dated, but the models don't feel especially devoid of detail due to the cartoonish and inconsistent appearance to both the characters and the setting

Another thing that makes this movie so unsettling is the textures, they’re similar to gmods textures in that they add a sense of desolation and abandonment.

@adventurekitty101

20 күн бұрын

I think the word you’re looking for is liminal.

@zeltzamer4010

13 күн бұрын

@@adventurekitty101That word has been so abused the past few years that it basically means nothing now. Monster House is definitely not ‘liminal.’

@adventurekitty101

13 күн бұрын

@@zeltzamer4010 Fine then. Monster House is oneiric instead.

@thomas.thomas

12 күн бұрын

@@adventurekitty101 neither oneiric. Haunted houses are things we see and remember. They aren't dream like - they sometimes are fantasy like

@adventurekitty101

12 күн бұрын

@@thomas.thomas I’m stating the movie as a whole feels kinda surreal and dreamlike in its artistic style, not the actual house in the movie. Exactly like what the OP is stating. The movie’s art style gives a very Gmod esc vibe. I was just trying to give a word, on how I would describe Gmod feeling like, but since apparently Liminal now has no meaning anymore and people want to complain about it, because of some stories(albeit some stories are better worse than others) the only other way I could describe the in between state that this movie’s vibe is giving the OP, is a word meaning dreamlike and surreal since I couldn’t find any other word that was a synonym of liminal that didn’t just straight up mean a literal border.

Had someone told me that Stephan King had written this movie, I would have believed it. He didn't , but it's everything I would have Loved as a kid. Being truly frightened as a child held wonderful memories for me. lol This movie is rally the best. This was a great vid. Thankyou!!

this movie is 1000% the reason I'm terrified of unset concrete

This video gives off school project vibes, and if you did submit this for an assignment I really hope you got an A. This is a great analysis and deep cut into what made Monster House captivating and special.

I never understood the overuse of the crotchety old man who screams "Get off my lawn!" because that has never been a problem in my life. If someone ran up to a child who steped on their lawn, screamed in their face, and then stole their toy they'd probably get arrested.

@everythingzone

29 күн бұрын

It's not based on real people, but rather children's imagination/exaggeration of real people. For example, in home alone the friendly old neighbour is described as a serial killer by the children simply because he keeps to himself and gives looks. In real life, people who live in these kinds of houses often have mental problems, but are not dangerous. The first scenes are clearly an over-exaggerated adaptation of children playing in someones backyard without asking first.

@cantinadudes

28 күн бұрын

Well i actually know a lot of boomers here in germany that always yell "geht von meinem rasen runter ihr pisser" at kids which means "get off my lawn you pissers"

@group555_

27 күн бұрын

​@everythingzone also in america you are allowed to shoot on sight if someone steps foot on your property so there is a real danger many kids grew up with.

@PWizz91

27 күн бұрын

You live in a nice neighbourhood… these guys were scary as F as a child

@group555_

27 күн бұрын

@PWizz91 they are also non existent to that degree in countries with sane laws

It's one of the best movies of my youth tbh, when Nebercracker has a heart attack and falls into the camera i remember i damn near shit myself.

You are now probably the only channel under 10k subs that i subscribed to that isn't for shitposting. Your vids are genuinely good.

Finally! The one Monster House video that doesn’t make fun of the mocap.

I actually really like this movie. Even though it's a ridiculous topic, the scenes, the visual design, and some of the actual events in the story are legitimately disturbing. If I read the story as a script, I would have thought that it would be stupid. But the way that they present it is very disturbing. I gotta give some credit to the film makers here for making this story so terrifying. And the craziest part about it is that the story is actually quite sad. Maybe even just as sad as it is terrifying.

I mean, duh, a single shot can ruin your childhood, how would you imagine living with a bullet wound?

This movie made me both incredibly sad and also terrified as a child. Seeing it come back makes me relive some of those emotions, but now I can kind of see why (and the effect it had on others). Thanks for the video!

I love Monster House. As a professional horror specialist, I deem it worthy to be considered a “kids horror film”. Not because it’s spooky for the Halloween time watches. So many people annoyingly think Halloween kids movies equal horror kids movies but there is a difference. Something like Nightmare Before Christmas or Hocus Pocus are not kids horror movies, even if the former had the toys attacking everyone scene. They’re just Halloween films. Movies like this, Coraline and even 9 are actual kids horror movies and I welcome them into my special genre with open arms

I had a mean old man at the end of my street a little over a decade ago when I was a little kid. No one knew why he was so mean, but he was the stereotypical "get off my lawn" old man. Childhood friend of mine crashed a mini 50cc pocket motorcycle thing in front of his house one time and he ended up on his driveway. The mean old man didn't leave his house entirely. but he was out on the front porch and literally said "get off my lawn" or "get off my land," something like that. I never realized it as a kid, but this video made me go back and think about it... People are not mean for no reason. There is always a reason why someone is grumpy. The dude's wife had cancer and died of it shortly thereafter, which resulted in him selling the house and the land. It must have been the life stressor that made him that way. I am 24, going on 25 years old and I am almost done with my military contract in the Air Force. When I got back from Turkiye and got to my new base back around the first week of January of 2024, I was extremely paranoid and angry with how my old command treated me and how my career was negatively affected. Never exactly realized it at first, but I still do retain a certain (and probably unhealthy level) of paranoia and anger... I have no doubt that those who live around me think I am an insufferable jerk... But they don't really understand where I came from. It took a while for the people in my current command to realize everything. Sometimes, having a level of understanding is extremely important. Little kids may never realize why there are grumpy old men on their block. Parents and guardians really should, if not must tell the kids why some people are the way they are. It is more productive than having kids spread rumors or "investigate" their neighbors, and it would be healthier for them overall. It will help kids realize that some people are just in a tough spot in life and they'll realize this sooner rather than later, as they will grow up and face hardship too.

@1marcelfilms

24 күн бұрын

What a long ass life story text

@joe-hl9rl

24 күн бұрын

​@1marcelfilms is the brainrot making it too difficult to read a few paragraphs

@mushr--m

23 күн бұрын

@@1marcelfilms ok? it was insightful imo. not everything has to be snappy and concise.

@_Ecliptic

23 күн бұрын

​@@1marcelfilmsgenuinely, I know this is rude to say, but just delete that reply. if you don't have the attention span to read like a decently long comment, then you shouldn't read them at all

@clray123

23 күн бұрын

Usually old people get grumpy and mean for two reasons. One is deteriorating health and associated chronic pain. Another is understanding the evil and hopeless nature of humanity.

all I would disagree with, is that it "ruined" my childhood, I still love all the classic animated halloween movies from this era, theres something so special about them

@AlbertBalbastreMorte

12 күн бұрын

what other movies?

@DJL3G3ND

11 күн бұрын

you know like Coraline, Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Paranorman, Frankenweenie etc, I think theyre a part of why I love halloween so much even as an adult

"Unless youvwere wealthy" My brother in christ, I grew up in a trailer park. We didnt have a Creepy House that stood out, because noone in the neighborhood was wealthy enough to afford a real house.

@AzulaAlwaysLies2461

5 сағат бұрын

Okay so basically every 'house' was this dudes house. I feel for you man.

I remember watching this as a kid when it came out, and i had always loved it and thought it was a beautiful story. Probably the reason i like weird and off putting films nowadays.

@SearchingThingsOfficial

8 күн бұрын

The way the characters moved was a bit weird, but I did like the movie. The characters reminded me of Diary of a Wimpy Kid lol

@literallynothinghere9089

7 күн бұрын

Have you seen the human centipede

@SearchingThingsOfficial

7 күн бұрын

@@literallynothinghere9089 we dont talk about that one 💀💀💀💀

@liamflatley2367

7 күн бұрын

@literallynothinghere9089 yeah I thought it was hilarious

@Acetyl53

3 күн бұрын

Samael is made up. There is only Adam and Lilith. Eve is sensory reality. The other angels are impulses, or literal "angles" with you relative to the stars. This is why Lilith is buried under the red sea by 3 angels (triangle), she's part of the Anima or a component of the unconscious mind. The red sea is dipping below beta brainwave state into theta and delta, which allows you to travel back into the womb of creation, of which Lilith is the bridge to with Earth. ie the primordial maternal. Hope this helps.

when you realize the movie is a pun on the word "housewife"

I was never scared of weirdos, I always saw there are reasons, every person has its story, its perspective.

I think my mum gave me a pirated version which made it even scarier to me

@lukehannah4554

18 күн бұрын

Jeez what made the pirated version better

@AlbertBalbastreMorte

12 күн бұрын

was it a personalised copy?

@tobyjohnson6722

5 күн бұрын

My pirated copy had the French tile and French subs. Horrifying...

@Acetyl53

3 күн бұрын

Based pirate maternal unit.

Caroline felt like the sequel to this in terms of horror level

@BigAlvideos101

4 күн бұрын

Coraline- not Caroline.

2:56 that is how I answer the door at my house too.

@mercy.999

12 күн бұрын

i dont wanna be eaten alive ):

when i was young, i've only ever felt bad for the old man when i watched this movie. i was never scared of him or the house lady because their horribly sad story stuck with me the most. this is also coming from someone who, instead of being terrified of leatherface, instead felt terrible for him when i first watched TCM as a kid 😭

@Acetyl53

3 күн бұрын

Yep. Most humans are basically psychopaths. They never actually develop empathy, they just learn to imitate. Who they were as children is their real self.

The "semi-abandoned" or abandoned house in each neighborhood not just speaks to American urban decay but a certain span of time. As a child I moved in 1970 into a middle-class suburban development that was not even as old as I was. At 2 I remember looking out over a vast expanse of brown dirt dotted by half-completed homes and a black ribbon of pavement going through the middle. Within a year or so it would all be green lawns, fences and finished homes. But there was almost no previous human habitation there. Shortly before development it was all forest and not some tract of postwar saltbox housing. But this being Canada, we had "the woods" instead. At the end of that street, Westlake, was an undeveloped plot of land, thick trees and undergrowth. In the middle of this tiny patch of woods was the remnant of a grazing pasture from the 40's or 50's, now almost completely overgrown. I recall vague stories of an old farmer who once lived there, and a shack which I could never find. Teenagers partied in those Woods, of course. And there was a path winding through it that was a shortcut to school. My best friend lived at the end of this path at the far end of the woods so I got to know that path well. Funny thing, I don't think I ever explored the entire woods, even though they were maybe a block wide and 2-3 blocks long. (In fact, this parcel probably was all one overgrown paddock, undeveloped for a few decades as some kind of probate was settled.)

The mix of horror but also comedy is brilliant in this film.

Every time I see the art style of this movie, I realize just how well it's aging.

Well, I didn't even know this movie beyond the guy eating something before running away meme, but this turned out way deeper than I expected... wow!

Ah yes, the movie that taught me the term uvular.

Your videos are so well crafted, I wouldn't have guessed that this was just your second video of the channel. You are gonna go far, I look forward to seeing what's next!

@lancelloti.

2 ай бұрын

thank you man :) i hope not to disappoint! more videos are coming soon

I hope you enjoyed my second video. Just started this channel, subscribe pls! (So you can say you were here from the start) I have many videos prepared for the upcoming days :)

@shadyg8603

24 күн бұрын

I can't believe this was your second video, the quality is crazy. GG man

@RanetaCroak

23 күн бұрын

@@shadyg8603 I'm equally surprised. It got me hooked through the whole thing. I would've easily watched an extra 10 minutes of this.

@user-hd7jr8ft4p

12 күн бұрын

know what, ill do it, i feel like your going somewhere

@bigboiinanut9967

9 күн бұрын

Wow, this is your second video only? This is really well made tbh, liked it a lot

He's the single most realistic thing in the entire movie. He exists in a world in which the supernatural is real, but still uncommon enough not to be considered ordinary, and yet his behavior is honestly just ordinary human behavior. It's not hard at all to imagine a real person behaving as he does in his situation, and the fact that he's misunderstood because of it is the single most grounded, down to earth aspect, especially since he doesn't really seem to care. He's not a bleeding heart dying to be understood by the outside world like so many similar characters would be in fiction, he just wants the woman he loves to be freed from her curse so she can finally be at peace and uses the fact he's misunderstood as a tool to protect others along the way. The most obvious thing that he's going to get people thinking about is that other "old crazy people" in real life might be similarly misunderstood, but the reality is that it extends to a much wider range of people than just those who are elderly or seen as crazy. Our society is conditioned from childhood to make judgement calls on others with only the tiniest shred of information about them, and for good reason. As children we are particularly vulnerable and any random stranger could be a potential threat. Learning to judge others without knowing a lot about them is a crucial survival skill for us in these early years of our lives, but it turns into a bad habit as we grow older. Most people hardly even think about deeming a person to be crazy or moronic based on a single statement that they disagree with, and it's not unusual for people to get very rude about it. This is the internet, so most people here have probably had plenty of experiences with people online replying to them rudely and harshly over a simple disagreement. This happens less in person, but it's still hard to avoid entirely. Just like the old man in the film however, most of us don't really consider ourselves victims of these types of petty disagreements and misunderstandings. Life goes on as normal. It might make us upset or angry for a few minutes, but we get over it and it gets forgotten entirely before long. The reality of the situation is almost everyone is misunderstood by the people around them, and most of us aren't really bothered by it. If anything, the majority of us take comfort in the fact that only those who are closest to us truly know and understand us. It's a big part of personal privacy. Real life isn't like a Disney movie where expressing yourself to the world is everything. Disconnecting yourself emotionally from the thoughts and opinions of most others is another crucial skill we are tasked with learning growing up.

7:09 "The decaying body" dude isn't even dead yet...

They did such a great job with this film. Especially now that I'm older I can really appreciate the framing and camera work. Its so well done and plays such a huge role in elevating the creep factor. That, and the acting, animation, and character designs of course! Great film.

I never got to fully watch this movie when i was a kid, i was always scared of what was about to happen in it, the old man didnt scare me, he kinda reminded me of my grandfather that was living in the soviet panel apartment, but not that crazy. I'll watch this movie sometime soon just to see what it's about fully.

The first time I saw monster house, I was staying the night with my aunt and she rented it for us. I was SO captivated by it, I’d never really seen anything actually scary before and this movie definitely turned me into a horror fan

@deanpope2055

19 күн бұрын

Doesn’t help that the main kid looks a LOT like I did when I was little

My mom told me that the first time I tried to watch this movie when it came out, I started crying so much she had to turn it off. I think I was 4 when the movie came out. A few years later I watched it again and loved it tho

This movie was probably the real reason I ever got into horror and my god it’s so good even to this day

I always have loved this movie and Coraline, I used to watch those movies over and over again!

This movie was simply a masterpiece

Wow this just unlocked a very very old memory :O

Clearly I need to rewatch this gem of a movie

At 4:13, if you pay very close attention to the house's right window, you can see the shade quickly close. This very subtle detail is nice, but I feel like it was a huge missed opportunity for minute foreshadowing. Remember, at this point in the movie, we don't know the house is alive, much less not haunted by _him._ One window shade closing quickly in a "blink and you'll miss it" fashion gives the impression that he was watching DJ's parents leave, but closed the shade when they glanced over. Now, if they had featured BOTH shades closing, that would've added a FANTASTIC foreshadowing, as well as an even more unsettling element for the subconscious. Nebbercracker lives alone, something the movie goes on to explain indirectly. He wouldn't be able to close both window shades at once (and even if he had a housemate, it'd be very difficult to perfectly syncronize the reactive action). The moment when DJ's parents leave relies on real-world fear, that of a child being without their parents while feeling threatened in their own home. Nowhere to go, and your protectors are leaving you without listening to your pleas. Having _both_ peaking shades quickly twitch closed at this point in the movie would be subtle enough to avoid ruining "real world fear", while also enhancing the sense of anxiety being portrayed in DJ. It may even drive home viewers to rewind, attempting to catch the rapid movement again, only to slowly pick up on the fact that it shouldn't have been possible. There's something not right about that house, a sensation which countless kids have felt regarding that old, dilapidated house near the end of the road. This potential subtle hint that the house was _always_ haunted, long before Nebbercracker's heart attack would be the epitome of "a little goes a long way."

@MCFresh13

12 күн бұрын

That was an extremely quick closing. Thanks for pointing it out 😮

I initially though this was going to be a meme video about chowders lack of aim. This was suprisingly better.

it's interesting to think that what can really startle someone is the idea of facing something relatable. It makes more sense to be scared of the old man (which in the film, ironically, only wanted to protect the kids).

One of the top, underated, unsettling animated movies ever Always watched this when I was eight I had a neighbor who had a house that survived 80 years. It was practically rotting away which the thought alone scared me

I felt so terrible for that guy.. imagine being trapped for years in a haunted house. I mean, how did this guy survive with probably little to no food?

I remember watching it when I was a child, it was pretty scary at the time but I barely knew what was going on...I don't even remember the graphics being like this.

I remember a scene of the movie. There was a dog running on the yard and suddenly, a red carpet comes from inside the house. Then the dog steps on it and is pulled inside as the door closes after him. That movie was very scary. I remember watching it as a kid.

I loved this movie as a kid but I don't know how you didn't mention the scene at 9:00 where DJ falls on top of the entombed corpse of Nebbercracker's wife. That scene was terrifying as a kid. I think it even uses DJ's pov like you were talking about making it that much more immersive. He gets right up in there and the concrete "statue" collapses and reveals her skeleton inside. Absolutely horrifying for a kid. Great video though I never noticed the lack of time skips in the beginning.

Another awesome video! great quality

This video has an actually good narrative for a video essay. Good job.

Anyone else got the instant nostalgia hit from the yellow / orange tint? I wish they would somewhat bring this color palette back to modern movies, brings me back to the early 2000s.

@circleinforthecube5170

23 күн бұрын

monster house is very safely mid 2000s though

@memenazi7078

7 күн бұрын

Warm af

This is one of those forbidden movies we set in the back of our movie shelf because it freaked us out so much when i was little. That intro spooked me for a long time! But watching it again years later makes me realize how good this film is!! What a nostalgia trip!

My favorite animated movie of all time, a masterpiece

I also saw this around 5/6 years old. Honestly one of my favorite films for ages. I don't remember being scared by it though.

This is one of my favorite scary kid's movies bc it's one of the few that can treat kids like adults while not going overboard with it... Sorta, for the most part... XD

This is unironically one of my favorite movies of all time

So many of these themes went over my head as a kid but knowing these things as an adult make the non-supernatural themes way creepier.

When is as a kid, this was terrifying. Now I’m older, it’s hilarious.

What a fantastic channel, and this movie was ahead of its time

i had the dvd back then as a kid and seeing the menu have the house jump scare you scared me shitless lol i even built a mini fort out of cardboard boxes to hide myself from the menu even when i knew it was coming still scared me. good times

Dude you are so underrated I just watched all of your breaking bad videos and I thought you had like a few million subscribers but no your kind of a small channel compared to your video quality. Hope you make it big bro

I saw this film in theaters with my grandma as a child and I’ll never forget that experience lol

Funny, i was most freaked out by the wife's death. The whole dying in cement thing.. that's all that i remembered from it. And the uncanny artstyle! But, artistically speaking, it's amazing! Wish i hadn't seen it as a little kid though.

I remember watching this movie as a little kid. And it unsettled me so much but I actually LOVED it. I don't remember much from this movie but I can never forget all the emotions this movie made me feel. And the backstory revelation. This movie was one of the first things ever in my life at that point that made me think "Maybe mean people aren't mean for no reason..." Gosh, I should really watch this movie again.

This movie is goated. Nevercracker's redemption arc made me happy

this movie scares me to this day. I got traumitised when I was a child

I wish your videos were longer man, it’s really entertaining

I never noticed how sad this movie was 🙁

Dude it was the opening sequence that terrified me as a little kid. “Do you want to be eaten alive?” Gave me chills as a kid. Monster House was pretty much my first introduction to horror. I even watched this film before Coraline or Paranorman, which didn’t scare me as much as this movie did. I absolutely love the film now but when I was a little kid watching this on DVD I was fucking horrified. But I remember loving to watch the building to the movie on the DVD, one of the menu options were one that talked about the making of the movie. The creators and actors of the movie clearly enjoyed to make this film which makes it better to watch.

this movie is a true depiction that the crazier the neighbor, the greater the trauma theyve faced, the more pain theyve endured. it takes to go through something big to be that way. I remember when nevercracker cried it got to me badly. to see this man whom i thought was an evil insane villain, cry on his knees for the woman he loved just showed us how not bad he was at all. i feel like they would have never sold that idea of "his actually protecting the kids" had they not shown him extremely emotional

It’s amazing how terrifying a single shot can be. The final shot of skinamarink caused me to have a full-blown panic attack!

I remember seeing a trailer for this film before watching my DVD of Surf's Up (also a fantastic film). I never gave Monster House much thought, but I might have to check it out this Halloween. Thanks for making this!

This movie was like another sibling to me, something I initially (intentionally) neglected but only grew to love more as we both aged. It will always have a special element that nothing else has had since. Every good movie does.

"we've all had a creepy house on the block" yeah as long as we've all been American

i remember watching this movie as a kid. it was one of those movies i don’t know when or where or even how i watched it. like did i with parents? friends? i have no clue. but man i forgot about how crazy it was

I had nightmares about this movie even 3 years after I watched it. That how you know it’s a good movie 😂

I remember having the DVD as a kid and being so scared to press play because the house jumpscares you on the main menu so I’d always close my eyes when I wanted to watch this movie

As someone who grew up both watching this movie and playing its tie in games on console I agree they were both creepy at the time (the game actually creeped me out far more tbh) and the movie still has its charms about it in terms of creep factor but I do feel like there's nothing quite like this movie still, or at least nothing stumbled across/heard of

Never heard of this movie, but sounds interesting. Going to show this to my future kids

Ive never fully watched this movie; it was the scariest movie i saw as a kid

The first time I saw this movie, it sent me running out of the room. No joke. It was the introductory shot of Nebbercracker in the doorway. That on it's own freaked me out, and when he came outside with a growling voice, I ran out of the room. I was at my grandma's house when this happened, and going into the living room with the larger TV made me want to watch something, but I didn't want to turn it on in case the old man was still there. It was a stupid moment and kinda funny in retrospect, but proves the point you speak about here. Monster House: Highly underrated.

First saw this movie when I was about 10. It never really scared me, but I loved it. It's been 7 years since then, and I still love it, absolutely incredible movie.

My cousin and I watched it years ago when I was like-9 or something, and we were both terrified.

This movie had absolutely no business being this amazing, yet here we are... Unsettled me as a kid, still unsettles me to this day!

Hope this helps the algorithm, well done