Monster House
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gil Kenan
Ryan Newman
Steve Buscemi
Mitchel Tate Musso
Catherine O'hara
Fred Willard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old DJ Walters, who is caught in that awkward moment between childhood and the onset of puberty, has too much time on his hands and has taken it into his head that there's something weird about old man Nebbercracker's house across the street. Things keep disappearing into the dilapidated structure: basketballs, tricycles, toys and pets. Come to think of it, whatever happened to Mrs. Nebbercracker? It's the day before Halloween and DJ and his candy-friendly pal Chowder have a run-in with Mr. Nebbercracker after their basketball wanders onto his lawn and is mysteriously swept into the house. When the house tries to swallow their new friend Jenny and no one believes the frightened trio's claims that the house is up to no good, it's up to them to investigate. They turn for his advice to the only person on the planet who might even remotely understand what's going on, the wise one they call Skull, a 20-something slacker pizza chef and master of the arcade machine who once played a video game for four days straight on one singly quarter, a gallon of chocolate milk and an adult diaper. "I have heard tell of man-made structures becoming possessed by a human soul," Skull tells them. You mean the house is alive? Yikes! Skull tells them the only way to stop the house from gulping down everything in sight is by striking at its heart, which the kids figure out must be the perpetually-fueled furnace in the basement. They come up with what seems to be a foolproof plan--a vacuum cleaner disguised as a human dummy filled with cold medicine. The kids offer up their bait to the house, figuring that once it's asleep, they can sneak in and put out the furnace with their squirt guns. Their little plan goes awry, though, and when the house starts chasing them down the street--that's right, chasing them down the street!--they must join forces to once again make the neighborhood safe for trick or treaters.
Director
Gil Kenan
Cast
Ryan Newman
Steve Buscemi
Mitchel Tate Musso
Catherine O'hara
Fred Willard
Jason Lee
Kevin James
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Jon Heder
Nick Cannon
Ariel Winter
Erik Walker
Matthew Fahey
Woody Schultz
Spencer Locke
Robert Lucas
Kathleen Turner
Sam Lerner
Ian Mcconnel
Crew
William Acedo
Matthew Adams
Ben Aguillon
Spencer Alexander
Mir Zafar Ali
Mike Alkan
Stuart Allan
Antonio Almaraz
Alfonso Alpuerto
Bill Anastas
Kayleen Ancheta
Jesse Andrewartha
Elaine C Andrianos
Chris Appelhans
Chris Appelhans
Evan Appleby
Mayumi Arakaki
Nestor Arce
Kimberley Argetsinger
Matt Aschkynazo
Christian Aubert
Bruce Babcock
Paul Babin
Steven Bailey
James Baker
Nick Bali
Susan Ballion
Joachim Barnreuther
Rick Baumgartner
Sebastien Beaulieu
Aaron Becker
Tj Bednash
Bill Beemer
Nikki Bell
David Bennett
Theodore Bialek
Tina Bilezikjian
Pete Billington
Jackson Bishop
Marissa Blanchard
Thomas Bland
David Bleich
J. J. Blumenkranz
Scott Bogoniewski
Ben Bohling
Tony Bohorquez
Sandra Bojin-sedlik
Scot Boland
Charles Bolwell
Francois Bordez
Yanick Bourgie
Christian Bouyer
Todd Boyce
Jamaal Bradley
Dennis Bredow
Jess Bressler
Ranjani Brow
Jason Brown
Tom Bruno
John Bunt
Tim Burby
Christopher Burdoff
Michele Burke
Amanda Burns
Kathryn E Burns
Victoria Burrows
Eric Collins Butler
Won Young Byun
Dan Camp
Grady Campbell
Stephen Candell
Daniel Carbo
John Eric Cardon De Lichtbuer
Christopher Carignan
Jesse Carlson
Oscar G Castillo
Anthony Ceccomancini
Fabrice Ceugniet
Dianne Chadwick
Eliza Chaikan
Matthew Chambers
Ryan Chan
Clara Chang
Pierre Chastain
Todd Cherniawsky
Kieron Cheuk Chi Lo
Benjamin Cheung
Doug Chiang
Jang Woo Choi
Kyudon Choi
Tora Chung
Benjamin I Cinelli
Jason Clark
Jason Clark
Kimberly Beck Clark
Miles Clark
Patrick Clark
Peter Clarke
Moti Cohen
Patrick Cohen
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio
Katherine Concepcion
David Conlon
Danielle Conroy
Denis Cordova
Jack B Cornelius
Jim Cousins
Stephane Couture
David Cowgill
Makenna Cowgill
Christopher Cummins
Kevin Cushing
Mike Dalzell
Rodolfo Damaggio
Bill Dance
David R Davies
Paul Davies
Robert Davis Oh
Sandy De Crescent
Chip De Los Santos
Jesus De Santiago
Francisco X. Dejesus
Jorge Del Valle
Owen Demers
Suri Denduluri
Debbie Denise
Eileen Dennis
Mark Dietel
Barbara Dillon
Danny Dimian
Bruce Dobrin
Daren R. Dochterman
Jim Doherty
Brian Doman
Andrea Donnelly
Matt Dougan
Kurt Dufresne
Young Duk Cho
Frederic Durand
Daniel Eaton
Teresa Eckton
Camille Eden
Michael Edland
Amy Edwards
Barbara Ellison
Tyler Ely
Firat Enderoglu
Chris Endicott
Sean England
Stephen Enticott
Luca Erbetta
Aaron Erimez
Edwin Fabros
Harrison Fahn
Marcos Fajardo
Xou Fang
Kristen Farlow
John Farrar
Daniel Favini
Frannie Felder
Sharon Felder
Kevin Field
William Files
William Files
Ronald Fischer
Nishira Fitzgerald
Crys Forsyth-smith
Allen Foster
Patrick Fox
Robert Fox
Alex Frazao
Scott Fritts
Regaye M Fulcher
Jenny Fulle
Marc Gabbana
Vijoy Gaddipati
Greg Galliani
Spencer Lacey Ganus
Jim Gaudenti
Jason Aimee Gaudio
Frederick Gaudreau
Randy Gaul
Maria Giannakouros
Tad Gielow
Dhana Rivera Gilbert
Jasun Giles
Rick Glenn
Angie Glocka
Dave Godwin
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein
Albert Golembiowski
Juan Gonzalez
Ethan Goodwin
Demian Gordon
Anett Gough
George Granados
Stephanie Greco
Jim H Green
Svetla Gressak
Roxana Griffin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Animated Feature Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video October 24, 2006
Project will be made using "performance capture" animation, which first appeared in Warner Bros.' "Polar Express" (USA/2004).
Gil Kenan sold his pitch to Dreamworks, but he will not write the script.
Project was previously set up at Dreamworks.
Gil Kenan was tapped for script revisions.
Feature directorial debut for Gil Kenan.
Released in United States Summer July 21, 2006
Released in United States on Video October 24, 2006
Released in United States Summer July 21, 2006
