![]() ![]() The screenplay is written by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, who said reading this book as a kid helped inspire the show. Visitors can explore the House and learn some magic tricks on the movie’s official website, and there are plenty of ticking…ticking…ticking clocks, both hidden and in plain site, throughout.Ħ. Also according to IMDB, the Universal Pictures logo used with the film is from the 1970s, as a shout-out to the decade when the book was first published.ĥ. For me, this is what I would call a ‘gateway horror film.’ It’s a movie you see as a kid that gets you into horror movies.”Ĥ. Roth said in an IMDB commentary for the film, “I love kids’ scary movies. Spielberg even told Roth not to be afraid to make it as scary as possible. Roth said he wanted the movie to reflect his love for the “scary” films from Amblin Pictures and Steven Spielberg in the 1980s like Gremlins and Poltergeist. The other two stories in the series were The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Ghost Belonged to Me.ģ. In 1979, the story was part of a three-part Emmy-winning television anthology Once upon A Midnight Scary, hosted by none other than Vincent Price. This is not the first time the book has been adapted to the screen. The home now has two historic markers nearby, one for Cronin, and one for Bellairs, and the town also now offers walking tours inspired by the book.Ģ. Uncle Jonathan’s Mansion on High Street, is based on a real place as well, the Jeremiah Cronin house, a historic site in Marshall. Bellairs’ description of New Zebedee made it seem very real, but it is actually a fictional town, based on Bellairs’ hometown Marshall, Michigan. With the movie coming out just in time for the haunting season, here are a few random and geeky facts about the movie, book, and other creepy clocks.ġ. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett), a warlock and witch, but that the mansion’s previous owner, an evil wizard named Isaac Izard (Kyle McLaughlan), has stashed a foreboding clock somewhere in the walls that seems to be counting down to something…horrible. Lewis learns that not only are Jonathan and neighbor, Mrs. In this tale, Lewis, an orphaned ten year old, is sent to live with his eccentric Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) in a massive mansion in the town of New Zebedee. 21, horror master Eli Roth, known for his graphic, bloody, filmmaking style, will take his first venture into the realm of the family film, with the PG-rated The House with a Clock in Its Walls, based on the 1973 story by John Bellairs. Images © Puffin Books and Universal Pictures Creepy clocks are of a part of scary stories. John Bellairs’ young readers’ novel, “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” comes to the big screen this month.
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