Trailer Review - The House with a Clock in its Walls

morkrock (70)in #movie • 6 years ago

The Magic Will Find You

What a awesome discovery I made, this trailer instantly transported me back to the world of Harry Potter.

Then I saw the name of director Eli Roth and immediately I hesitated clicking to watch it. This is the mind who brought us films like Hostel, which was pretty viscous movie to watch, it's honestly the stuff of nightmares. Naturally I thought this would be going down the same path as his previous works, but I was pleasantly surprised.

The House with a Clock in its Walls has a mystery magic vibe to it, and if you are into anything Harry Potter this will come highly recommended. The film is based on a book with the same name written by John Bellairs, about a warlock, his house and the witch neighbor. Jack Black seems to have a tendency to go for films which has been based on children's books, think this his 5th film like this. This will unfortunately be a bit of a wait, as it is only set fro release at the end of September this year.

"Lewis Barnavelt, after losing his parents, is sent to Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan. He discovers his uncle is a warlock, and enters a world of magic and sorcery. But this power is not limited to good people: Lewis learns of Isaac Izard, an evil wizard who wanted to cause the Apocalypse so that he could see what happened afterwards. To do this, he constructed a magical clock with black magic, as long as it exists it will keep ticking, counting down to doomsday. He died before he could finish the clock, but he hid the clock in his house, where Uncle Jonathan now lives. Now Lewis and Jonathan must find the clock before it's too late, and before Isaac's wife, Selena, gets to it." - Universal Pictures

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"There's a clock in the walls. We don't know what it does, except... something horrible. " - Jonathan Barnavelt

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The House with a Clock in its Walls get a 8/10 rating from me.

This was almost a nine but the last scene in the trailer with the squid looking thing behind the door kinda ruined it. The idea of Eli Roth making a more family style movie is pretty interesting. This reminds me of the later Harry Potter films where they started getting much darker, and the humor seems very contained which is unusual from Jack Black.