Eli Roth tells the trailer of the Horror Flick family "The house with a clock in its walls & # 39;

This fall, gore-meister Eli Roth is preparing to bring something incredibly shocking to the big screen – a family film. The man behind bloody movies like "Hostel", "Cabin Fever" and "The Green Inferno" is going in a completely different direction with "The house with a clock in its walls", based on the Gothic children of John Bellairs novel. The film stars Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Vaccaro of "Daddy's Home".

Vaccaro plays orphan Lewis Barnavelt, who has to move in with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Black) who lives in a strange house once owned by a warlock named Isaac Izard (Kyle MacLachlan). "You'll see," said Black's character, "Things are different here." With Jonathan's neighbor, still in Florence Zimmerman's purple dress (Blanchett), Lewis discovers a world of magical mysteries, none of which is as weird as the titular clock, hidden somewhere in the walls of the House. But while they can hear it ticking, they can not locate it. As Jonathan Uncle Jonathan sadly states, "We do not know what he's doing except … something awful."

"The house with a clock in its walls" arrives at the cinema this fall, just in time for Halloween. As Roth stated, he grew up on Amblin Entertainment movies, like "Goonies," & quot; Gremlins & # 39; and & # 39; Raiders of the Lost Ark & # 39 ;. Since this movie was released by Amblin, Roth has channeled his childhood memories into this project. vintage logos for trailers. Roth started working with one of his idols, Steven Spielberg on this film, and his influence is detectable in the trailers. Roth also cited Guillermo del Toro, Sam Raimi, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton as influences in the feature film VFX. Not only is it Roth's first family film, it's his first piece of the time as "The House …" is put in 1955.

Here you can see the first trailer of the film:

And here you can see it, with Roth's commentary, in which he describes some of the process that's going on. he used to develop this movie:

As a bonus, here are some pictures of "The house with a clock in its walls":

And finally, here's another montage of the trailer, just for good measure:

The screenplay was written by Eric Kripke, best known for his work on TV on & # 39; Supernatural & # 39 ;, & quot; Timeless and Amazon, the next comics adaptation & # 39; The Boys & # 39;

& # 39; The house with a clock in its walls opens September 21, 2018.

Source: IMDb