Monster House Movie Group Reaction 

Surprisingly they intended to make an even darker film. The people who were swallowed would not survive, the children would use bullies who chased Chowder and DJ to trick the house instead of the vacuum cleaner... they also cut several scenes inside the house because it would have been too scary. I love this movie so much, it’s my favorite animated movie since I was just a kid.

A fence wouldn't have solved the problem. We see that she's able to control everything on the lawn, including the sidewalk, the pipes underneath the sidewalk, the trees, the grass, the fence would have only given her more stuff to control.

When Nebbercracker built the house (late 40s, Post-WW2 and 50s) it was normal to be buried on the grounds of the home when you died. That's why so many rural homes now have family graveyards still on the property. Pulling her body out of the basement would have required a specialist crew and a crane. And doing so would have taken her from the one place where she was happy and the only person she was happy with. He saved her the indignity of having to be lifted out via a recovery crew. He cut the wheels off her cart and lowered the cage down there to protect her tomb. We saw how fragile the thin concrete encasing her bones was once she completely decomposed. Its not just a shrine. Its her mausoleum.

Monster house was always like... the IDEAL spooky / Halloween movie to me as a kid. It's genuinely unsettling, but only just so. I think it's one of the starts to me knowing that animation isn't expressly for children alone.

I'd like to suggest Hoodwinked. It's another one of those movies from around this time that's way better than it looks like it'll be, but rarely is talked about.

I love this movie. Fun Fact: Skull the pizza guy is voice by Napoleon Dynamite.

This movie is such a classic lmao. As a kid I was incredibly scared of this and now it's just sooo funny. I also really like the twist, it's well done.

One of my favorite childhood movies and I loved the game on the PS2 since its setting was mostly set in the house (that was somehow the size of a mansion) and they used water guns as weapons against the possessed furniture 😂 They also had "Thou Art Dead" as an arcade game in-game.

50:26 She's a 'giantess'. He would have run out of funds to finish the house if he'd successfully gotten someone to take her body out, and that was an _absurd_ distance to drop (possibly exaggerated for effect, but even so, dropping far enough to die on impact is dropping far enough that contractors are entitled to go "yikes, nah"). And that's _without_ factoring in "oh, she _is_ the house now." In the years since, anyone even misstepping onto the lawn was in trouble. Hiring people to come in and retrieve her body at that point would have been a moot try.

I love Monster House! Another hidden gem: Hoodwinked! The animation isn't all that (would benefit from an update) but the characters are memorable and the story was fun and interesting! Halloween? Try "Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers," "The Birds" and "Fallen!"

In answer to your question of why Nebbercracker never just built a fence around the house: If you consider the traumatic fact that Constance spent much of her life in a cage, I don't think Nebbercracker had it in his heart to "cage" her like that, even in her new form as the house itself. Plus given her highly aggressive behavior, he didn't want to get her upset and simply stuck to signs and physically charging at anyone who came within reach of the house. Also, in answer to why they didn't just move Constance instead of leaving her in the basement, I'm pretty sure she was a reclusive individual and wouldn't have wanted her remains to be moved from the one place that made her happy. Plus between the time she died to the present time of 1983 when this takes place, Her soul was probably already attached to the foundation of the house. So Nebbercracker has been "chained" to this place ensuring his wife doesn't bring harm to anyone around her; and vice versa. I think because the last thing he did was promise Constance that he would never let anyone "hurt her" (which she emphasized that the house was "part of her") he could never leave except during the times she "rested," which was when he'd resupply and such. And as for building the cage around her remains, it could have been to help "recreate" the happy memory of when they met. Every detail that Nebbercracker commits to doesn't seem convenient or sensible, but given the little we have to go by his wife and her unfortunate curse-like circumstances (not to mention the era they come from) it's not totally wrong in what he tried to do.

Fun fact, the only safe place inside the house is the bathrooms Because if anything comes to life in there, the water pipes will break and the house will drown itself from the inside out.

So something pretty interesting that was in the bonus content of Monster House's DVD, they actually expanded on Skull's (The "Expert") trivia knowledge of Domus Mactibilis. Apparently there are some mythological stories based on it where homes would usually be possessed by the vengeful soul of it's inhabitants; specifically in Greek mythology. They were generally people who were ruthless, tyrannical, and reclusive, usually resulting in becoming the house itself to devour anyone who came within reach. The thing is they were at a stage where they were identified as "golem" or something that wasn't quite at a dangerous level. It was only when they'd consumed enough souls did they alter to a "demon" stage where their soul could never be saved, and they'd become a mindless creature who only sought to satiate it's hunger. In one story, a Domus Mactibilis that was possessed by a particularly vicious ruler had been infiltrated by a team of villagers who decided to defeat it once and for all before it could kill more unfortunate souls that passed by. It was through their mission to defeat it that they'd left behind the knowledge of dousing the heart (or any source of heat/energy) to bring it down. ***Had TJ and the gang not helped Nebbercracker defeat Constance before she'd gotten a full taste of blood (since she failed to digest her victims in time), there was a high chance she would have turned and forgotten all about who she was, too.

Did anyone catch the "My mom's at the movies with her personal trainer" from Chowder 😂 implying his mom is cheating

40:50 okay but honestly hearing it put this way makes the recent wave of popularity in analog horror and social media based ARG's make SO much sense (And if you guys like horror, you should TOTALLY do some reactions. Some of them are incredible, local 58, mandela catalogue, vita carnis, & wyoming incident, the sun vanished, and cicada 3301 as examples for both respectively). Not only is there technology at the protagonists finger tips in these situations, but it's sometimes being used against them or is in general a piece of the puzzle, and the fact the horror CAN be documented, but is being shut down in some way, is part of what's so frightening. Modern problems require modern solutionns

Fun Fact: this movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature along side Pixar's Cars, but lost to Happy Feet.

Rip Fred Willard 1933-2020 The actor who played Nebbercracker his name is Steve Buscemi he was a New York City Firefighter from 1980 to 1984 with Eugene Company Number 55, the the Little Italy section of New York, the day after the September 11 attack in New York, he returned to his old firehouse to volunteer, he worked twelve hour shifts for a week and dug through rubble looking for missing firefighters, On May 25 2003 Buscemi was arrested wing 19 other people while protesting the closing of a number of firehouses, including Eugine 55

This movie is my childhood, I don't have enough hands to count how many times I've watched it

I really wish they had made like show after this movie. Of dj, chowder, and Jenny being like mystery solvers of supernatural cases. Going to school, visiting mr. nevercracker. Jenny dating DJ.

My personal favorite scenes from this movie would the plot twist backstory and the ending where Mr. Nebbercracker thanks the kids and returns the kids' belongings

This and Paranorman are two of my favorite animated Halloween movies (Yes, Coraline is good but I was spoiled by the fact the book is way better).

The fact they said they didnt know Steven Spielberg was involved in making this after them seeing the Amblin logo and talking about ET made me face palm as a movie nerd 😂

Oh lord this movie 😭😭 I love watching y’all’s reactions but my little sister watched this movie 2x a day for like a year she was obsessed 😂 I’ll power through it for y’all 😂😂

Seriously one of the most underrated Halloween movies. Through all its cliches, it's charming and has great humor and adult jokes in it.

I just have this movie cemented in my memory because when I was little, like probably 6ish, the first time I ever snuck out of bed at night was to go to my living room and watch Monster House alone, and I remember feeling so proud afterward that it didn’t freak me out

Now we need people to recommend them with “My Scary Godmother” Another Cartoon Network Classic for the Halloween setting imo

1:00:32 Chowder 3rd wheeling like crazy. Appreciate DJ not rubbing his nose in it.😅

It’s hilarious. You didn’t know that it was Steve Buscemi until the near end.

48:53 ok let's say Nebbercracker actually built a fence, nothing's gonna stop Constance from picking up the fence and hurting kids with it, plus it would have to be connected to the other fences, which would then give her more to work with

Absolutely loved this movie as a kid! Such an underrated work of art! Absolutely love your guys videos and reactions to these childhood gems! Can't wait to see what Halloween movies you have in store! I recommend Goosebumps the movie with Jack Black! Also Corpse Bride, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands, Hocus Pocus and Scooby Doo and The Boo Brothers and Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf! Perfect variety of Halloween movies 😁 🎃

I want the doorbell sound effect from the "Ding-Dong Ditch" scene as a ringtone so bad

With the fence she could’ve taken the fence away as we’ve seen her sink objects into the ground

Paranorman is goated and not talked about enough. Yall should definitely watch that, I LOVE that movie. AND it’s stop motion

Apparently my first and only babysitter made me sniff acetone so would i pass out and when my parents came home they would think i was asleep and when she got arrested she said in front of the police the very next day she was gonna make me drink it,i was just a couple months old

Hey, thanks for the sticker ads beside horror movies. Seriously, they help divert attention. "This is nerve-racking. Pay attention to this ad for a quick moment."

I love this movie, I’m very happy you guys decided to watch this amazing underrated movie, it’s one of my favorite childhood movies and it’s nice to see that you enjoyed it. And fun fact: this movie gave some kids nightmares because this movie is considered a horror movie for children.

The fact that Chowder didn't die is what makes it a movie still for kids lol

Really glad that everyone enjoy this underrated movie. Hope that 9 (2009) is on the list for this Halloween. To me it is always worth the watch.

When i was a kid, this movie was the most fucking scarier thing i've ever seen. I literally couldn't finished it without closing my eyes or getting out of my room. I love this shit.

Bro this was my childhood movie also this is the one I was terrified to watch but at the same time curious.

this movie scared the shit out of me as a kid! i remember i had a painting of a house in my bedroom right across from my bed and the night after i watched the movie i made my dad take it off the wall because looking at it in the dark freaked me out and i couldn't sleep!

1:04:10 poor Gordy I've been twaumatized Plus this movie and scary godmother have been the got to Halloween movies for cartoon network

Now that I'm older, I can see that the basement probably wasn't that far of a drop since they were on the ground floor. So she definitely WAS alive when she landed, it's just the concrete was so close behind her that it didn't matter.

36:19 Freeze Tree. For some reason this quote and the direct aftermath is still one of the funniest things from this movie to me.

im really liking having fourth member in your reaction video and its really fun to see you guys discussion on various topic

I have a tradition of saving this movie for only Halloween time... It just fits around that time... So I only watch it once a year... but I've seen it so many times I can recite lines....

This is one of the movies that I would watch on a weekly basis as a kid because we owned it on DVD. I could probably recite every line of this movie from memory 😂

This was one of my FAVORITE movies to put on for Halloween, the only thing that put me off from playing it was the terrifying DVD selection screen…God it was so unnerving and I’d be too afraid to get near the DVD player

Do you know what I'm still baffled by? At the end of the movie, Constance, or rather her spirit in the house, gets up and starts chasing Mr. Nebbercracker and the kids across the neighborhood, which eventually leads to a massive explosion. Now, mind you, this all happens on early Halloween night. *How the fuckin hell did no one else notice a gigantic literal monster house roaming the streets?!* Again, this all happened on Halloween. And unlike prior to the rest of the movie, the house is actually moving! You seriously mean to tell me a group of kids in costumes or someone who was giving out candy didn't see anything? Bull. Shit!

i watched thar movie so many times on dvd. I liked looking a the menu waiting for the jumpscare lmao. Also, they don't say much on their backstory to make you fill in the gaps buts considering the cage it's fair to assume he was as much bound to the house as her, it seemed like a sanctuary of sorts, until she dies for good he never moved on, since i don't think the house was finished in a day it took some time until her spirit possessed the house.

As a child, this was true nightmare fuel

This was a nice surprise! I expected this for October. I watched this for the first time a few years ago and I was surprised at how much I liked it!

I have this movie on DVD. In the special features menu was an epic trailer for the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.

I had a fair number of babysitters growing up. Most of them are relatives or my grandmother's friends whenever I stayed the weekends with her because she had a gabling habit.😂 My mom don't left me home a few times but she neglected to tell me the first time had to turn off our house alarm and I was seven So the cops came over. I pretty much got left alone to myself more often after I turned Twelve , but I also had to play babysitter with my younger sisters and at least a few times for cousins who were younger than me.

I find it absolutely hilarious that this was freeking you out but it is a staple Halloween movie for me since i was younger. However Coraline scares the shit out of me, but yall said it was nothing. 😂

Me and my cousins watched this every Halloween growing up lol such a throwback.

Oh I remember back when I first watched it when it first came out

This movie is my childhood one of my most favorite movies to watch during fall

My siblings and I loved watching this movie all the time ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Just found this channel and I would like to point out how Boom, made the same Uvula/Vulva joke.

Fun fact chowders real name is Charles chowder Peterson And d.j’s name is Dustin James Walter’s 😉👍🏻

Good Lord this movie frightened me so much to the point I was scared of other houses outside 😭😭 glad you guys loved it though!

The voice actor for “skull” is Jon heder, he is the actor that played napoleon dunamite

Let’s go!!! I love this movie.

This movie terrified me when I was a kid, I loved it

Did not see this react coming. Loved Monster House when I was a kid, as well as the tie-in game. This is gonna be a fun one.

This is one of my favorite Halloween movies .

I remember watching this on cartoon networks years ago in my childhood! It scared me quite a bit, but perfect for Halloween.

Certified hood classic. It may seem ugly now but this was it

Oh my God, it's been so long since I've seen this movie! An absolute classic. I'd watch it with my mom a lot as a kid. Since y'all are doing Halloween stuff, might I suggest 2009's "Trick R Treat." Similar vibe asthetically to this but the story is it's own thing. Definitely reccomend.

6:20 "Yo, is his name actually Chowder?" "I doubt it, I think they just call him that." Oh my god lmaooo. If the editor did that on purpose then that was fucking perfect.

According to Wikipedia, this movie takes place in 1983

When they are debating what to do with the body covered with the cement did they forgot that she was a property of the circus and the man kinda stole her away from the circus and could land himself in jail.

I wanted this to be a Halloween special, but it's also good around this time 😊

42:23 Ruff's face here is something of pure terror

i remember seeing this in theaters when i was young. I was also 8 the summer it came out

The era in monster house takes place in november 1991

Loooved this movie as a kid. We watched it so many times with my brother. It holds up pretty well imo

Love your group reactions, you guys are hilarious 😂. Could you add the film 'Paranorman' to your list of films to react to?

Great vid! I hope you guys watch Twitches, with Tia and Tamara, or the Scary Godmother movies this year!

Talking about Baby sitters, my baby sitter was a friend of my older sister's named Cory, I called her Dory and she referred to me as 'Lembas Bread' because I loved Lord of the Rings. So much so that when I got Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on PS2 I would ONLY play that on Sundays when Cory was there to co-op. For anyone unaware about Autistic children, having them share a hobby ONLY with one person is a pretty massive thing.

This is one of the best Kid Horror movies of all time.

Great movie man watched it at the local drive in with my family

I really hope Paranorman is in the list for the spooky season, that movie is a banger.

This movie definitely one of those that funny to watch at least once a year.

I missed this movie! I remember when I watched it, I was honestly genuinely scared by the movie but absolutely adored it as well. Its like a really amazing good horror movie and being anle to see it again years later is just so nostalgic!

This is one of my favorite spooky movies alongside coraline

i recommend watching the terrifier if you arent very sensitive to gore, if you want you can watch the prequel all hallows eve. but i havent seen the prequel yet edit: i have seen the prequel all hallows eve, (its not really a prequel but the antagonist is in the first one)

51:03 the guy was in the army so he might’ve only had so much money he got from the government for serving so a majority of it have went to finishing the house. He prolly barely have some left for food and essentials like water (septic water) & electricity (the phone ringing). It might’ve not been financially possible for the man to have a proper funeral for her & those kids who were the last to see what happened to Constance would not have been believed by their parents so nobody was none the wiser. There would’ve been news coverage on Constance if he publicly asked for help. Not wanting to have a media circus chase her even in death the dude had to secretly build a makeshift funeral with the means he had on him; including ironically the cage that kept her captive being converted into her tomb 😰

I had a babysitter that would constantly lie to my mom a LOT. One time my sister was sick and my mom told her to not get her a hamburger or else my sister would throw up and she got her a hamburger anyway and she told my sister not to tell our mom and she told on her anyway and she got in trouble but she didn’t get fired. This is where it gets extremely unacceptable. A few days later she’s driving my moms car to go get somethin, and then, get this…. CRASHES the car into someone else’s, and then blames it on the other person. She got fired the same day and my pissed off mom had to pay for the damage of the other persons car and then had to drive her car around with a dent in it. Baby sitters am I right?!!!😅

I love the hidden arcs that happened in the movie. Like pepa learning that she doesnt need to always he happy and that being sad sometikes is okay

As someone who watched this movie when it first came out when I was like 9 or something, this gave me nightmares but probably is the cause of my horror movie addiction now

30:45 the meme

If I remember correctly monster house is still on cartoon networks halloween block

guys, imagine if constance was in Resident Evil Village, Mr Nebbercracker prisoner. How scared would the forces of miranda be when her fury is unleashed. There's a story about a creature like her, it was a castle, evil king, the beast ate a village. Want to know what'd make it worse?

Monster House has a credit to its name by having a movie video game that’s a solid metroidvania.

bro I absolutely died laughing when Chowder said "no you're not, when it's an accident they call it manslaughter" like bro 💀💀??

"The math ain't mathing" (9:27)

Still waiting for 9

20:43 HOW MANY PEOPLE HAS CHOWDER KILLED???