The House With a Clock in Its Walls – Movie Review

Movie Review – The House With a Clock in Its Walls

“The House With a Clock in Its Walls” is positioned as a “starter” horror flick for families and younger teens. That means it will scare the pants off every over 50 and make everyone else laugh.

First off, why does the house have a clock IN its walls. Did a clockmaker die during the building of the house, and they entombed him inside the studs of the living room with his clocks? Was there lots of whiskey drinking during the final phases of the building process and they inadvertently sealed up a grandfather clock in the walls of the house?

Young Lewis moves in with his crazy uncle and immediately hears something going “tick-tock” in the walls. Does he call Angie’s List to find a suitable handyman with good ratings and plenty of insurance to check it out? No.

What he does do is slowly realize his uncle thinks he is a combination of Mr. Wizard, Eddie’s father and Art Linkletter.

The other thing he does is accidentally wake the dead.

This isn’t entirely bad. I have some questions for a few dead people. Assuming they can answer.

The main problem when you wake the dead is the population of your town suddenly increases by ten fold. There are lots of dead people. Now they are driving on the roads, lining up to buy groceries, and blocking you at the gas station when you try to back in next to a pump because it is on the correct side for your gas tank.

But what about that dang tick-tock sound? What is it?

It’s not a clock in the walls. It’s a timer in your head. And it’s ticking.

Three out of five stars.