Review of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) by Miamiprincess06 — 25 Sep 2018
This movie was being marketed to small children as an innocent, fun, magical adventure. It starts out with an intriguing story about a boy exploring his new life in his weird uncle's enchanted house. "Innocent" wizardry and magic is introduced, and very quickly the movie took a DARK, MENACING, and DEMONIC turn.
Now the boy is bringing evil wizards back from the dead, facing walking devil dolls, and learning how the evil wizard got his power from a demon in a very graphic and gory visual. My girls were terrified of the movie, and the only reason we stayed is because they wanted to see good triumph the bad and make some sense of the whole debacle.
I am furious that this movie has a PG rating. There is blood, gore, scary themes, witchcraft, dark magic, and much more that should have brought this to a PG-13 with cautionary warnings. As a parent, I should have done some very easy-to-find research on this movie, but as this was a spur-of-the-moment decision, I assumed that the trailer would be enough.
How wrong I was. The trailer is light and whimsical compared to what was hidden inside this film. I will tell you what the critics will not... This is not a movie for children.
This review of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) was written by Miamiprincess06 on 25 September 2018.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls has generally received mixed reviews.
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