Slapstick comedy and humor is used in conjunction with those to break the tension. There’s a demon in one quick but pretty bone-chilling sequence, a shapeshifting character appears who’s a little freaky, and the kooky elements of the house turn against our heroes in a few action-packed scenes with automaton robots, moving dolls and sinister decorative pumpkins. He’s fresh out of the grave and looks decently startling. The first half of the movie is Lewis first being weirded out by his new surroundings and then seeing them as cool, but things grow much darker when previously deceased evil warlock Isaac Izard (Kyle MacLachlan) shows up. Stine’s “Goosebumps” books: They’re aimed at ages 7-12 as an entryway to horror, and that’s the core crowd for “House” (and perhaps a little younger depending on individual maturity level).
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