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The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Summary: A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.

Release Date: September 21, 2018

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: Eli Roth

Writers: John Bellairs

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: DreamWorks, Amblin Entertainment, Mythology Entertainment

Countries: United States, Canada, India

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 42,000,000

Domestic: $ 68,549,695

International: $ 62,973,398

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1950s accusation of cowardice adult head on baby body agreement alarm clock american flag anger animal cage animate toy apology apprentice arm in a cast armchair armor astronomy room audience automaton automobile awakened by an alarm clock axe baby baby urinating back from the dead backpack bad friend bandage baseball baseball bat based on novel basketball bearded man bed begging beret best friend betrayal black and white photograph black forest black magic black sheep blocked door blood blood magic blowing away dust blueprint boiler boiler room bone book book of magic bookshelf bowtie boy breaking through a wall broken arm bully bus bus ticket bus trip cabinet cage candle cane capture car car crash card game cat cemetery chained up woman cheer child child in jeopardy class president clock coach coded message concentration camp cookie crutches crying dark fantasy dark magic dead daughter dead husband dead sister deceased husband deception decoder defecation demon dictionary disguise disobeying disturbing the neighbors dog doll doomsday doomsday clock doomsday device doubt dream duo dusty book dying words eccentric relative eccentric uncle eight word title elderly woman election election candidate elementary school end of the world eyeglasses falling asleep falling down false friend fear female shapeshifter figurine fireball fireplace first day of school flash forward flashback flashlight flying object forbidden forbidden place friend friendship full moon gate germany girl glass case globe gnome statue goggles good luck charm grammar grammar correction grave graveyard grief griffin gumball gym coach gymnasium hair curlers hall hardcover book hat haunted house headstone hedge hedge come to life hidden entrance hidden room hit with a ball horror for children horseshoe house human bone husband wife relationship ice cream illusionist impersonation impostor inanimate object comes to life incantation instructor insult jack o'lantern judgment day jukebox jumping over a fence key key made from bone killer pumpkin kimono knapsack lasso laughing at someone lens flare letter letter writing letting go of the past levitation light lightning lineup lock locked door locked in loss of father loss of mother loss of parents lunar eclipse mage magic magic 8 ball magic act magic sparkles magic spell magical clock magician magnifier male protagonist malt shop man wears a kimono manipulation mess message messy room michigan mirror misfit mother son relationship motor car motor vehicle mouse murder necklace necromancy neighbor new zebedee michigan night nighttime noise noisy neighbor obese woman obesity oddball old car omega symbol orphan ovaltine oven panic passenger peer pressure peril pet snake photo album photograph pipe organ platonic friendship platonic relationship playground playing baseball playing basketball playing card playing poker pleading poker face poker game poker hand poker the card game ponytail pool popcorn poster psychotronic film ptsd post traumatic stress disorder pumpkin punched in the stomach queue rain raising the dead ransacked house reanimation recliner reference to captain midnight reference to james dean reference to minneapolis lakers reference to ovaltine reference to paris france reference to salvador dali reference to the black forest reference to world war two rejection retro version of studio logo reverse aging reversing time ritual road robe running away running for class president sarcophagus saxophone scarring someone school scream search searching secret secret decoder ring secret entrance secret passageway seesaw sense of smell shapeshifter shapeshifting skull sliding door slimehouse snake snobbery social outcast sorcery spell stage magician stain stained glass window stairway stars statue staying with relatives steampunk fantasy steampunk sci fi stethoscope stolen identity straitjacket strange noise strange sound stuffed animal style advice suit of armor suitcase surrealism swing talking to an inanimate object tattoo tattooed arm teddy bear tentacle the letter omega thinking threat timeframe 1950s timepiece title same as book tolling bell tomb topiary torch total lunar eclipse trading insults transfer student transformation trick turned into a baby tv show umbrella uncle nephew relationship vehicle voice over letter walking on crutches warlock water cooler water fountain weirdo whimsical winding a clock witch witchcraft wizard wrist cast year 1955 young nephew youth restored

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