Fans of anything " Spooky" will be sadly disappointed. Not even Sir Ben Kingsley could resurrect this Zombie of a movie! It moves around in stilted acting, a contrived plot, and a story line that's improbable. The only real star is the house itself, as there isn't a young boy anywhere who wouldn't want to live there. A character named " Yuri" speaks in American Russian immigrant stilted speech, and a mechanical black Jaguar gives the same mechanical performance as most of the performers here. If you loved the haunted houses of the Bowery Boys, Abbott and Costello, Adams Family, the Munsters, etc, this ain't it! And Mercedes Ruehl must have needed to pay a tax bill, otherwise why would she be in this unfunny movie? And the " Young Punks" went to the " Three Stooges School of Acting". Sir Ben did come across as a sad, unloved recluse, and the kid " Max" was charming in his role.
Review of Spooky House
