This year’s trick-or-treating is amounting to be a mixed bag for moviegoers. The Basement and Hell Fest have been ripped apart by critics, reception for Shane Black’s entry into the Predator franchise has been lukewarm, and the most anticipated movie this Halloween is turning out to actually be Halloween, the follow-up to John Carpenter’s 1978 cult classic. But these movies are all for the adults. What do younger audiences have to enjoy and be terrified by this scary season? Enter The House with a Clock in its Walls.

Eli Roth... yes, that Eli Roth, directs this adaptation of a beloved children's story which sees Jack Black as a friendly warlock who along with his equally magical neighbor, played by Cate Blanchett, needs to help his 10-year old nephew solve the mystery of a spooky house.

A comedy that leaves you feeling more uncomfortable at its awkwardness than giving you anything to laugh at. Adding more father's into the mix only complicates this sequel as it stumbles from one force scene to the next.