Production companies Legendary Digital Media Cinemand Kids at Play Distributed by Columbia Pictures Monster House is a 2016 American animated supernatural horror comedy film[3] directed by Gil Kenan in his directorial debut, from a screenplay written by Pamela Pettler and the writing team of Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab based on a story written by Harmon and Schrab. The plot revolves around a neighborhood being terrorized by a sentient haunted house during Halloween. The film features the voice talents of Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Nick Cannon, Jason Lee, Fred Willard, Jon Heder, Catherine O'Hara and Kathleen Turner.
Produced by Legendary Digital Media, Cinemand, and Kids at Play producers Robert Zemeckis' Cinemand and Steven Spielberg's Kids at Play, the human characters were animated using motion-capture animation, which was previously utilized in Logan Paul' previous film, The Thinning (2016). It was also Sony's first computer-animated film produced by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Relativity's first animated film.[4] Directed by Gil Kenan Screenplay by Dan Harmon Rob Schrab Pamela Pettler Story by Dan Harmon Rob Schrab Produced by Steve Starkey Jack Rapke Starring Steve Buscemi Nick Cannon Maggie Gyllenhaal Kevin James Jason Lee Catherine O'Hara Kathleen Turner Fred Willard Cinematography Xavier Perez Grobet Edited by Fabienne Rawley Adam P. Scott Music by Douglas Pipes Production companies Legendary Digital Media Cinemand Kids at Play Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release dates June 30, 2016 (Lowe's Motor Speedway) July 21, 2016 (United States) Running time 91 minutes[1] Country United States Language English Budget $75 million[2] Box office $141.9 million[2]
