https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/File:Constance%27s_quote_1.wav, https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/File:Constance%27s_quote_2.wav, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, DJ Walters (archenemy, escaped and killer). DJ's parents Mr. and Mrs. Walters leave town for the weekend for a dentist convention and leaving him in the care of Zee. Here, Jenny stated that the main hall was deformed into some kind of mouth cavity where the opened hole acts like a throat, the rug acts as a tongue, deformed woods around the door acts as teeth, while the hanging lamp acts as a uvula. This also explained why her rage escalated further upon seeing her husband made up his mind to put her out of her misery before the kids eventually interfered and did him a favor instead. Constance Nebbercracker, formerly known as Constance the Giantess, was the main antagonist of Monster House. As the medics put Mr. Nebbercracker's body on a stretcher, she possesses grass on the lawn and tries to prevent them from leaving albeit failed, while her spirit, from the house's window, glares on unsuspecting DJ and Chowder, making it crack as they leave. Just then, the house moves again and taunts Chowder by playing his basketball that marked with Jack-O-Lantern's face, which Chowder perceives that the house would start the real killing spree tonight. In his nightmare, the shadow of the house creeps into DJ's bedroom, and the hand of a heavyset woman extends upward to reach for him as he wakes up. Her legs are short with seemingly fat arms, giving her poor ability to reach, run or climb. Unfortunately, Officer Landers and Officer Lister interfere, and upon seeing objects that they used to render the house asleep, they wrongfully arrest the kids. However, all of the little nods and details inMonster Housecome together to build a surprisingly rich story set in a complex world. She grew hating children for mocking and taunting her. DJ finally convinces Mr. Nebbercracker that it's time to let go of his attachment to his wife-possessed house but Constance doesn't take this development in stride. The house then pick them one by one after spotting the kids before they find the place to hide. He also refuses his wife's request to blow his son a kiss as they drive off. We can accept that there are no police, since the house ate the town's only two officers, but the total lack of public reaction to the giant wooden horror is a bit jarring. The house then picks them up one by one after spotting the kids before they find the place to hide. The player utilizes various weapons, such as a whip, daggers, bombs, holy water, and axes such as the one seen in Thou Art Dead. Things suddenly became worse as the house reveals its true nature and devour OfficerLandersalive while sadistically playing with OfficerLesterthat it grabbed through branches before eventually tossed him into its mouth. Jenny manages to quickly make up what parts of the human body would coincide with the house once they get inside, . However, she started to show hostility and eventually turned against him when DJ convinced him to "let her go". Around her dead body, they found some flowers and photos that people would normally place on the grave of their loved ones. She apparently knew that she could lure children into her by using the possessions that Mr. Nebbercracker had confiscated from the children over the years, and that Halloween would be an excellent time for her to attempt to devour children as they would inevitably attempt to go trick-or-treating at the house which she possessed. Her eyes can glow depending on the time of the day. As adult viewers will know, cough syrup is often abused as a recreational drug, sometimes in tandem with other substances. Thinking that it maybe a trick, he tries to call the house itself, only for no one to answer him. Read at your own risk. This article is about Nebbercracker's House as a location, for the article about it as the main antagonist of the film, see Constance Nebbercracker. Just then, Chowder spotted the hanging lamp (the uvula) in the houses hall, prompting them to shoot it. As seen later in the movie, the house actually houses a human spirit: that of Constance, Nebbercracker's long-dead wife who, much like Nebbercracker . These are the characters that appear in Monster House. Constance hates Jenny because she helped DJ and chowder to stop her evil plan and was the one who cause herself to throw her, DJ and chowder out of the house. Three kids, DJ, Chowder, and Jenny discover that the house across the street from DJ's is alive. 13-year-old DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of the street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When Constance sees this, she proceeds to possess his kite within the basement, and uses it to lure Bones into the house. This saddens the house and provides Mr. Nebbercracker an opportunity to end his wife's suffering using a stick of dynamite. In the original screenplay, a pair of bullies named Ryan and Cameron harass DJ and Chowder before DJ purposely leads them to be eaten by the house. Chowder looks behind, where the house became more deformed than it previously was before returning to normal. The first and most overt comes after Mr. Nebbercracker catches DJ on his lawn trying to retrieve Chowder's new basketball. Terrors that they endured made DJ and Chowder argue with each other, with Jenny breaking up their fight. Though neither of these instances are obvious enough to give the reveal away to the little ones, they do provide a fun tidbit for them to find on subsequent viewings though adults probably notice them the first time. For example, there is a surprising link between two side characters that may not be apparent to those watching the movie for the first time and definitely not to kids in the audience. Constance Nebbercracker DJ Walters Chowder Jenny Bennett (all formerly) Type of Hero Tragic False Antagonist Horace Nebbercracker, (simply known as Mr. Nebbercracker, or Nebbercracker to some characters) is the overarching protagonist of Monster House. This pays homage to the iconic scene inStanley Kubrick's adaption ofThe Shining, when Danny Torrance rides his big wheel tricycle through the halls of the Overlook Hotel. The original Castlevania game was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, and has the player take on the role of a skilled vampire hunter making his way through Dracula's castle. This ritual has been observed for years by DJ, who is shown taking Polaroid pictures through a telescope in his bedroom. It's my house, and they're HURTING ME! However her spirit was angry and possessed the house willing to attack and eat any child that gets too close. Unaware that this was a trap, Bones approaches the kite, only to have it coil around him and the house quickly devours him. This is however a great mistake; due to his elderly age, he forgot that his body could no longer endure the boy's weight and he had a heart attack at the same time. The children managed to escaped, but is trapped inside the house as they witness the house's interior revert back to normal. It seems that Chowder has mixed up the uvula, the fleshy projection dangling at the back of the human throat, with a private part of the female anatomy. Early drafts of the film revealed concepts for Constance's character that were not used due to be deemed too disturbing and to keep the rating: The interior of the house possessed by Constance was warped that it resembled much more interior of human organs. Her entire body is made of jagged, broken piece of wood with now shattered window eyes and a triangular mouth with longer fangs. DJ convinces his friends to keep up with their search for the house's furnace. At that day, the children threw rocks at her, in which she responded by asking Mr. Nebbercracker for help. Playing the game dispels any doubts about the game's similarities toCastlevania, as the gameplay matches that of the renowned video game classic exactly. She has a red elongated carpet for a tongue, a chandelier resembling a uvula, and a green throat which is an opened pit with sharp wooden blades circling around. Unaware that this was a trap, Bones approaches the kite, only to have it coil around him and the house quickly devours him. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Mr. Nebbercracker and Constance in 1960 on the day she died. Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster. The lower part of her face has the same wider roof and a platform where the door should be. As his wife walks up to this clumsy attempt at a bonding moment, he tries to save himself by saying, "Neither of which was as lovely as your beautiful mother.". The way the house resembles a human is simple, the roof tiles are the hair, the windows are eyes, the door way is the mouth, the floorboards and timber are the teeth, the frame work is the skeleton, the blinds are eye lids, the light fitting is the uvula, the hole in the floor is the throat, the pipes are the organs like intestines or vanes, the furnace is the heart, the trees are the arms, the carpet is the tongue, the walls are the skin, the vents are the windpipe and lungs, the mains water is the blood, the electrical wiring is the nerves and spinel cord, the brain is possibly the attic, the basement is the stomach and so forth. Mr. Nebbercracker was at first furious after he had discovered the truth, but eventually relents and tells them both his and Constance's story. ". When DJ's parents travel on the eve of Halloween and the abusive babysitter Zee stays with . Destroy DJ, Chowder, and Jenny.Resume her killing spree.Devour all of the children trespassers on Halloween (all failed). Contents 1 Role in the Film 1.1 The House Awakens 1.2 Meeting Jenny Bennett 1.3 Planning to Kill the House 1.4 Exploring the House 1.5 Final Fight Once DJ goes to his room, she pops a cassette into the stereo labeled "Skull x Bones Live! Monster House is a 2006 animated horror/comedy movie directed by Gil Kenan. Due to nature of her death and misery she has gone through, Constance is trapped in angry, hateful, loathsome, obstreperous, uncomplimentary, treacherous, uncaring, merciless, bloodthirsty, destructive, and heartless state: When others come near her or the house, she will immediately attacked them except for her husband. When DJ's Nanny Zee's boyfriend Bones goes over to the house and starts kicking its grass, he gets swallowed by the house. While Thou Art Dead only appears in the movie for a brief scene, it did become playable in theMonster House video games. Constance has two trees that act as her arms and she is able to control the lawn and walkway that leads toward her. Some content even verges on innuendo, and seems to be explicitly aimed at older audiences. She also has extra-large ones to give a powerful bite. Jenny Bennett is the tritagonist of Monster House. Those criminals are attacking our house! Constance as it possesses Bones's old kite in order to devour Bones. When Jenny points out the house's uvula, Chowder claims that the house must be female, foreshadowing that he was correct. Constance and Nebbercracker in 1960 on the day she died. Little DJ has suspicions about the house across the street and the cranky old man who lives there. Her tongue resembles a red elongated carpet, a chandelier resembling a uvula, and a green throat which is an opened pit with sharp boards circling. While DJ's spying habit is framed as a bit odd, taking a closer look at his dedication to keeping tabs on his neighbor through adult eyes is quite troubling. The teenagers ask their video-game addicted acquaintance Skull how to destroy the house, and they disclose its secret on the Halloween night. When they entered it, they discovered Constance's corpse which was covered by a cement layer. As the medics put Nebbercracker's body on a stretcher, she possesses the grass on the lawn and tries to prevent them from leaving albeit failed, while her spirit, from the house's windows (the eyes), glares at unsuspecting DJ and Chowder, causing it to crack as they leave. The early script also further cemented Constance's status as an antagonist who posed a greater threat than either Bones or Zee as there was a scrapped scene where Zee also ends up attacked by Constance when Zee was grabbed by one of the trees while the kids were in the cop car. DJ and Chowder then return to DJs room with Jenny to continue the investigation. He even confiscated their toys that ended up into his lawn so they never returned for sake of their safety. In his flashback, which takes place 45 years before the film's opening shot, Mayville is a virtually barren wasteland. The monkey is a callback to King's short story "The Monkey," published in a 1985 collection of other short stories by the author, entitledThe Skeleton Crew. Constance Nebbercracker (formerly known as Constance the Giantess or known as the Monster House) is a posthumous character and the main antagonist of the 2006 computer-animated film, Monster House. Just then, Constance grabs her husband with the intentions of killing him for this apparent betrayal before DJ, Chowder, and Jenny arrive just in time with an excavator, which proves effective against the house. Somehow the cracked, depleted soil changed its composition dramatically over the course of only 45 years. While later games feature varied styles of gameplay and differing narratives, the foundation of the Castlevania series remains easily recognizable. 13-year-old DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of the street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, In terms of her backstory, Constance was similar to the. The porch and door comprise her mouth with small wooden planks that emerge and act as her teeth to give her a powerful bite. As the trio went home, DJ believes that the possession on the house was started from when the furnace inside the house was set alight, implies that the furnace was the house's heart. A plausible explanation is they happened to be outside hearing distance and that many of them are occupied by Halloween preparations somewhere else. As the kids and Mr. Nebbercracker run to the Mayville Luxury Towers' construction site, the house gives chase, lumbering through the neighborhood. When DJ has a nightmare about the house, the arm that reaches out from the doorway is visibly overweight, which foreshadows that the house was indeed possessed by Constance. Her husband is the sole exception, the one person she does not attack and allows to get close. ", "Hurt?! For a brief moment, they are distracted by a beautiful girl named Jenny who, much to their horror, approaches the house. The game was also playable on the now defunctMonster House website. DJ convinces his friends to keep up with their search for the house's furnace. Whilst managing to calm the house down, Nebbercracker laments over the fact that he has failed to keep his wife's wrath from hurting others and turning her into what she is now a true monster. What Shows Have Been Renewed or Canceled. Unfortunately, Officers Lester and Landers interfere and upon seeing objects that they used to render the house asleep, they wrongfully arrest the kids. They are unaware that they have unleashed terror on their housing complex. In terms of backstory, Constance is similar with Onryos in mythology (includes restless souls such as. The house remains still until morning, though DJ and Chowder continue to watch it from DJ's room for hours even with Zee's interference and resort to pee in bottles so they will not miss any of the possessed house's activities. DJ and Chowder are horrified by this, thinking Mr. Nebbercracker had died. There, they discovered Nebbercrackers old explosives and photographs depicting Nebbercracker when he was young alongside his wife Constance when she was alive. When DJ got the call, he only hears furious growls instead of a word. He remarks to his wife, "You would be so happy if [DJ] was under this car." She lost her balance while trying to chase them away, falling to her death into the basement of their still unfinished house along with some fresh cement. Later on, when DJ and Chowder sought to investigate the house, Chowder, who doesn't believe strange things that occurred inside the house, starts to fool around on the house's lawn. Later the boys rescue the smart Jenny from the house and the trio unsuccessfully tries to convince the babysitter, her boyfriend Bones and two police officers that the haunted house is a monster, but nobody believes them. Contents 1 Victims 1.1 Before the Film 1.2 During the Film 2 Deaths 3 Kill Counts Victims Before the Film Constance Nebbercracker - Buried alive in cement when she accidentally fell down a pit during the house's construction. Nebbercracker then lashed out to the trio to leave, but his wrath quickly changes into worry as he realised that it was Halloween and kids would be approaching his house. They manage to formulate a plan where Chowder will lure the house under a crane so that the two can drop the stick of dynamite down its chimney which leads to the heart. She was voiced by Kathleen Turner, who also played Matty Walker in Body Heat, Beverly Sutphin in Serial Mom, Claudia in A Simple Wish, Dr. Elena Kinder in Baby Geniuses and Gwendolyn in 3Below. Before it was too late, they rush toward her and convince her to go away. A 12-year-old boy DJ Walters spies on his elderly neighbor Mr. Nebbercracker who confiscates any item landing in his yard. There, they also discovered what appeared to be Constance's carriage that DJ opened with a key that he found back when Mr. Nebbercracker was taken away by medics. Nebbercracker proceeds by lifting him upwards and unleashing several tantrums on his face. Given how much Bones seems to revel in terrorizing DJ, his bandmate seems an odd choice. Around her dead body, they found some flowers and photos that people would normally place on the grave of their loved ones. As he's leaving for a trip with his wife, he doesn't want to tell his son he loves him, claiming DJ "knows I love him!" It's implied that he maintains a ledger of these confiscated items, leading him to conclude that Mr. Nebbercracker has taken 49 baseballs to date. DJ and Jenny are knocked into the construction site as a result of the house and Chowder's battle on top of the cliff that leads down to the site. When Mr. Nebbercracker was immediately brought to the hospital, Constance immediately awakened from her years of slumber. There are no screams, no people running indoors, no one gaping in awe at a mobile haunted house. The story features a similar monkey doll who brings misfortune and disaster upon whosoever possesses it. Officer Lister taunts the tree, which suddenly, prompts it to move and grab his leg. Therefore, Constance has been suffered too long and in spite of his benevolent intentions to keep the children away from the house, it will not improve either of their lives. The chimney is set on the center of her head and her tree limbs are now located at the bottom of her body. After the police refuse to believe the kids about the monster house, DJ and his friends decide to bring in the big guns. Here, Jenny stated that the main hall was deformed into some kind of mouth cavity where the opened hole acts like a throat, the rug acts as a tongue, deformed woods around the door acts as teeth, while the hanged lamp acts as a uvula. Monster House - Ending robohobosam 30K subscribers Subscribe 1.5K Share 129K views 2 years ago Show more Show more Try YouTube Kids Learn more Suggested by Sony Pictures Movie Titles Through. I'm gonna rip them to bits! Constance is quick to anger, which is evident by her reacting to the boys throwing eggs and rocks at her before she died and overhearing others talking about her in house form. They later witness a dog who approaches the lawn, only to be eaten by the house. After Donnie's sister Elizabeth gets the news that she's gotten into Harvard, she and Donnie decide to throw a Halloween party in celebration while their parents are away. Her eyes are windows of different shapes, the left one being square and the right is semi oval. Monster House, original name Constance Nebbercracker, is the main antagonist of the 2006 animated movie, Monster House. The house, however, does not take this well and grabs Nebbercracker to eat him for this apparent betrayal before DJ, Chowder, and Jenny arrive just in time with an excavator, which proves effective against the house.
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