It all starts at the beginning of the film, with a shot of a little girl riding her tricycle onto Mr. Nebbercracker's lawn. It's the home of the old man, Horace Nebbercracker, just across the street from DJ's House, and the house possessed by his late wife Constance, after she died from falling to her into it's basement while it was still under construction and having her body poured on by cement, turning it into a living, breathing monster, that attacks anything that dares to come close to it, the house was destroyed at the end of the movie with dynamite. Old Man Nebbercracker's House is a location from the 2006 animated horror film, Monster House. Her wooden walls are a desert sand color. I am an admin of this site. Just then, Chowder spotted the hanging lamp (the uvula) in the houses hall, prompting them to shoot it. "Constance to Mr. Nebbercracker moments before her death. She grew hating children for mocking and taunting her. "Aah! The next instance of foreshadowing takes place as DJ goes to sleep. Devouring trespassers who dare walk on her lawn. As with the other characters, Jenny was animated by Troy Saliba, DJ Hauck, and John J. Meehan, designed by Chris Appelhans, and sculpted by Leo Rijn, while Spencer Locke, her voice actress, served as her peformance . When Constance sees this, she proceeds to possess his kite within the basement, and uses it to lure Bones into the 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. Due to nature of her death and misery she has gone through, Constance is trapped in a hateful and destructive state: When others come near her, she will often attack them, though she may wait to a certain extent. Before they could drive away, however, the house makes a groaning sound to lure the two cops closer. However, DJ's spying operation goes deeper than snapshots he takes meticulous notes on his elderly neighbor's movements. ". He even confiscated their toys that ended up into his lawn so they never returned for sake of their safety. Terrors that they endured made DJ and Chowder argue with each other, with Jenny breaking up their fight. Not much is known about Constance's backstory, aside from the fact that she is a depressed circus freak show member that always got made fun of by children due to her extreme obesity. By this point, DJ learned that all this time, the house was possessed by Constance's restless spirit and they didn't know that it became a monster and Against his friends' protests, DJ tries to talk some sense with Nebbercracker about the truth behind his wrathful and suspicious behavior. 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. Mr. Walter's issues go further than just having trouble showing tenderness and affection toward his only child. DJ stated that Zee and Bones had a conversation about Nebbercrackers past life and assumed that he devoured Constance much to Jennys disgust. Constance furiously believes that DJ is trying to take Nebbercracker away from her. He tries to pull Constance away by grabbing onto the axe from behind. They later witness a dog who approaches the lawn, only to be eaten by the house. Three kids, DJ, Chowder, and Jenny discover that the house across the street from DJ's is alive. There, they also discovered what appeared to be Constance's carriage that DJ opened with a key that he found back when Nebbercracker's body was taken away by medics. This saddens the house and provides Nebbercracker an opportunity to end his wife's suffering using a stick of dynamite. Unfortunately, this celebration is short-lived as Constance's control over the house is still intact and she manages to reform it from its broken remains, resulting in a more horrific and monstrous form that proceeds to devour the excavator before chasing Chowder. Prior to her death, she wore a dress that was full red. The eyes have blinds similar to lids to express her emotions. In his notes, he lists the date of each event and what was taken from whoever stepped on Nebbercracker's property. 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. Constance has two trees that act as her arms and she is able to control the lawn and walkway that leads toward her. The ante is upped when the kids get the idea to use a dummy filled with cough medicine to make the house fall asleep and execute their plan. 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. To add insult to injury, this all takes place on Halloween, the anniversary of her death. 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. 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. Inside the house, the room functions similar to a human's inner mouth. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Oblivious with what has lured them, the two officers decided to investigate the house against the children's wishes. A fact which related to Horace's former occupation as the member of demolition squad which Constance knew pretty well but easily overlooked by audience that they left baffled by how DJ managed to destroy the house she possessed with a dynamite was a stash of explosives belonged to her husband which he apparently stored in a part of the house the kids had no chance to explore (likely somewhere near a box of dynamite Chowder stumbled upon). This article is about Nebbercracker's House as the main antagonist of the film, for the article about it as a location from the film, see Old Man Nebbercracker's House. Her eyes can glow depending on the time of the day. Monster House is a 2006 computer animated horror / black comedy film about a murderous living house and the misadventures of three preteens who try to stop it. 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. Afterward, while DJ sneaks away, Bones (who had lost his kite when he was 10 years old) expresses his anger and sadness over his stolen kite on Nebbercracker's house by damaging the lawn. Once DJ goes to his room, she pops a cassette into the stereo labeled "Skull x Bones Live! In the end, all the house's victims were revealed to be alive as well as they crawl out of the house's foundations. An image of the house in question is featured on the cover of the first edition of Waste Lands, the third installment of the series. She was a human performing as a "circus freak" in a circus until Horace Nebbercracker saved her and married her. Koko Da Doll, who was featured in "Kokomo City," a documentary about four Black transgender sex workers that won awards at the Sundance Film Festival this year, was fatally . I'm gonna rip them to bits. While the dummy wouldn't fool anyone into thinking it was a trick-or-treater coming to their door, what with the broom acting as arms and its figure squatting on a vacuum, it seems to do the trick of fooling the house. This celebration is short-lived, however, as Constance's control over the house is still intact and she manages to reform it from its broken remains, resulting in a more horrific and monstrous form that proceeds to devour the excavator before chasing Chowder. 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. April 21, 2023. However, all of the little nods and details inMonster Housecome together to build a surprisingly rich story set in a complex world. They later decided to have a discussion on Reginald "Skull" Skullinski on a cafeteria, where he believes that the possessed house was a monster named Domus Mactabillis, or at least that was he thought as he knew about from comic book conventions. DJ's friend Chowder loses his basketball on Mr. Nebbercracker's lawn. She chases DJ, Chowder, and Jenny. 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. By this point, DJ learned that all this time, the house was possessed by Constance's restless spirit. Nothing slows the house down. DJ is caught by Mr. Nebbercracker while recovering it. After the police refuse to believe the kids about the monster house, DJ and his friends decide to bring in the big guns. The house does not take this well and begins to roar ferociously, only for Mr. Nebbercracker to calm her down by telling her he has always done what is best for her. What Shows Have Been Renewed or Canceled. like a petulant kid. Monster House Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Mr. Nebbercracker tells her to look at him and tries to convince her he will not let anyone hurt her. She was DJ's former arch-nemesis and Mr. Nebbercracker's wife. 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. The door (the mouth) suddenly opens, revealing its interior's fractures, and shifts into a mouth-like cavern. It certainly does not look like a menu for a typical children's film. In her first appearance, she wore a green dress with white flowers and heels. Bones throws a label-less bottle at the house, which makes it clear that he was drinking beer before crossing the street. She married Mr. Nebbercracker, but died one Halloween. She has black roof shingles which can move with the chimney placed on the right side that leads to her heart, although the exact location of the fire is yet unknown. Later, as he glances across the street at the supposedly empty house, he sees the silhouette of similarly stout woman in an upstairs window, which quickly vanishes. Nebbercracker was at first furious after he had discovered the truth, but eventually relents and tells them both his and Constance's story. Not only that, she was forced to sleep . A little girl named Eliza rides her tricycle around the neighborhood, singing along, but she hits the lawn and as she tries to get out, Horace Nebbercracker snaps and takes the tricycle and removes the wheel to tempt her to go away. The house becomes dirty due to the age Constance is reaching. Officer Landers Constance Nebbercracker/Monster House Eaten 5 Officer Lister Constance Nebbercracker/Monster House Eaten 6 Constance Nebbercracker/Monster House Chowder, DJ Explosion Categories Categories: Horror kill counts . 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. Tragically, the object that Nebbercracker takes is either destroyed or disappears into his house, never to see the light of day again. But eagle-eyed viewers of a certain age may notice that the dummy bears a striking resemblance to a background character in the 2001 cult horror film Donnie Darko. The horrified Chowder is then chased by the house's rug that act like a chameleon's tongue, and barely escape. 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. She is also extremely brutal, murderous, and vituperative, so she wants to kill them, but when the house got blown up instantly, it seems that her spirit is finally put to rest and most likely let go of her grudge to people. DJ and Chowder are horrified by this, thinking Mr. Nebbercracker had died. Monster House is a 2006 animated horror/comedy movie directed by Gil Kenan. That night, she possesses the telephone in her house and tries to reach DJ (who only hears furious growls instead of speech). Constance plummets into the basement, where she gets covered in cement. Constance is shown to be rather intelligent. 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. Little DJ has suspicions about the house across the street and the cranky old man who lives there. This causes the house to explode and Constance's spirit to be released, allowing her to spend a peaceful and loving moment with her husband before passing on, signifying that her wrath is finally gone. However, this plan is stalled when the house is dragged down the hill and it breaks apart as a result, leading to the heroes celebrating their apparent victory. It eats anything that goes on its property. Against his friends' protests, DJ tries to talk some sense with Nebbercracker about the truth behind his wrathful and suspicious behavior. The house's furnace (the heart) burns on its own, and with both the house and lawn under her control, she caused them to emit sad, groaning voices as the ambulance approaches to carry her husband away. Constance Nebbercracker (formerly known as Constance the Giantess) is the house-like female ghost and the titular main antagonist of the 2006 computer-animated film Monster House. The kids then resume the investigation where suddenly, the floor below them opened, sending them to the basement where Nebbercracker kept the confiscated toys from children. 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.". Though Monster House is a children's film, it has plenty of content for viewers of all ages to enjoy. DJ has considered abandoning the case after being fed up with the argument, only to be unexpectedly hit by an ambulance by accident which turned out to be hijacked by the still-living Nebbercracker. They are unaware that they have unleashed the terror on their housing complex. Hetold her they were merely joking because it is Halloween, but Constance responds by saying it is her house and they are hurting it. Having become part of the foundation, she possessed and physically became the house, her anger unyielding even after all these years. Things then suddenly became worse as the house attacks them and devours Officer Landers alive while sadistically playing with Officer Lister whom it grabbed via branches before eventually tossing him into its mouth. Her husband is the sole exception, the one person she does not attack and allows to get close. As one officer accosts the kids, another goes to inspect their creation. One day, when Chowder's basketball accidentally flew into Mr. Nebbercracker's lawn and prompts DJ to bring it back, Mr. Nebbercracker ambushes and storms towards him. 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. Constance's death by concrete-drowning. Constance as it possesses Bones's old kite in order to devour Bones. 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. Now, all three of them need to try and stop the house and the only way by doing that is to go inside the house. Read at your own risk. Some content even verges on innuendo, and seems to be explicitly aimed at older audiences. However, DJ accidentally desecrated Constance's remains by breaking the concrete casing that covered the corpse, revealing the skeleton and inciting the house's fury. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Finally, Mr. Walters is completely unfazed when he backs into Chowder in the driveway. Thinking that it maybe a trick, he tries to call the house back but no one answers him. Though neither of Chowder's parents appear on screen, there is one joke about them in the movie that likely flies over most kids' heads. Constance Nebbercracker, formerly known as Constance the Giantess, was the main antagonist of Monster House. Inside, Constance has a room that functions similar to a human's inner mouth. It then had a beam of light to search the house' main hall where the beam came from one of the windows. Destroy DJ, Chowder, and Jenny.Resume her killing spree.Devour all of the children trespassers on Halloween (all failed). 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. This saddens the house and provides Mr. Nebbercracker an opportunity to end his wife's suffering using a stick of dynamite. 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, who already set her sights on Jenny, possesses the porch causing the concrete slabs below her to rise and led her to the houses mouth, only to be failed by Zee and the boys' interference. constance hates chowder as much she hates DJ and Jenny, in fact the two of them mock each other back and forth throughout the movie. Unfortunately, Officer Landers and Officer Lister interfere, and upon seeing objects that they used to render the house asleep, they wrongfully arrest the kids. There are no screams, no people running indoors, no one gaping in awe at a mobile haunted house. The eyes have blinds similar to eyebrows to express her emotions. Constance was a tall obese woman with short black hair, pale pink cheeks, and grey eyes. From what Chowder says, his mother seems to have gone way beyond fitness with her personal trainer, into the romantically-coded realm of the movies. Constance's victims were supposed to die, but the creators decide to have them alive. One day, when Chowder's basketball accidentally flew into Nebbercracker's lawn and prompts DJ to bring it back, Nebbercracker ambushes and storms toward him. Upon closer inspection, gamers might just notice something familiar about the gothic side-scroller. DJ's parents Mr. and Mrs. Walters leave town for the weekend for a dentist convention and leaving him in the care of Zee. When consumed by rage, her overall appearance is more ferocious than her previous state. Unfortunately, Officers Lester and Landers interfere and upon seeing objects that they used to render the house asleep, they wrongfully arrest the kids. We're here to take a look at all the creepy, funny, and outright freaky details only adults notice in Monster House. Whether this was true or not (or merely speculated), her size disgusted many people,even children whom made fun of her in an extreme manner. In terms of backstory, Constance is similar with Onryos in mythology (includes restless souls such as. 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. 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.
