In his notes, he lists the date of each event and what was taken from whoever stepped on Nebbercracker's property. The early script also further cemented Constance's status as an antagonist who posed greater threat than either Bones or Zee, as there is a scrapped scene where Zee also ended up getting devoured by Constance. DJ's detailed notepad is briefly glimpsed, where he documents every one of Mr. Nebbercracker's outbursts. The only bits of foliage shown are a few modest tree sprouts in the lot's front yard and a few bushes next to the property. Aware with what she has become, Mr. Nebbercracker was forced to pretend to be a child hater to save their lives. Before they could drive away, the house groans on them, luring both the police officers closer. When DJ got the call, he only hears furious growls instead of a word. I am an admin of this site. However, DJ's spying operation goes deeper than snapshots he takes meticulous notes on his elderly neighbor's movements. When DJ's Nanny Zee's boyfriend Bones goes over to the house and starts kicking its grass, he gets swallowed by the house. Officer Lister taunts the tree, which suddenly, prompts it to move and grab his leg. 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. Thanks to Jenny's quick actions in pulling the house's lamp, the possessed house ended up vomitting them to the outside, along with the contraptions that they supposedly used to make it sleep. He even confiscated their toys that ended up into his lawn so they never returned for sake of their safety. Around her dead body, they found some flowers and photos that people would normally place on the grave of their loved ones. Get away from my house! ConstanceMrs. The house continues to chase down DJ and his friends until they were near a construction site, where, for the safety of the children, Nebbercracker throws a stone brick at his house and stands up against Constance, revealing his non-child-hating ways in the process. 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. DJ tries to calm him down, but this does not change Nebbercracker's mind to scare him further. 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. 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. I'm gonna rip them to bits. Destroy DJ, Chowder, and Jenny.Resume her killing spree.Devour all of the children trespassers on Halloween (all failed). They manage to formulate a plan where Chowder will lure the house under a crane so the two can drop the stick of dynamite down its chimney which leads to the heart. We're here to take a look at all the creepy, funny, and outright freaky details only adults notice in Monster House. 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. When DJ asks Chowder where his parents are before asking to meet up in "the Danger Zone," Chowder responds that his dad is working at the pharmacy. Unfortunately, they're interrupted by the police. After taking possession of the house, Constance's physical appearance is shaped like a head; the hair is made of black trapezoid roof tiles with the chimney placed on the right side where the heart is, although the location of the furnace is yet unknown. However, his intentions were far less noble: Mr. Walters spied on "the lovely Jensen twins." When Chowder explores the house and stumbles upon a large mirror that used to be Constance's, Constance's spirit appeared in the mirror and attacked 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. The house remains still until morning, though DJ and Chowder continue to watch it from DJs room for hours even with Zees interference and resort to peeing in bottles, so they wont miss any of the possessed houses activities. Her entire body is made of jagged, broken piece of wood with now shattered window eyes and a triangular mouth with longer fangs. The next instance of foreshadowing takes place as DJ goes to sleep. Her legs were short with seemingly fat arms. When Nebbercracker was immediately brought to the hospital, Constance ghost immediately awakened from her years of slumber. 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. 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. like a petulant kid. 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. The eyes have blinds similar to eyebrows to express her emotions. All of his bad deeds toward the children were merely ruse to keep them away from his wife's wrathful spirit after the latter's accidental murder by bullies and because of it, he was forced to become a child hater so Constance, now as the possessed house and wrathful spirit, won't be able to destroy and consume everything on her path. Immediately, this title bears a striking resemblance to Konami's Castlevania series. Early script also further cemented Constance's status as an antagonist who posed greater threat than either Zee or Bones as there is a scrapped scenario where Zee also ended up attacked by Constance. Reginald Skulinski is worshipped by DJ and Chowder as a minor god of video games. That night, she possesses the telephone in her house (off-screen) and calls DJ through telephone. Prior to her death, she wore a dress that was full red. These are the characters that appear in Monster House. Just then, the police (namely Officer Lester and Officer Landers) arrive, but they did not believe him at all and instead scolding them for "vandalism" toward the house (due to any attempt to taunt the house was vain and Jenny discovers that the possessed house was very intelligent to do so). You hooligans! Just then, Chowder spotted the hanged lamp on the house's hall, prompting them to shoot it. Unfortunately, as he, his friend Chowder, and a candy-selling prep-school girl named Jenny discover, the house itself has plans--plans that include eating all the kids who'll be trick-or-treating that Halloween night! Constance and Nebbercracker in 1960 on the day she died. Another commonality is the chandelier hanging within the entryway, which serves as the uvula, or, as Jenny's refers to it, "nature's emergency exit.". The children head over to a local arcade and seek out the wisdom of Skull, a video game whiz who is engaged in an intense session of playing an arcade game entitled Thou Art Dead. She was DJ's former arch-nemesis and Mr. Nebbercracker's wife. 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. Mr. Nebbercracker and Constance in 1960 on the day she died. 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. After Mrs. Walters admonishes DJ for spying on their elderly neighbor, Mr. Walters tries to relate to his son, admitting to doing a bit of spying himself at DJ's age. 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. Monster House Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Somehow the cracked, depleted soil changed its composition dramatically over the course of only 45 years. 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 . In her final form, Constance is completely demolished but quickly assembles her broken pieces into an even more menacing form. The house roars, prompting them to flee in terror. During the construction of their house, her sudden untimely death occurred due to falling into the basement and getting covered in wet concrete, after which she took possession of the house instead of going to heaven, which developed monster-like characteristics. He stated that like mortal beings, they can only be killed by the destruction of its heart. It seems as though the amount of water in the area also hugely increased since Mr. Nebbercracker started work on his house: Not only is there enough rainfall to support a veritable forest, but there is even a lake nearby that has to be drained to make way for the Mayville Luxury Towers. However, the idea was scrapped for being too dark. She was a human performing as a "circus freak" in a circus until Horace Nebbercracker saved her and married her. Once DJ goes to his room, she pops a cassette into the stereo labeled "Skull x Bones Live! 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. Her eyes can glow depending on the time of the day. Both the boys are horrified by this, believing that Nebbercracker had died. Despite being the main villain in both the movie and the game boy advance and the Nintendo GameCube versions, Constance does not appear in the Nintendo DS game version. Officer Landers notices that something seems not right as the other one is suddenly driven away by the trees roots. When awakened or disturbed, parts of Constance break apart to further reveal her monstrous nature and she puts herself back together when calming down. Upon closer inspection, gamers might just notice something familiar about the gothic side-scroller. Inside the house, the room functions similar to a human's inner mouth. Her eyes are windows of different shapes, her left eye is square and her right eye is arch. She was a obese woman who did not want to work in a circus freak show. What Shows Have Been Renewed or Canceled. 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. If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. Constance's death by concrete-drowning. He then approaches his house which becomes possessed again but somewhat became gentle to him. Playing the game dispels any doubts about the game's similarities toCastlevania, as the gameplay matches that of the renowned video game classic exactly. Unaware that this was a trap, Bones approaches the kite, only to have it coil around him and the house quickly devours him. 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. Even the house's exterior turned into a demonic form while retaining its former appearance. 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. Despite being killed, her soul became the vengeful spirit both due to her rage and unwillingness to leave her husband. They reverently recall he once played on a single quarter for four days straight, surviving on chocolate milk and wearing an adult diaper. Constance was born in 1931 and died in 1960, meaningshe was 29 years old when she died. Mr. Walter's issues go further than just having trouble showing tenderness and affection toward his only child. Everything in her is technically part of her, this includes chairs, tables, paintings, etc She has a large amount of explosives already inside her, Was able to eat an excavator whole in this state, She was previously struggling with fighting it when not deformed, Could still see fine despite her windows being broken, Still was able to move herself around like she was the same, even her mouth, It is possibly she could be more flexible and faster in this form, given she is not as restricted by her shape, Practically loses almost all of her supernatural powers, Furniture inside is gone, preventing her from using them as minions/helpers, Nearly anything inside her is destroyed/no longer able to work, Her chimney was producing a large amount of smoke, indicating she becomes extraordinarily angry at this state, It is unclear if she could actually go back to her regular form, if given time, or she would be unable to. It's my house, and they're HURTING ME! Having overheard the conversation, Constance goes berserk and tears the house free from its foundations and begins to chase the children and her husband through arms / feet made of trees on the property. The film's opening scene shows what has become a regular occurrence in Mayville: A child, or one of their possessions, touches Mr. Nebbercracker's lawn, only for the old man to run out of his front door, throw a fit, and confiscate said item while berating the child. Furthermore, she didn't attempt to devour the cops that DJ, Jenny, and Chowder had called to the scene until she was certain that they wouldn't be able to call for assistance. Inside, Constance has a room that functions similar to a human's inner mouth. Isaac: "Trick-or-treat!" When Chowder explores the house and stumbles upon a large mirror that used to be Constance's, Constance's spirit appeared in the mirror and attacked him. I saw monster house in theaters as a 6th grader so I was basically the perfect demographic. When she was human, Constance was a tall obese woman with short black hair, pale pink cheeks and grey eyes. The door suddenly opens, revealing it's interior's fractures and shifts into a mouth-like cavern. There, they discovered Nebbercrackers old explosives and photographs depicting Nebbercracker when he was young alongside his wife Constance when she was alive. Her legs are short with seemingly fat arms, giving her poor ability to reach, run or climb. While later games feature varied styles of gameplay and differing narratives, the foundation of the Castlevania series remains easily recognizable. Mr. Nebbercracker is happy that both she and him are finally free from their torment and proceeds to return all the toys he had taken back to the children of the neighborhood. 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. A 12-year-old boy DJ Walters spies on his elderly neighbor Mr. Nebbercracker who confiscates any item landing in his yard. It's Halloween." In his flashback, which takes place 45 years before the film's opening shot, Mayville is a virtually barren wasteland. 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. As DJ, Jenny, and Chowder make their decoy dummy to feed to the house, they decide to use a pair of sweatpants, some old shoes, a vacuum cleaner, a broom, a letterman jacket, and the monster mask Chowder was wearing earlier in the film. Please, DJ: Get a healthier hobby. Aware that the old man cannot do that forever, DJ convinces Nebbercracker to put her out of her misery as this is the better way. 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. The player utilizes various weapons, such as a whip, daggers, bombs, holy water, and axes such as the one seen in Thou Art Dead. The house then picks them up one by one after spotting the kids before they find the place to hide. She married Mr. Nebbercracker, but died one Halloween. For a brief moment, they are distracted by a beautiful girl named Jenny who, much to their horror, approaches the house. However, both films are six years apart from each other. 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. 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.. Old Man Nebbercracker's House is a location from the 2006 animated horror film, Monster House.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 . DJ stated that Zee and Bones had a conversation about Mr. Nebbercracker's past life and assumed that he devoured Constance, much to Jenny's disgust. Hopefully, Mayville's schools have decent health classes that will eventually set Chowder straight. Old Man Nebbercracker's House is a location from the 2006 animated horror film, Monster House. 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. He tries to pull Constance away by grabbing onto the axe from behind. DJ has considered to abandon the case after fed up with the argument, only to unexpectedly hit by an ambulance by accident which turned out to be hijacked by the still-living Mr. Nebbercracker. The four run in terror, going down an alleyway where Mr. Nebbercracker is forced to stay behind due to his old age preventing him from keeping up and encourages the children to go on without him. They are unaware that they have unleashed the terror on their housing complex. They discovered Bones' empty bottle but dismissed it and toss it aside, unaware that the possessed grass on the lawn pulled it underground. Opposites attract, we suppose, even when it comes to bandmates. 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. Villains who aren't revealed to be evil at first, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He is a 12-year-old teenager boy who is known for spying on Nebbercracker and his house through a telescope. DJ was happy he did not make the old man be killed, but only crippled him instead. The horrified Chowder is then chased by the house's rug (the tongue) that acts like a chameleon's tongue, and barely escapes. However, this nearly made the house awaken as the house' main hall turned into a mouth-like cavern before spitting a large amount of water. The house becomes dirty due to the age Constance is reaching. She married Mr. Nebbercracker, but died one Halloween. The relationship may be entirely platonic, but most fitness trainers don't usually provide nighttime sweat sessions at the cinema. However, it's accidentally cracked open, revealing the skeleton underneath it. As is implied by the film's title, the monster house is, in fact, a living being. In her first appearance, she wore a green dress with white flowers and heels. 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). 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. 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. 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. Though the activities mentioned don't explicitly point to anything scandalous going on in Chowder's house, the implicit meaning couldn't be more apparent to adults watching Monster House. As he did this, Constance became appeased as she was no longer bothered, and presumed undergo a deep sleep. 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 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. Its windows are now a fiery orange colour. The house had the slinkies snatch Chowder before did the same on the pipes that snatch Jenny and had the wooden stairs to attack DJ, whom barely escaped back to the hall that turned into a mouth cavity, with his friends nearly devoured. 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. For a brief moment, they are distracted by a beautiful girl named Jenny who, much to their horror, approaches the house. The first and most overt comes after Mr. Nebbercracker catches DJ on his lawn trying to retrieve Chowder's new basketball. 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. After taking possession of the house, Constance's physical appearance is comprised of the different parts of the structure. Feeling betrayed and hurt, Constance takes control of the trees in the front yard and lifts up the whole house, making it mobile. Her eyes can glow depending on her state of mind. Though he only appears for a couple minutes of screen time, one of the most off-kilter characters in Monster House is Mr. Walters, DJ's father. Typically, animated movies for children aren't celebrated for their expansive lore and world-building. Constance was a tall obese woman with short black hair, pale pink cheeks, and grey eyes. Officer Lester taunts the tree, which suddenly, prompt it to move and grab his leg. Just then, Officer Landers and Officer Lister arrive, but they didnt believe him at all and instead scold them for vandalism toward the house (due to any attempt to taunt the house was vain and Jenny discovers that the possessed house was very intelligent to do so). Things Only Adults Notice In Monster House. Judging from her photos that DJ and Jennyfound in her house, it was shown that her obesity was due to her love of food. Right off the bat, he comes off as emotionally stunted. To add insult to injury, this all takes place on Halloween, the anniversary of her death. In its final form, the house resembles a porcupine made of timber boards, with the shattered yet same windows and a triangular mouth with a longer flange chimney set in the center of its head. Her legs were short with seemingly fat arms. 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.