i honestly can not believe what pass for entertainment now . death ( and make fun of death ) and violence and sexual innuendo and adult threaten child and crudeness and alcohol abuse by minor and drug theft and dysfunctional parent and babysitter from hell and stereotypical joke about african american and police and fat people and and kid sneak out of the house in the middle of the night yup and sure sound like a kid movie to me not . add to that the dark and scary element a dead woman possess and turn into a house and keep her loving husband a prisoner inside for over 20 year and and also terrorize an entire neighborhood how sweet for kid . parent be this really what you want your kid to be watch be this what you want to teach them about life . this movie be too scary for young kid and and i be afraid that teen today may be live some of this movie scenario so why rub it in their face . a for an adult audience you would not find it scary or amusing just boring and contrive and predictable . and the character be just wrong clueless parent and ignorant police and stupid and annoy friend and nasty and manipulative babysitter and and beer drinking or womanize boyfriend . what great material for kid do this really sound like a child movie to anyone . even the computer animation and good voice work aren not enough to redeem this terrible flick . save your money and save your time and and save your child mind go rent ice age and monster inc. and the incredibles and shrek and a bug life any of them be way well than this horrid film . spielberg and zemeckis shame on both of you for make such a disaster and then bill it a a child or family movie .