Creeepy, creepy, creepy...

Rating: 4/10 (16 March 2006)

The crummy PC story (changed substantially from the original book) is bad enough, but the characters are so creepy-looking in the "semi-animation" that I can't stand to watch them for more than a few minutes at a time. This movie is genuinely scary and I can't believe that there aren't quite a few kids who have been having nightmares that are populated by these...whatever they're supposed to be. Thankfully, this movie has not started a trend in this direction and I'm spared having to watch a remake of "Charlotte's Web, as acted by the patient population of the Home for the Criminally Zombified".
An experiment with a bad animation technique that turned out only slightly better than it deserved.
Watch "A Christmas Story" Instead.