The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a 2018 American fantasy comedy movie directed by Eli Roth and was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by John Bellairs. It stars Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sunny Suljic, Colleen Camp, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan and was distributed by Universal Pictures.