It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

The first must-see film of the year.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Got a brother that is angry and dont like to do stuff with his younger brother. Mom is trying hard to make it in a new home with her job. THe older brother loves this girl next door. Eventually the brothers argue and stuff and stumble across this floorboard trap door hole .They try to throw things down there but there is no bottom. The girl next door once younger brother tries to say hi that his brother likes her he comes out all mad, and eventually they show her the hole. TO each they have a fear. The girls fear is the death of her friend at a young age i take it falling off a rollercoater. She haunts her and she has to face it. The younger brother kinda of like me dont like clowns so a the movie DOLLS jester clown is chasing him very well down it reminds me of the awesome movie DOLLS then he has to face it as well. THe older brother finds out trying to save his younger brother is afraid of their dad that was or is in prison. HE has a scene facing his dad in the hole itself. Once out the hole is a normal hole, until they ask the mother what she is afraid of and soon the hole is reborn again and starts smoking! ALso a old man that lived there told them why did you open it soon his lights go out and he is gone.. i love it dispite haters i like Joe Dante, my fav movie gremlins is my fav so i love it. i also bought it.

Siblings Dane and lucas lives with their mom, Susan and they just moved to a new neighborhood. The only thing that matters to Dane is the beautiful girl next door, Julie. Susan spends most of her time in office. Everything was going well until Dane and Lucas finds a black hole in their basement. Technically, the film can be watchable without getting bored and Joe Dante actually reminds me of old style film making. It's a simple movie that can be watchable in relaxation time. The effort was made to make a nice engaging horror movie, unfortunately it doesn't particularly deliver. Overall, it's a one time watchable flick.

Basically it's a Disney plot for 12 year olds with a couple of scary bits to market it as a horror.The darkness in the bottomless Hole forces people to face up to their past. And of course in the end the heroes pull through, better for their experience.A lot of horror clichés - the abandoned fair ground, the spooky little girl (which was well done at first), people walking out of the shadowy basement when they should be running.I liked the actors, and the production had plenty of money behind it. But the story was confused, lacking a reason for this supernatural force and ending weakly as if it were all a dream. There was too much music to create effect, and the swing between horror and flippant comedy did not work.

One of the best movies I saw lately. The only reason I do not give a full 10 points is that the end of the movie seemed hurried. Seeing the long intro, they could have added an extra 30 minutes.It has been said before but the idea is great. It reminds a bit of Freddy Krueger and a lot of "They" and resides primarily on one question: What if your fears would become real? And when we grow up we are told that monster do not really exist, and that the only monsters hold an human face. The reality is that even if monsters exist or not as an adult you are trained to ignore them. It is PAP (Problem of Another Person). It is similar in a way to the idea from the anime Melody of Oblivion. As I said great movie, but this idea could have been exploited much better.