The House with a Clock in its Walls (2018)

The House with a Clock in its Walls (literal translation: The house with a clock in the walls) is a 2018 American gothic fantasy horror film directed by Eli Roth from a screenplay by Eric Kripke. The film was released in the United States on September 21, 2018.

After losing his parents, Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) was sent to Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack BlackHe discovers that his uncle is a wizard and enters the world of magic and sorcery. However, this power is not limited to good people and Lewis learns about the evil wizard Isaac Izard (Kyle McLachlan) who wants to create an apocalypse to find out what will happen afterwards.

To achieve his goal, he constructs a magical clock with black magic and, as long as it exists, it will count down the days until Judgment Day. He dies before he can finish the clock, but manages to hide it in his house, where Uncle Jonathan now lives. Now Lewis and Jonathan must find the clock before it's too late and before Isaac's wife, Selene (Renee Ellis Goldsbury), to be able to reach him.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by John Bellaires, illustrated by Edward Gorey.