MONSTER FAMILY (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Emily Watson (Angela’s Ashes), Nick Frost (The World’s End), Jessica Brown Findlay (A New York Winter’s Tale), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Catherine Tate (Starter for 10), Jason Isaacs (The Death of Stalin), Ethan Rouse (film debut), Ewan Bailey (Buried Alive)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Holger Tappe (Animals United), director, producer; David Safier (film debut) and Catharina Junk (The Dark Side of the Moon), writers; Hendrik Schwarzer (film debut), composer; Björn Teubner (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The lives of the Wishbone family are changed when the evil witch Baba Yaga (Tate) transforms them all into monsters; mother Emma (Watson) is turned into a vampire, father Frank (Frost) into Frankenstein’s Monster, and kids Fay (Findlay) and Max (Rouse) into a mummy and a werewolf respectively. When Emma is soon kidnapped by Count Dracula (Isaacs), the family must race around the world to find Baba Yaga and reverse the spell that will change them back to normal…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Despite it being a better fit for a Halloween release date instead of early March, Monster Family is a spooky, funny and highly entertaining family adventure for your little monsters to watch endlessly.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND MARCH 2018

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