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Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central. He was also voted in the UK as the 9th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as the 8th greatest stand-up comic. He is known for his roles in Dogma, Beverly Hills Ninja, Lethal Weapon 4, Nurse Betty, The Longest Yard, Bad Company, and a starring role in Down to Earth. Rock has also increasingly worked behind the camera, as a writer and director (and starring actor) of Head of State and I Think I Love My Wife. In the fall of 2005, the UPN television network premiered a comedy series called Everybody Hates Chris, based on Rock's school days, of which he is the executive producer and narrator. The show garnered both critical and ratings success. The series was nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe for Best TV Series (Musical or Comedy), a 2006 People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Comedy, and two 2006 Emmy Awards for costuming and cinematography. Following the release of his first documentary, 2009's Good Hair, Rock is working on a documentary about debt called Credit is the Devil. In 2010 he starred alongside Adam Sandler in Grown-ups and with fellow comedian/actor Martin Lawrence in the remake of the British film Death at a Funeral.
A live action remake of the animated movie from 2006. I found an early draft script of the original movie online and there were parts that they did not add in the final cut, but should have: like seeing the actual "heart" of the house, which is the furnace with the brick wall behind it pulsating like actual heartbeats. In the 1980's, a crazy old hermit supposedly dies of a heart attack while yelling at a boy for accidentally skidding across his lawn. Since then, the boy, DJ, has been noticing strange things happening at the old man's house: like moaning sounds coming from inside, and the outside structure actually MOVING from time to time. And when DJ's friend, Chowder, rings the doorbell, the house itself turns into a monster and attacks, but always returns to normal when grownups are coming. As Halloween approaches, DJ and Chowder, and their new friend, Jenny, devise a plan to take down the monster house, and save the neighborhood. It will have the humor and heart of the old movie, and the scary intensity of Stranger Things.
