Mickey's House Of Villains [2002]

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Mickey's House of Mouse Villains seeks to do for Halloween what Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (2001) did for Yuletide. It's an anthology set on Halloween in the titular house, a nightclub where characters--including Donald Duck, Goofy, Jafar, Cruella de Vil, and Captain Hook--gather to watch Disney cartoons.

There's a perfunctory framing plot with the villains taking over the House, but the 65 minutes is almost entirely filled by eight short cartoons. Five are very recent, with clinically clean computer animation, and three are vintage gems glowing with the warm detailed look of Golden Age Disney. These are Trick or Treat (1952), Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944), and Lonesome Ghosts (1937), in which Mickey, Donald and Goofy star in what was surely the inspiration for Ghostbusters. The best of the new adventures is Mickey's Mechanical House, in which the mouse moves into a futuristic house which goes disastrously wrong. It's made all the more entertaining by a poetic rhyming narration delivered by John Cleese. Young children will love it all, while older fans may prefer a compilation of vintage Disney shorts.

On the DVD: Mickey's House of Mouse Villains DVD contains a well-designed animated quiz game, "Wheel of Misfortune", that should entertain young fans for a while. Otherwise, the extras consist of three trailers and a "Fright Reel": a three-minute compilation of Disney clips with two Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks. The choice amounts to the same sound effects with or without music. The sound is good, except for the three vintage animations, which are in mono. The picture is 4:3 and is generally very sharp, though varies a little with the source material. --Gary S Dalkin

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The House of Villains

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House of Horrors

Mickey's House of Mouse Villains [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Wayne Allwine , Russi Taylor , Tony Anselmo , Bill Farmer , and Tress MacNeille
Director: Jamie Mitchell
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000063V8G
Release Date: 2002-09-03

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The Kids love this.......2005-01-18

The title says it all - my boys 9 and 4 watched this through twice then asked for the next day - I am going to buy it now

The House of Villains.......2003-03-17

The premise? Disney's baddest teaming up. It's a great idea. Many fans of the felons should have loved it. The problem? Too many shorts, not enough story (Oh, and the shoddy animation and poor music). It's called the 'House of Villains', but even the shorts concentrate entirely on Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and his boys.

Where Disney did succeed was in giving almost every villain in their files a chance to shine - from Cruella deVille flirting with Captain Hook, to Shenzi, Banzai and Ed drinking cocktails. It's almost worth it just to play 'Spot the Bad Guy'.

Nice try. Better luck next time, hmmm?

Hard to decide?.......2003-01-13

The best meets the baddest when Mickey comes face-to-face with all of Disney's greatest villains. Packed with non-stop mischief and mayhem, and featuring an array of classic animated gems, Mickey's House Of Villains will have the whole family in stitches. I truly didn't think that this would be good but I rented it and after was proved wrong.

House of Horrors.......2002-10-27

It's just another night at 'The House Of Mouse.' Sadly for Mickey, Minnie and crew it's Halloween and Disney's finest bad guys aren't going to sit still and be quiet.
Jafar, along with Cruella, Ursula and Hades plan a Halloween revolution to turn the 'House Of Mouse' into the House Of Villains'!!
This movie includes a great musical number called 'It's Our House Now' featuring bad guys aplenty.
Fantastic, Disney allowing the bad guys to have a bit of fun.
Sadly it doesn't last, the bad guys are defeated with the help of Aladdin's Lamp and normality is returned to the House Of Mouse.
It's great to see that Disney doesn't mind allowing dark forces to steal the show. Keep up the good work guys

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