Known for his award-winning shorts and boundary-pushing puppetry, writer and director Jerry S. Gonzalez steps into feature filmmaking with Big Spooky House, produced by Candy House Productions. Slated for 2026, this creature-filled live-action horror comedy promises the nostalgia audiences have been craving, complete with quirky ghouls, heartfelt laughs, and outrageous practical effects.
After three acclaimed shorts and with a fourth in post-production, Gonzalez is ready to bring his distinct creative voice to the feature film space, and Candy House Productions is fully on board.
“I promise a fun, gory popcorn flick with a lot of laughs, lots of frights, and a lot of heart,” Gonzalez said. “Think of it as a homage to the haunted house cartoons of the 1930s and ’40s, with a mix of Scooby Doo but with themes and humor made for adults.”
Big Spooky House follows Seth Spooky, a man with a crippling fear of everything, who inherits a haunted mansion filled with creepy portraits, cryptic riddles, and a bunch of unhelpful ghosts whom he must brave to break a generational curse and prove he can live up to his family name.
Leaning into handcrafted artistry and practical effects, Jerry S. Gonzalez delivers a cinematic experience that feels tangible, tactile, and timeless. Returning to the roots of campy, imaginative horror, the film blends slapstick mystery, innovative visual design, and delightfully bizarre puppets that are larger than death itself. Falling in love with a pumpkin-headed scarecrow has never felt so right.
Gonzalez’s previous work includes the award-winning short The Spaghetti Man, as well as Intergalactic PizzaBoy (2022) and There’s Something in the Woods (2019). His fourth short, Hamster in My Head, is currently in post-production and is set to premiere in fall 2025.
“I attribute my love for creatures to being an overly anxious child. Much like the protagonist, Seth Spooky, I was also afraid of everything, but still fascinated by scary things. I would draw horror movie characters even though I was too scared to watch their movies,” Gonzalez said.
He added, “At the end of the day, I want to make people laugh. The world is stressful enough; sometimes, movies should just be dumb fun.”
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