DVD cover art for the 2-disc Special Edition of "The Spiderwick Chronicles."

I caught "The Spiderwick Chronicles" on DVD over the weekend, and my second viewing (I reviewed it here.).

It's decent enough fantasy fare, and I still love the ending. Quickly, the story is this: a family relocates to an eccentric aunt's victorian mansion, and soon a young boy (Freddy Highmore of "August Rush") finds a magical book inside that is the target of assorted goons, goblins, and monsters.

The book, it turns out, contains secrets that will allow the goblins to destroy humanity and take over the world, and is protected within the house by a magical circle that prevents the goblins from entering.

The film was produced by Nickelodeon Films, and so it's perfect for the 8- to 14-year-old crowd, intense and scary for that age range, but with little real gore, but the requisite amount of monster slime is spilled.

My version was the 2-disc Special edition, which contains a variety of featurettes, including the always-nifty interactive in-film "Field Guide," which allows you to branch off and get a more detailed explanation of the characters and creatures you're seeing.

Disc 2 contains deleted scenes and additional featurettes, along with TV spots and trailers, giving a lot of interaction and replayability with the kids or fantasy film fans.

The film isn't anything groundbreaking, and it's certainly riding the popularity of the "Harry Potter" and "Narnia" films, but it's a good time, and a little tamer than those films, definitely worth a rent or a buy if you have kids.