Where Happy Haunts Await: The Haunted Mansion

   Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Enchanted Tale of Film's look on The Haunted Mansion! When you go to Disneyland, you notice most of the rides are based on film. Only a couple of those films were based on the ride, rather than the ride being based on the film. The Haunted Mansion is one of them. Another example of this is Pirates of the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean is more popular than The Haunted Mansion. Why is this?

     Once upon a time, a successful but workaholic real-estate agent named Jim Evers, (played by Eddie Murphy) receives a call to come look at a rather unusual house. On the way to the lake for a vacation with his family, Jim Evers comes to the house. The house is a very fine mansion that has great detail and richness in the interior. The mansion is owned by a Mr. Edward Gracey. The man claims that he wishes to sell the house due to the disturbances that have been occurring. Throughout their stay, Mr. Evers finds out just how haunted this mansion really is, and why he and his family are there. Will they be able to escape, or become part of the 999 happy haunts that dwell inside of the Haunted Mansion?

     The set for The Haunted Mansion is very good. It obviously had much effort put into it. It doesn't exactly look like the ride, but the mansion still looks like a real house and has extremely detailed furnishings.  This can be said for every room, every hallway, and everything in the exterior. 

       Is the story line a good one? Yes and no. It makes sense, but some things are some what weird. Did all these people die in the mansion? Another thing that should be noted from the film is its tone. As the ride is dark, a little solemn at times, but still fun, the movie is fun but some of its parts can be a little silly. One example is the group of band instruments. They're not too silly, but silly. 

       A word concerning scary: Is the ride scary? It scared me as a kid, but not so much now. Is the movie scary? Hardly. Except, that is, for the part with the "zombies". As Mr. Evers and Meagan find a key they need deep in a mausoleum, the undead are awakened. This part creeped me out as a kid.  






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