The Haunted Mansion [Blu-ray] | ![The Haunted Mansion [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E9OPWQ%2BUL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Rob Minkoff
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  156 reviews
Sales Rank: 17431
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: BR53388
UPC: 786936723816
EAN: 0786936723816
ASIN: B000H6SXYC
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: October 17, 2006
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Lush production design and sparkling special effects make The Haunted Mansion pretty to look at. Terence Stamp (The Limey), as a malevolent ghost of a butler, provides a suitable air of menace as dematerializes to and fro. Marsha Thomason (Black Knight) is lovely as a real estate agent hired to sell a haunted mansion, but in truth the ghostly owner of the mansion believes she is the reincarnation of his lost love. Wallace Shawn (My Dinner with Andre) and Dina Waters (Six Feet Under) make a modestly amusing comic pair as a ghostly husband and wife who bustle about. Jennifer Tilly (Bound), as a green disembodied head in a crystal ball, glitters appropriately. The movie also features endless cliches, futile attempts at humor, and Eddie Murphy. If you're looking for a movie based on a Disneyland ride, try the very clever Pirates of the Caribbean instead. --Bret Fetzer
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 Walt, did you somersault in your grave? June 27, 2009
Penny (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I know this movie is constantly getting compared to Pirates of the Caribbean, and that's justified, because almost everyone who loves one of these Disneyland rides is just as crazy about the other. But Johnny Depp is prolific and can act well in a sinister role. Eddie Murphy has bombed in some of his comedies (like that hideously stupid Norbit movie), and he doesn't always do a good job with kiddie humor. He failed in Haunted Mansion because nothing he said was surprising. My other reasons for hating this film are personal, I guess. Having ridden most Disney attractions dozens of times, I applauded the Pirates movie for being loyal to the storyline you'd expect in such a setting. I expected a movie based on my beloved Mansion ride to be creepy and campy, not spoiled with stupid modern-day language like "getting jiggy" just so kids would lap it up. What about all of us Disneyland fans old enough to fondly reminisce? Other reviewers felt it was a bad decision to bring the setting into the twentieth century, and I agree. And a black family was jarringly out of place. I don't care what people say; this antebellum mansion should have had eccentric Southern aristocratic types living in it. Even if this movie had come out when I was a little kid, I would have been sorely disappointed by the lack of loyalty to the ride. Disney can and should turn out films that would appeal to kids AND adults, especially when based on such an awesome timeless attraction!
 Poor Eddie! June 18, 2009
ADRIENNE MILLER (TENNESSEE)
The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy was a film I watched a few years ago on t.v. I was disappointed because when is the last time Murphy did a memorable film? and I hated Dreamgirls in which he was nominated for an Oscar. The Haunted Mansion is based on the ride at Disneyland, I wasn't impressed by this family film at all but I did like how colorful it was. Lame story and messy acting, only tacky kids would dig this train wreck.
 for Aficionados June 5, 2009
Dr. Robert Wolff (Innsbruck)
the movie is certainly interesting for those who know and like the haunted mansion at Disney's and who like to compare how the different objects and locations of the Magic Kingdom attraction have been used. Thanks to Eddy Murphy you get quite a few laughs, but some of the scenes are a little bit shrill, so that the movie is not suitable for little children.
 A family movie starring Eddy Murphy? Actually, yes. February 14, 2009
Indiana Jeff Reynolds (Indianapolis, IN USA)
Allow me to start by advising you to read all the reviews. All five start ratings are well represented, so don't base your opinion on mine alone. Of course, mine is the correct one (LOL), but it would be interesting to see other perspectives.
"The Haunted Mansion" came out the same year as the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. "Pirates" is now a trilogy, while this one has no sequel. Not knowing or caring how it did at the box office, I will just say that the way this movie was made would make it hard for there to be a sequel that would be worth watching. For example, "Pirates" was loosely based on the theme park ride, leaving more latitude to expand. "Haunted Mansion" was very faithful to the theme park ride, leaving little to incorporate in later movies.
Aside of the theme park connection, there is little similarity between the movies. "Pirates" is an adventure, and this is a comedy. If you didn't realize that before, consider that Eddy Murphy is the star. It does have some suspense in it, but it is a comedy. I find the ending to be funny as well.
It is hard to conceive of both "this movie is suitable to your family" and "Eddy Murphy is the star" being true, but this is the case here. As I always say, I feel parents should always accompany their children to a movie, even if it starred Barney the dinosaur (maybe especially). If your children can handle some scary scenes, I have no problem. There are some story lines in the movie that are more adult, but they are subtle and the children will be lost in the story.
Let me compare this with the Addams family movies by saying there isn't much a comparison. Both mix horror and humor, but the Addams family movies were horror movies with humorous elements with the Mansion is a comedy with a ghost story setting. The Addams family movies were darker, and Addams Family Values left a bad taste in my mouth; this is as cheery as a ghost comedy can be. A better comparison for "the Haunted Mansion" would be "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein."
As I said, consult other reviews. But I found this movie to be enjoyable.
Could Have Been Better..... January 11, 2009
Victoria (New York)
Jim and Sarah Evers (Murphy, Thomason) the owners of Evers and Evers real estate are about to go on a short vacation with their two children, but Jim obsessed with his job cant leave without investigating a home his wife gets a call about selling. Thus is the start of The Haunted Mansion. Immediately when you see the mansion you know things aren't right, the butler (Stamp) is creepy and the owner of the mansion Master Gracey (Parker) is a bit too interested in Sara.... Soon trapped inside the mansion becasue of a storm, and other things.., Jim Evers must find a way to escape and save his family.
Firstly I just want to say I like The Haunted Mansion, its not laugh out loud funny but its very enjoyable and I don't mind Eddie Murphy, true he can be very annoying, but I didn't think he was so horrible in this movie I just think the story would have been so much better without him. If you take away Murphy from the film, The Haunted Mansion is a tragic love story of a man who despite death still searches for his lost love. That is the story I want to see, Nathanial Parker was great as Master Gracey and while I was quite younger when I first saw this movie his performance and that story is what stuck in my mind. I do realize that this is a movie for kids but there was just such great a story that had so much potential and was ignored.
Apart from what I would have liked to see more of, the cgi was great and so was the mansion! Cobwebs or not it was beautiful, I wish it was real and I was rich...
Rent this movie first see if its for you or buy it used because its really not bad just watch it before buying.
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