BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Gurlyndrobb
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Payno
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Nicolas Ravasi
I have a personal history of hatred and contempt for this piece of crap Eddie Murphy apparently calls a movie. Once every few years this movie has come to hunt me back, twice at school and thrice on TV. Even when I was 8 I hated this, six years have passed and the situation isn't much better. The biggest flaw of this movie is its humor, which practically non- existent. Eddie Murphy just wobbled around the haunted mansion and blurts out supposedly funny. Another huge flaw is that the characters are mostly uninteresting, and when they aren't they are simply walking comedic atrocities, with unfunny jokes and annoying voices galore! However, it's not all bad. The actors playing the various roles are not bad (except for of course the big Eddie), and the sets are so delightfully corny. However, decent acting and sets is not enough to make up for a terrible screenplay and atrocious humor.In the end, I give this movie a 2 out of ten, because at least it is not Mr. Popper's penguins...another film that has haunted me from the day I saw it.
kallihm
If you are looking for something to do with your day but cant think of anything, then put this film on. I can assure you that you will soon think of something better to do. This is without doubt THE worst film ever made and I have seen 'Faust'. Wallace Shawn plays the exact same character he did in 1987 in The Princess Bride with no obvious point to it. The story goes absolutely nowhere and numerous times I found myself just wandering around the house looking for something better to fulfill my hour and a half. So in summary if you feel like watching this, don't, just go stare at your hands in the corner. You will have a much more enjoyable time.
FlashCallahan
Realtor workaholic Jim Evers and his wife and business partner Sara gets a call late one night from mansion owner Edward Gracey, who is looking to sell his property. Smelling the biggest deal of their career, Jim, Sara and their two children pay a visit to the mansion, located on a remote bayou. A torrential thunderstorm strands the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, Ramsley, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen. At first Jim scoffs at Gracey's stories about ghosts and hauntings, until he unearths the mystery of the mansion and finds that his wife Sara has unexpected connections to its haunted past....The thing is when you base a film on a theme park ride, you cannot help but use the same story and narrative. This film could have been done very seriously and been made into something that could have had the potential to be quite scary, but even Disney wouldn't take that gamble.The film is fine, Murphy is the reason to watch this, but the film is rarely funny and never scary. We move from set piece to set piece, with okay effects and learning that work isn't everything, but family is for life.Stamp is good, but looks embarrassed, and it gets a little too long in the tooth.
Ruth B
OK,the first time I watched this movie was in primary school and we were all around eight or nine... I enjoyed it then, it made me laugh and some parts freaked me out... The storyline intrigued me then and that night in bed I couldn't sleep very well.This is a movie for children, so that is what matters, if Disney are still appealing to their target audience.. If you watch this movie as an adult and think "oh this isn't very good" then well of course that is your opinion but this a family movie, suitable for all ages, although I would say that don't let your children watch this if they are under seven or so. Watch it with your children :)I watched this a year or so again because it was on TV (I have always viewed this movie as a nostalgic 00s movie) and yeah I watched it and it wasn't scary of course but I still enjoyed it.I am by no means a film critic but I enjoy movies and this is my first review!
