
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 of mysterious origin strands the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, Ramsley, and a variety of reside... (Full plot summary below)
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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 of mysterious origin 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!
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| Horror.comStaci Layne WilsonIf you are a fan of special effects you might find it worth spending the money, but if you want some good plotting with your pretty pictures don't bother. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovI am told that Eddie Murphy was once cool, but at this point I don't know if I believe it. |
| culturevulture.netLeslie KatzMakes things look good and whips up a heck of a chase scene [but] misses the emotional foundation, the single essential element of any movie |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionBob TownsendDirector Rob Minkoff tries to strike a balance between funny and scary, but the movie never really generates screams of either kind. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA busy, over-produced special effects extravaganza that tries to be both funny and mildly scary but manages to be neither. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA fright show artfully designed for the whole family, a comedy that all but the most impressionable children will likely get a kick out of. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanTame and witless enough to make me long for the ancient, dusty fright kitsch of ''The Munsters.'' |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumGreat visuals, few scares and laughs. But it IS clean family entertainment. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordIf the creative folk at Disney are going to keep using the theme parks as an idea pool for films, they should stick to the "Pirates" mold and break the "Haunted Mansion" one. |
| About.comRebecca MurrayWhen the three hitchhiking ghosts appear, you'll be more than ready to join them in getting the heck out of Dodge. |