The Haunted Mansion (Full Screen Edition)

{This review is part of my 31 days of Holloween series.]

Some of you reviewer guys out there should lighten up a little, already. This movie's for the kids & would make a great Halloween treat and/or Xmas stocking stuffer.

I really enjoyed the film. It featured nice, even refreshing, kids (who weren't obnoxious acting L.A. brats), a beautiful Mom, veteran actors Terence Stamp & BBC's Nathaniel Parker ("Inspector Lynly"), whose rather cold good looks fit the "Ghostly Master's" role perfectly.

I must be the only person in the USA who's I never seen Eddie Murphy's prior work. Apparently he's had something of a checkered career--but this movie has suggested I might have been missing something. I liked the positive, multi-racial orientation of the film, the lack of graphic violence & "F" words--and just over all good, kid & family friendly feeling of this fun movie.

The story is poor and even predictable. The characters are underdeveloped. The movie does not qualify as an horror flick, neither as a comedy. What is it?

The story line is very bad. I feel like the studio rush this movie out to fast and not care about the story. I gave this movie 2 stars because the special effect.

First of all, the movie is fair at best and is best suited for the younger ones. But, the title claims this release as HD. It is not. I've received a standard DVD twice when ordered. Amazon was gracious and have agreed to pay return costs. Since then , I found that Disney has no HD releases. Please be careful.

When this was released the fall of 2003 I had great expectations because of how much I enjoyed `Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl" that was released the same year.

I was let down.

Have always loved "The Haunted Mansion" attraction at Disneyland.

Eddie Murphy doing his usual role of a smart alec, pushy guy. Did not care about his character nor the kids.

Madam Leota if you are expecting an eerie vision from the attraction you will be disappointed. Jennifer Tilly just repeated some of the lines from the attraction.

The special effects were great.

They did nothing with the characters & how much can a person take of Eddie Murphy doing the same old thing?