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The Haunted Mansion [2004]
The Haunted Mansion [2004]
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Director: Rob Minkoff
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Category: DVD

List Price: £17.99
Buy New: £1.94
You Save: £16.05 (89%)
Buy New/Used from £0.93

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars(6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11715

Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: DVD
Running Time: 90 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5017188812696
ASIN: B0001XLY9W

Release Date: June 21, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Lush production design and sparkling special effects make IThe Haunted Mansion/I pretty to look at. Terence Stamp, as a malevolent ghost of a butler, provides a suitable air of menace as he dematerialises to and fro. Marsha Thomason 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 and Dina Waters make a modestly amusing comic pair as a ghostly husband and wife who bustle about. Jennifer Tilly, as a green disembodied head in a crystal ball, glitters appropriately. The movie also features endless cliches, futile attempts at humour, and Eddie Murphy. If you're looking for a movie based on a Disneyland ride, try the very clever IPirates of the Caribbean/I instead. --IBret Fetzer/I


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4 out of 5 stars challenging   November 5, 2008
Daughter had fun with this game, it was quite challenging at times, which is a good thing - they don't compete them so quickly!


3 out of 5 stars "I see dead people" again   January 6, 2006
  5 out of 6 found this review helpful

THE HAUNTED MANSION is another film where ordinary folks see dead people. The last was GOTHIKA. The original was, of course, SIXTH SENSE. It's evidently an inconvenient talent. (A very clever knock-off of the theme was THE OTHERS of a couple years ago starring Nicole Kidman. Its subtitle could have been, "I see live people.")pEddie Murphy and Marsha Thomason are Jim and Sara Evers, a high-powered husband and wife realtor team. Sara is invited by Mr. Gracey (Nathaniel Parker) to visit his home for the purpose of listing the property. On the way out of town for the weekend, the entire Evers family, which includes son Michael (Marc Jefferies) and daughter Megan (Aree Davis), stop by the Gracey place, which proves to be a gothic, ante-bellum mansion back in the Louisiana bayous. There's a creepy cemetery stretching to the horizon out back. They're greeted by the sinister butler Ramsley (Terence Stamp). A convenient downpour closes the road, and the Evers must stay the weekend. Serious bummer for them as Master Gracey covets Sara's bod (in a G-rated sort of way).pIs this a scary movie? It provided a couple of frissons. Children may find it more frightening.pIs it amusing? Reasonably so. Eddie Murphy's humor is the constant which holds it all together. And there are a couple more chuckles coming from un-dead housemaid Emma (Dina Waters), who makes cookies, and the disembodied head of gypsy fortune-teller Madame Leota (Jennifer Tilly), who inhabits a large crystal ball. pThe special effects are more or less up to the current standard, which makes them at least good overall. I particularly liked the household spirits, which morph in and out of a swirling ectoplasmic smoke that was quite well done.pThe acting is, for the most part, adequate. Young Davis as the unflappable Megan occasionally steals the show and was my favorite player. Stamp tries so hard to make Ramsley ominous that he just comes across as wooden. Thomason is wholesomely pretty, but not much else.pIs this a great film? Not by a long shot. Is it even memorable? Nah. The plot is contrived and silly. But you won't feel cheated if you see it even at today's extortionate prices. And the kids will probably enjoy the hell out of it.


2 out of 5 stars Schlock-horror   August 16, 2004
  4 out of 9 found this review helpful

Unamusing, incomprehensible, over-acted. The Haunted Mansion is a totally unimpressive film, once you take away the state-of-the art effects, but even these pale into comparison with 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. Eddie Murphy again has one of his off-days, playing an unfunny cliche ridden character, whilst Terrance Stamp must be needing the money. brBasic synopsis; work obsessed father, beautiful wife, wholesome kids, locked in haunted mansion. Dead owner, creepy butler. Family in peril, Dad and kids save the day. How and why is unimportant, as you have seen it all before.brThe Haunted House at Blackpool is more convincing.


4 out of 5 stars Light hearted fun and entertainment.   July 17, 2004
  4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Haunted mansion is loosely based on the Walt Disney world ghost ride of the same name. It will not tax your mind but it will amuse, entertain and generally while away a very pleasant hour or so. My kids loved it and although children with a timid disposition might find it scarey in places, I would think most modern children would lap it up. I certainly enjoyed it even on the second and third viewing (Don't your kids watch a new film five times?).


3 out of 5 stars funny,entertaining ,scary   June 10, 2004
  8 out of 10 found this review helpful

overall this was a fun family film that id recommend you to watch-but perhaps not buy.if you are part of a family with young children{12 and under}then this is the perfect film to watch,all together,on a rainy saturday evening.your children will most definately love it.some seens are fairly scary {for kids}and others exceedingly funny. br from the first seen you are engaged and want to carry on watching it.the story,with superb acting from the hilarious Eddie Murphy,follows a guy{Murphy},his wife and kids.when they go to a mansion,the bad wheather proves them unlucky enough to have to stay the night there-and what a night it is!the history of the house begins to unraval in front of their very eyes and it leads to a mystery of the people who once lived there.filled with monsters,ghosts,horror and comedy ,this is an average but exceedingly entertainable film for all the family.

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