Review of Haunted Mansion (2023) by Infrarecon — 02 Aug 2023

It's an entertaining Disney Channel Movie that should have been released on Disney +, and not really in theatres.

If there is one thing that is difficult when it comes to this movie, is balancing out comedy and Horror.

Are you a Horror Film or are you a Comedy Film? Choose 1.

It is incredibly difficult to blend these two as there are different emotions at play that you want to draw from the Audience.

Now I never watched the Eddie Murphy movie, I'll be doing that now to compare them both.

Overall this movie is really filler, it's something you would play at a Dinner house party where your friends have kids, and you need to entertain them for a bit.

It is entertaining, a bit generic at points, but I will say there are some good CGI effects going on here, but some weird choices when it comes to them. Eg. why is the reader in the Crystal Ball CGI, you'd want practicals for that.

Also another thing, this film is way too long for the storyline it was pushing, 2 Hours?! Disney are you trying to not let me Notice Red flags beforehand, usually the first thing I see is run Time.

If it's too short, Redflag. If it's 2 Hours Exactly, red flag.

If you think that just because a movie has scenes, CGI, and is long = Good movie, you are mistaken.

I summon Thee, Ratings:

CGI VFX: 8/10, Use some Practicals, and fix up the vibe(Not everything needs to be so clean).

Characters: 6/10, they are ok.

Dialogue: 6/10, De Vito Really makes his role work, but there is just too little of the good stuff in this film. (It's all Marvel Writing).

Story: 5/10, It's a basic Generic Storyline, with pretend Risks.

I think I'll give this a 6/10, it's okay but nothing special that will grab you, it tries to do 3 storylines when you really just needed 1. The characters would just start talking and I would just sit there like who gives a flying fish, move on dude.

Anyway, Don't Waste your money on going to the theatre to see this, Wait for Disney + or a Cheaper Alternative.

If your looking for a horror movie this is not it, If you're looking For a comedy, this is still not it.

Mystery? there is a little but it's bland as hell.

This is a movie you watch where you literally have nothing else to watch, you won't get anything out of this besides umm, let me think here, what was the lesson again?

Move on?, Yeah not the best Lesson to teach Kids or anyone.

Disney needs to decide who they are making films for instead of trying to appease all manner of ages. This type of thinking does not work. You Know what I'm changing the rating it's a 5/10 now.

Ok, that's all, I'll go and watch the one with Eddi Murphy.