Haunted Mansion

[Chicken Little]

Most older kids/teens love horror stuff, that's why five night at freddy's, the 2017 It, even Megan were big successes.
The problem may be that this could be seen too childish for that crowd but too scary for younger kids.

Also I think the trailer was better than the whole previous movie xd

 

[ppete1975]

I have no idea how I feel about it. I do like that they used a lot of the rides interiors as direct inspiration. I'll have to reserve judgement until I see the movie.

Exactly how i feel after watching the trailer.

 

[Dead2009]

Im surprised at people saying a teaser for a ride that's supposed to have all kinds of spirits in it, is too scary. Maybe once, just once, a full fledged Disney horror movie is the way to go.

 

[DavidDL]

Trailer started out scarier and saved most of it's goofiness for the end, like the attraction on which it's based.

I will reserve judgement for when the film releases.

 

[Screamface]

Trailers a flop for me. I don't think this will find much of an audience. The name and some imagery aren't enough to bring out any nostalgia or feeling from the ride. Doesn't look like a film that'd find an audience outside of that.

 

[Jedijax719]

This had D+ written all over it. It won't crack $100 million domestic. No way!

 

[Disney Irish]

Im surprised at people saying a teaser for a ride that's supposed to have all kinds of spirits in it, is too scary. Maybe once, just once, a full fledged Disney horror movie is the way to go.

I heard it back in the day this is why Disney decided not to go with the del Toro Haunted Mansion film, too scary. Disney wants to make a more fun scary rather than just plain scary.

 

[erasure fan1]

Yea, this trailer is a big miss for me. I get this is really nothing more than a teaser. But at least give some insight into what it will be about. I'll wait until the full story trailer and hopefully it improves. I really didn't think the music choice was very good either.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Not a fan of how the house looks like on the outside. It's too literal an attempt to replicate the Disneyland façade, but the changes to scale and proportions are not flattering either.

Should have gone with a more original design.

 

[Disney Irish]

It looks interesting to me, some comedic elements from the first Mansion film which I'm ok with, and some dark elements that are new.

Overall this looks like a solid B+ so far. Will wait to see the full trailer to see if it moves up to an A or not.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Also tired of Disney feeling the need to string together so many Easter eggs and callbacks to the ride when shaping every Haunted Mansion movie they do.

Pirates' references are downright sparse in comparison, but nobody cares because the first movie was actually good and stood on its own.

 

[Tom Morrow]

I was under the impression that this was going to be a somewhat more serious effort, but instead it seems to be just another lighthearted comedy, done in the increasingly grating tone of "we're not taking this too seriously " that is permeating most media Disney puts out these days. Not impressed.

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

I'll stick with Muppets Haunted Mansion, thanks. (Which was better than I expected it to be.)

Can't believe this is going theatrical and they sent Peter & Wendy (which looks charming and fun) to D+.

 

[Dead2009]

I heard it back in the day this is why Disney decided not to go with the del Toro Haunted Mansion film, too scary. Disney wants to make a more fun scary rather than just plain scary.

And they need to take a risk and make it plain scary. You might not hit a billion dollars but if it's good, people will come out to see it.

 

[TalkingHead]

Grain of salt, but Google search claims this has a $160m budget. Good luck with that as they say.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

And without families, this fails.

Does it, though?

I will reserve judgement for when the film releases.

As is best.

 

[Disney Irish]

And they need to take a risk and make it plain scary. You might not hit a billion dollars but if it's good, people will come out to see it.

You're talking about a company that is known to be one of the most risk adverse in the industry. Plus not to mention that ideally you want to make it a more 4 quadrant film if you want to be able to get a good reviews and box office returns. Not saying going the complete scary route wouldn't work, but it does limit the audience.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Grain of salt, but Google search claims this has a $160m budget. Good luck with that as they say.

Yep.

Haunted Mansion (2023 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ghost93]

Most kids like to be scared. The parents are usually the ones too concerned about a movie being too scary for kids, not the kids themselves.

 

[Tom Morrow]

I think it’s not so much that it should be genuinely scary (though it should be at least creepy with a slight edge to it) as it should be a film that takes itself seriously. Instead we get another lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek romp with lots of MCU-esque quips to ensure broadest appeal.