Announced at Destination D23 --and just in time for the spooky season--Disney's Haunted Mansion will be headed to Disney+ on October 4, 2023. Originally released in July, Haunted Mansion is inspired by the classic theme park ride at Disney World that first opened up in 1969, this is a separate film to the infamous 2003 box office flop, a family-friendly horror comedy that starred Eddie Murphy. This new incarnation stars Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Jamie Lee Curtis, LaKeith Stanfield, Jared Leto, Danny DeVito, and Chase Dillon, and is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help evict supernatural squatters from their home. For the physical release, Haunted Mansion will be available on 4K Ultra HD and Full-HD Blu-ray starting October 17, with each release containing several extra features. The film wasn't a box office success--taking in only $65.5 million from its US run--but over on GameSpot's sister site Metacritic, the film has generally mixed to positive reviews. Several critics described it as a spooky and fun film, albeit one that's inconsistent with its tone and direction. Continue Reading at GameSpot
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