Which Haunted Mansion Movie is Better? (VIDEO SCRIPT)

Alright. Let’s see which of Disney’s Haunted Mansion movies is better

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Some of you may not remember because Curse of the Black Pearl pretty much blew it out the water, pun intended, but Pirates of the Caribbean wasn’t the ONLY movie Disney released that was based on one of their theme park attractions in the early 2000’s.

(The Country Bears poster comes on screen and I immediately push it off) I’m of course talking about The Haunted Mansion.

As a concept, the Haunted Mansion was up there with Pirates regarding one of the main attractions from Disneyland and Walt Disney WORLD that would make the most sense to turn into a movie.

It had lore, it had specific ghosts haunting it that could show up, and its optical illusions could easily be made better in a feature-length film, regardless if it was a comedy or taken as seriously as it could be for a Disney production.

But while the original film made double its budget back in the box office, it didn’t make almost FIVE TIMES its budget like Pirates did, /so Disney left Haunted Mansion to struggle in the pool while Disney gave its older sibling all the attention and nurture to grow up into a big and strong 5-film franchise/

It wasn’t until Disney realized they couldn’t milk their golden cow anymore because they didn’t wanna be associated with Johnny Depp due to the Amber Heard allegations that they only decided to revisit Haunted Mansion in the form of a reboot film

Now we have two Haunted Mansion films from Disney in the form of an original film and a rebooted one. And I’m gonna talk about what I liked and disliked about both, and see if it’s possible that one is better than the other.

That means, yes. There will be spoilers for both of these films. So go watch them on either home video or on Disney Plus first. There’ll be affiliate links for the physical copies of both in the description if you wanna own them and help out the channel a bit at the same time

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Now with that out the way, let’s see exactly which Disney Haunted Mansion movie is better!

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

I remember watching this during its initial run in theaters the first semester of my sophomore year in high school. I saw Pirates 1 a few months prior during my summer vacation, and I figured “Hey. They were able to transition the theme of THAT ride into a pretty fun movie. This one should be a no-brainer.”

Also, y’all mind if I take a moment to fit in a small bit of existential crisis because I’m just now realizing that the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise is 20 years old now, OH MY GOD!!

(I’m like the crypt keeper!)

Anyway, I’ll be the first to say that Eddie Murphy isn’t a bad actor.

/Dreamgirls showed that he can act his ass off for Drama when he needs to (You were robbed of that Best Supporting Actor Oscar win, Eddie; I’m so sorry), and his character actor work from Coming to America to the Nutty Professor films has pretty much been cemented as the go-to example for the craft -- even if fat suits were involved./

Speaking of which, let me know in the comment section if you’d be interested in seeing me pitch a third Nutty Professor movie here on the channel. I’m probably gonna do it anyway while the channel is still fresh and the algorithm doesn’t care, but at least I know there’ll be an audience for it.

Saying all that to say that upon my rewatch of this 20 year old movie -- Jesus Christ, it really IS 20 years old -- Eddie’s performance wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be.

/Sure, there’s room for critique in how he portrayed Jim Evers versus what you can see the initial goal for the character was. He’s a black suburbanite family man that is so disconnected from and out of touch with his family because the real estate agency he runs with his wife Sara constantly gets him lost in the capitalism sauce, using the excuse of trying to make a life that’s better for his kids than the one he had growing up./

While a lot of millennials can thank films like Hook making this a staple development arc for parents in the form of Robin Williams’ Peter with his kids, I guess the performer that generations Z and younger have as a reference point is...what, Trixie Mattel?

(Brian’s always working)

The thing is that you can tell in certain portions of the movie that Eddie KNEW not to treat this role like this was gonna be THEE project to elevate his career. He filmed this in... what, 2001-2002?

/And thanks to his more recent hits in that period like Dr. Dolittle and most importantly Mulan and Shrek, he wasn’t in the need -- as the kids would say nowadays -- to act like the rent was due in a movie based on a theme park attraction set on a confederate plantation in Louisiana./

And don’t worry, I’ll be touching on THAT little tidbit later.

This is why when you rewatch Haunted Mansion ‘03 and you’re familiar with Eddie’s Murphy-isms, you’ll tend to spot them just as much as how peeps nowadays notice that Dwayne Johnson doesn’t play characters anymore, he just plays himself AS those characters.

/Except thanks to Eddie having at least an 18 in Charisma when he originally rolled his stats and always tends to give himself Eagle’s Splendor to get advantage on those roles thanks to being able to cast Enhance Ability on himself as a ritual spell, the Eddie Murphy-isms work every time he needs to be animated, exaggerated and bombastic -- which is like...70% of the movie -- but not so much when the situation calls for him to be upset, self-examining or emotional./

(Sarah, I love you) Yes, because when someone I care about and love deeply and raised two children with for 13 years with dies in my arms from ingesting poison, I too refrain from becoming rightfully emotional and just blankly tell them to wake up and that I love them as if it's an inconvenience.

This is especially disappointing for those who grew up with more than just Eddie Murphy’s comedy works from the mid 90’s and onward. /I’m talking about Harlem Nights, I’m talking about the “48 Hours” movies, I’m talking about Boomerang./

Thanks to us knowing he has the range to channel a believable spectrum of emotions in his performances even before he started doing more dramas after his Dreamgirls nomination...

/Eddie Murphy’s performance in Haunted Mansion ‘03 felt more like because Disney realized out of all the movies they were gonna make based on their theme park attractions, Eddie’s energy would enhance the Hocus Pocus feel and comedy that was present in David Berenbaum’s script after working with the actor in the past./

And Eddie Murphy, remembering how much Disney paid him to voice the ancestral spirit guardian of a prominent Chinese household 5 years prior, suddenly was in the mood for an easy paycheck. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Also, let’s not get it twisted; me comparing the energy and feel of Haunted Mansion ‘03 to that of Hocus Pocus is in no way shape or form an insult.

/Despite it being made 10 years prior, a lot of the movie’s feel and energy upon my rewatch of Haunted Mansion ‘03 reminded me of the same charm and whimsy that makes Hocus Pocus so nostalgic. And a lot of that blueprint was in the overall design and architecture of the mansion itself -- based more on the version of the attraction from DisneyWORLD in Orlando Florida -- along with the way it was shot, reminding me of family adventure films from the 90’s./

Yeah, there were moments where you can tell that certain things were done visually because the early 2000’s were when Hollywood decided they wanted to bring back 3D and incorporate it into shots in less-than-subtle ways than how it's done nowadays.

/Thankfully, while the shots were noticeable, they weren’t “Sylvester Stallone slowly pointing his judging finger at you because you’re a whole-ass adult watching the weakest installment of the Spy Kids trilogy for the umpteenth time” noticeable, and that’s what really matters./

Don’t worry, that wasn’t a read; I promise.

Another thing I appreciated regarding the set design and the storytelling was how without having to say anything about it directly, you could tell that the house, the residents and even its curse was steeped in Louisiana’s involvement in the confederacy.

/The attention to detail the movie delivers with its storytelling and who it chose to be its lead shows that this iteration of Gracey not only has strong connections to the decadence and grandness that initially attracted Walt Disney to the Dixieland south, but also doesn’t shy away from finding ways to show off the main ghosts connections to how the confederacy amplified some white folks’ racism./

Once again, it’s never said blatantly over the course of the movie.

/But when you find out that the butler of Gracey Manor Ramsley -- played by General Zod himself Terrence Stamp -- poisoned Edward’s betrothed Elizabeth and framed it to look like a self-unaliving, you can just tell from previous interactions Ramsley had with Jim, the way he says certain words, and the overall demeanor of his nature and manipulation, that the main reason why he did what he did was because, to him, Edward marrying Elizabeth was the equivalent of him marrying a house slave and he couldn’t allow that./

(I told you it would be a mistake to run away with that GIRL) It’s always the way he says “girl” for me. Like, why does it feel like he wants to use both “Female” as a derogatory AND the hard R in its place AT THE SAME TIME, Jesus!

But while I appreciated how the movie did a good job at showing the problematic history of the Dixieland confederate south and the behavior provided by the pale privileged people that fell for its spell instead of telling, /my God did I forget how liberal this movie was in referring to Madame Leota -- another staple character in the Haunted Mansion rides -- as the G-worded slur for the Romani people in this movie./

Like ever since Jim stumbles upon her room, the word is uttered almost twice every 2 minutes; it was a lot

Now I know what you’re probably thinking; what’s the difference between the way 1996’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame uses it versus how Haunted Mansion ‘03 uses it? Isn’t it similar? Absolutely not.

Everyone in Hunchback who refers to Esmerelda and the other Romani people of the film as the G-slur are either specifically anti-Romani thanks to how certain Catholic influences gave the greenlight for people in power to be prejudice and xenophobic...

/Or used to say it for one reason or another and then stopped because they pulled a Pleakley from Lilo & Stitch./ (Educate yourself)

/Here’s a frame of reference for you. The movie’s villain Judge Frollo uses it using his malleable iteration of Catholicism to justify it. The Paris guard, Frollo’s main muscle, uses it, thanks to the word having association with the prejudiced stereotypes they believe about them. And Phoebus used to use it before he fell in love with Esmerelda and started seeing them as the oppressed people that they actually are, and then promptly STOPPED using it once he did. Hunchback uses the word appropriately for the sole purpose to highlight why using the word is wrong in the first place./

/Meanwhile the moment Madame Leota is introduced to Haunted Mansion ‘03, everyone -- regardless of intentions -- uses it like it's the only descriptor for someone who’s Romani. It’s like someone calling every black person they meet a moor just because they read-slash-saw Othello once, like why would you do that?/

And no, I’m not gonna classify the use of the word in this movie the same way someone constantly gives the sorry-ass “They were born in a different time” excuse for the actions of their racist-ass parents and grandparents, who were more than likely alive and protesting Ruby Bridges being escorted to elementary school by Federal Marshals every fucking morning, because even THAT shit is tiring; I’ve disowned my own MOTHER for less.

There’s a seven year gap between how Hunchback properly utilized the word and Berenbaum just using it as a general descriptor for Romani people; I’m not giving him a pass just because he wrote Elf before this and The Spiderwick Chronicles movie two years after.

/It was a bad move, and he should feel bad about said move. End of story./

Other than that, Haunted Mansion ‘03 is a pretty fun family film.

/While I wish Eddie’s character did a better job at getting us to care about the arc he goes on to be a better husband to his wife and father to his children like the beginning of the movie implies is gonna happen, there’s enough charm in it overall that lets it hold up in ways that give this early 2000’s movie a very specific early to mid-90’s nostalgia./

Also yeah, the acting from the sister is cheesy at times...

/But the brother’s black sixth sense for danger that the movie constantly tries to tell us is cowardice unintentionally becomes the most realest shit to ever be featured in this movie/ (This completely goes against my better judgment)

Also no, that’s NOT “ol’ dude from The Good Place when he was a kid.” If you actually thought that, you’re part of the fucking problem. Fix it before I fix it for you.

Now with that out the way, let’s talk about Haunted Mansion ‘23. Or as I like to call it, Justin Simien’s “Dear Dead People.”

Haunted Mansion (2023)

/Let’s just rip the Band-Aid off the arm right quick; this movie had NO BUSINESS being released in theaters during the summer./

I don’t know if it was because Disney execs wanted their bonuses as soon as possible, I don’t know if they were initially trying to beat the inevitable writers and actors strikes. All I know is this movie should’ve come out in October like Baron Samedi intended if they even CONSIDERED wanting this to make as much money as possible.

/Because I guarantee you; the moment this became available to stream on Disney Plus during the month usually associated with “Latinos Against Spooky Shit,” I’m absolutely SURE the streaming numbers went through the roof./

Which makes the studios saying that actors asking for 2% of streaming revenues is unreasonable even MORE wild when you think about it.

/PAY THE PEOPLE IN YOUR MOVIES A LIVING FUCKING WAGE, BOB IGER./

Like I stated earlier, this version of Haunted Mansion is a complete reboot that isn’t affiliated with or connected to the Eddie Murphy film made 20 years prior at all, but they do have some things in common with each other.

/One of them is that there’s a plantation mansion in Louisiana previously owned by a fellow named Gracey that’s haunted -- this one based on the attraction in the DisneyLAND park in California. Another is that it once again has a black man as its lead. This time it’s Ben Matthias, an astrophysicist turned New Orleans tour guide who only did so after the love of his life died and he gained a Nihilism once he was convinced that the afterlife didn’t exist because he couldn’t contact her from beyond the grave./ (Ghosts don’t exist, life is dirt, we’re all dirt) Party.

He’s played by LaKeith Stanfield, who has proven to be an EXCELLENT performer /thanks to his roles in Atlanta, Get Out, Sorry to Bother You, and that one horror TV show I haven’t seen because I refuse to subscribe to Apple TV +/ (It’s not a real streaming service you can’t change my mind).

But while that’s an incredible resume, what’s important and sets Ben apart from Eddie Murphy’s Jim Evers is what his cover letter shows:

/That Stanfield has no problem displaying the full spectrum of human emotion in a believable fashion. Not to mention that he also has no problem crying when he’s sad and being vulnerable around people that he trusts./ (Rita: Finally. A REAL man)

Other actors and the characters they play include /Rosario Dawson portraying a single mom who works two jobs to provide for her autistic Afro Latino American son. Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds with a degree in history. The Wow Man channeling his inner JoAnne the Scammer. Jamie Lee Curtis as a NON-Romani version of Madame Leota. And the woman who thought making a comedy sketch about grooming children with ACTUAL CHILDREN IN IT was a good idea playing a spirit medium./

Now I’ll be the first to admit that while it was fun to see personalities like Owen Wilson and Danny DeVito interact on screen together, that’s all they were: personalities.

The only ones in this movie who were actually ACTING were the likes of LaKeith, Rosario, and her character’s son Travis played by Chase W Dillon.

/Even Tiffany “I thought it would be funny to follow Shakira around and photobomb her all night” Haddish did a bit of acting/

Another thing that I noticed was that they substituted a lot of the “only slightly subtle” confederate and racism associations to both Gracey and the mansion in favor of a celebration of New Orleans as a whole.

/There’s a lot of highlighting the tourism aspect of the city, funerals being treated like a celebration, one Haitian Voodoo priestess. Y’know, whatever will distract non-caring rich white people from the fact that the city’s gonna become the American version of Venice, Italy sooner than later thanks to Global Warming. Things like that./

And I mean, I get it; the execs over at Disney probably didn’t want to feel awkward whenever they saw certain things from the Civil War in Gracey Manor because it would remind them too much of when their Great-Grandads fought and died for the rights of plantation owners. Y’know, Anti-Critical Race Theory logic and all that.

But thanks to the gut-wrenching decision modern day movie execs make to green screen as much as possible because they don’t wanna pay union prices for set designers and would rather cause the haunting of their own studios with the ghosts of overworked and underpaid VFX artists...

/There’s an obvious lack of charm when it comes to Gracey Manor this go-around than there was in the ‘03 version of the movie. Sure there’s more references to the actual attraction than there was in the previous one, but that means nothing if the house doesn’t necessarily feel LIVED in./

One thing I will give the movie though is that it uses a very interesting concept that allows it to use the ghosts that are prominently featured in the attractions in its narrative, in a way that...

/Thanks to the meat of the story focusing on the Gracey/Elizabeth plot -- the ‘03 film didn’t have time to find a satisfying way to do so. Basically, whenever someone living steps foot into Gracey Manor, the ghost of a spirit that died there leaves with them if they choose to -- rightfully so -- get the hell out of there. This is why despite IMMEDIATELY booking with her black son at the first hint that it was haunted because Gabbie’s character shares Rosario Dawson’s Afro Cuban ethnicity -- listen it don’t matter WHERE your ancestors were placed during the transatlantic slave trade; EVERYONE even with a little black in them has that still small voice inside them that tells them not to do dumb shit in horror situations -- they decided to stick it out in the house./ (Do you think I’m going to keep my son in a haunted house? No! EXACTLY!)

Not only is this a BRILLIANT way of utilizing as many ghosts that are featured in both the Disneyland and Disneyworld versions of the ride as possible to establish a type of supernatural legacy that the original lacked...

/But thanks to the movie being about a half hour longer than it’s 2003 predecessor, it also allows them to play a clearer role in the film’s A-Plot that reminded me a lot of how the ghosts were used in 1993’s The Haunting starring Catherine Zeta Jones and, go figure, Owen Wilson./

Some would say that the Haunted Mansion’s plot reminded them more of 2001’s Thirteen Ghosts, and I get it.

/There’s a portion of Haunted Mansion ‘23’s story surrounding Jared “It’s Morbin’ Time” Leto’s Hatbox Ghost needing 1000 souls dead within the house by the full moon to complete a ritual that reminded peeps who watched it of there needing a 13th ghost created by a self-sacrifice out of love to shut down the supernatural machine of a house that the 12 trapped there are powering so that its user can’t see the past, present or future anymore./

The reason why I didn’t immediately come to that conclusion is because at the time of this recording, I’ve never seen Thirteen Ghosts; I only was able to explain the comparison to y’all here because I looked up the movie’s summary on Wikipedia.

/Though I’m probably gonna rectify that now that I know that not only does the black woman survive till the end of the movie, but she also does this immediately after she does./ (I QUIT!)

/Meanwhile, the idea of the ghosts in Gracey Manor being so volatile and being scared of the Hatbox Ghost pulling the springs specifically reminded me of the ghost of Hugh Crain tormenting the souls of the children he killed in Hill House in life, and how they were haunting it to get Crain’s real life descendant Nell to help them cross over when she went over with Sam Raimi’s Batman to participate in a sleep study./

That was a Darkman reference, for everyone who only knows Liam Neeson as the Taken guy, theydies and gentlethems.

And with this, the association made with Thirteen Ghosts, and the themes presented in the film that reminded me of what I have currently deemed my favorite psychological thriller/horror that isn’t directed by Satoshi Kon or his blatant copycat Darren Aronofsky that I’ll reveal in the next segment...

/It’s incredibly hard for me to NOT enjoy the majority of the things that this remake has to offer./

Listen, don’t ask me why I was able to tolerate The Haunting when I was a kid but never even bothered to watch Thirteen Ghosts, okay?

You’re talking to someone who was able to watch the 1999 remake of The House on Haunted Hill up until the Ghost Tornado happened in the third act and hasn’t watched it since because of how fucking terrifying it was to me at the time. How can I properly explain my actions, when I don’t even know what the fuck is going on half of the time?

So Which One’s Better?

Here’s the thing you need to keep in mind regarding doing ANY type of comparison to Haunted Mansion ‘03 and Haunted Mansion ‘23.

/Doing a comparison or judging which one is better outside of acting preferences and outdated language is gonna be incredibly difficult because these are two COMPLETELY different movies that both have COMPLETELY different goals./

Yes, they both share the same source material, but it’s not like comparing old and new Batman and Superman movies together to see which gets more of the source material right or which is more faithful to it.

The Haunted Mansion lore that’s associated with both of the films is so loose, freeform, and EXPENSIVE to learn first-hand that the only ones that can properly judge the movies on that level to say which one is better between the two are the die-hard Disney Park fans that have the thousands of dollars in disposable income to travel to, stay in/near, and get annual passes to both parks every year because they work in IT or some shit.

I promise this isn’t a read for those of y’all who work in IT; I just realized recently how many of y’all are in the furry community and can casually drop hundreds and thousands on art commissions and custom fursuits like its nothing and realized that you’re probably doing the same thing for theme parks and conventions under that same principle.

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/Despite them having lore in common with each other, both of these movies set out to accomplish different things in their narratives and presentation. The main narrative of Haunted Mansion ‘03 is Eddie Murphy’s Jim Evers needing to realize he should put his wife and kids as the main priority, instead of constantly ignoring them and not being there for him because he -- like plenty of others even to this day -- couldn’t realize that Black Excellence is just Capitalism in disguise until the B-Plot threat of losing his wife to the scheme of a racist-ass butler ghost put things into perspective for him./

/And if it weren’t for Eddie treating the role like just another paycheck that he didn’t need to fully and completely commit to because funny quippy Eddie Murphy is what Disney expected from him after giving them success with Mushu in Mulan, we more than likely would’ve gotten that from him in a way that helped the strength of the narrative./

/Meanwhile Haunted Mansion ‘23 EXPONENTIALLY succeeded in conveying the narrative and the messages of its narrative in both its storytelling and the performances driving it home where it matters./

Because of how it deals with loss and grief -- especially with the caveat of the HatBox Ghost needing the 1000th soul to be a willing one -- it gave off heavy vibes of “Baby’s First Babadook” to me.

/And not only could I tell that in the narrative, but I could also see it in LaKeith Stanfield’s performance of Ben Matthias regarding the love he had for his wife and how believable his spiral downhill was after her death to reaching that point, and in Chase W Dillion’s portrayal of Travis both missing his father and being misunderstood enough to just wanna be done with the land of the living and be with the parent that understands him. Those performances carried the narrative in a way that Haunted Mansion ‘03 had the capability of doing, but never really completely getting there./

But while the remake takes home the award for a standout narrative thanks to its performers, it lacks in the visual representation to help it not have to stand on its own thanks to Hollywood execs confusing content over creativity, /making it stand out in that department less than that of Haunted Mansion ‘03./

Yes, more green screen allows for more interesting visuals, /such as sudden labyrinthian hallways that can change at the HatBox ghost’s beck and call in the third act./

/But you lose the charm, the realness and the mystery of the setting that the 2003 original had in SPADES with the practicality that came with its set design and decor. And it’s INCREDIBLY noticeable in the majority of the scenes inside the mansion. Because of that, the Gracey Manor in Haunted Mansion ‘23 felt more like a less fun, spooky and lived-in version of Whipstaff Manor from Casper ‘95 that’s haunted by him, and his three uncles Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso./

/You can FEEL that love and care when you look at the set of the Gracey mansion in Haunted Mansion ‘03. The shitty CGI that played on the resurgence of the 3D gimmick could be EASILY overlooked thanks to how the aesthetic of the mansion was and how every room felt unique and alive. Everything in the mansion felt connected. Everything on the property felt grand and expansive. The set design brought a level of fun and enjoyment that felt in line with how sets from action-adventure movies of yesteryear when they didn’t heavily rely on overworked and underpaid VFX workers providing a cheap alternative to keep studios from paying set designers what they’re owed despite TRULY being masters of their crafts./

But it’s because one has such a strong narrative that’s reinforced to be even stronger because of the performances, and the other having such a strong visual presentation that -- despite the feats the CGI can get it to accomplish -- makes its movie more interesting to watch than the newer one, the desire to compare these two films to see which one is objectively better is such an unfair decision.

/In my opinion, one is definitely more successful than the other in regards to the former, but that doesn’t immediately make it unwatchable. Especially because THAT film succeeds in the latter that the other definitely lacks despite said success./

/The result places both movies on their own side of the same coin. Because one is strong in what the other lacks, both Haunted Mansion movies are in a perfect heads or tails situation where you’re gonna get one or the other all the time regardless of where it lands, because the probability and predictability of where it lands whenever you flip it is always random./

It would be completely different if a movie version of Haunted Mansion existed where it had good representation of both aspects within it that each of the ones that currently exist succeed at separately. That would make stating which one is better WAY easier because we’d have a definitive answer outside of the lore that only a small handful of individuals have access to all the time.

/But considering that the only two Haunted Mansion movies based on the Disney rides that exist each have something that the other lacks and have shown that they’re capable of properly supporting each other because of it, It’s gonna have to do for now. And in all honesty, I’m kinda okay with that./

Conclusion

The Haunted Mansion movies as they stand are in a circle of impasse; one being strong in a key factor that the other lacks, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

It’s thanks to that impasse, these movies both accidentally succeed in complimenting each other and providing something for those who either want one thing that one movie has over the other or both.

/Neither are perfect films, but both have their aspects about them that make them worth watching in their own right. Both separately and together./

You want a good narrative with okay acting but mainly wanna see great set design that looks like it literally came off the Disney Theme Park equivalent of the Nordstrom Rack? /Watch Haunted Mansion ‘03 with Eddie Murphy./

You care more about the performances and how they drive the already strong narrative to the finish line despite how lackluster the mansion in question looks and operates? /Give the 2023 remake starring LaKeith Stanfield a try./

And if you want a movie that succeeds in encompassing both without having to watch both of these films back-to-back, uh.../hope that the next one is inspired by the Mystic Manor from the Disneyland in Hong Kong? I don’t know.../

(Snaps) Right! Yes! Homework!

Write in the comment section below which Haunted Mansion movie based on the Disney Park rides YOU think is better

Or if you feel like sharing with the rest of the class, let me know if there’s an “Original-Remake” combo that does a better job at complimenting each other than it does at proving one is superior than the other.

Whichever one you wanna answer, feel free to let me know!

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But until then this is Readus 201. Class dismissed./