{"id":18153,"date":"2023-10-07T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T06:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=18153"},"modified":"2023-10-08T10:21:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T17:21:24","slug":"spooky-movie-month-day-7-haunted-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/spooky-movie-month-day-7-haunted-mansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Movie Month Day #7 – Haunted Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 7th <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight I was in the mood for a good ghost story. But knowing my kids and getting a late start, it would have to be something they\u2019d be willing to invest themselves in – something not too terrifying, something with actors they’d recognize, most of all; something easy and fun. The clear and only choice was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new, 2023 release of Haunted Mansion!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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When Ashoka, Lightening McQueen and the Lorax team up with Laurie strode and Ms Hill to fight the Joker so Lieutenant Elliot and Hawthorn can process their grief safely in a gorgeous house with almost a thousand grim, grinning ghosts, you know it\u2019s gonna be a good time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Justin Semien and written by Katie Dippold, Haunted Mansion is a gorgeous PG-13 reimagining of The Haunted Mansion, which just happens to be our favorite home away from home.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weaving together the lives of six very different folks, the Mansion\u2019s reluctant residents do their best to fight off a terrible otherworldly adversary before he can step out of the Beyond and into our world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Haunted Mansion ride has a truly special place in my heart. When I was a kid, I didn\u2019t call it by its name and it was never just \u201cthe haunted house ride\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh no. In fact, calling it that was a sure fire way to insult me!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was my<\/strong><\/em> house.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would spend hours daydreaming about living there with its 999 happy haunts, exploring, spending time in each of the rooms and making friends with all the ghosts who lived there.\u00a0During covid, I even redecorated my bathroom in a Haunted Mansion theme! The kids have been wandering the halls and gardens since they were 6 weeks old. Our time there and the moments we’ve spent are truly a part of our family history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, as you can imagine, I\u2019ve been DYING to see this. We missed it in theaters this summer due to our theatre and performance schedules, but I was determined to jump on it as soon as I could once it was available at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching it brought back all those nostalgic childhood feelings with a star-studded cast and they did it so beautifully, with such a touching story and powerful message, I even cried a few times!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won\u2019t give away too much since this is such a new movie, but I will say – Haters; we clearly did not see the same movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found it visually beautiful, full of nods to the ride, had a cast I was genuinely excited to see together on screen. It wasn’t perfect, but I truly loved it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few critiques; <\/p>\n\n\n\n