Synopsis
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.
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Cast
- Eddie MurphyJim Evers
- Marsha ThomasonSara Evers
- Terence StampRamsley
- Nathaniel ParkerMaster Gracey
- Jennifer TillyMadame Leota
- Dina Spybey-WatersEmma
- Wallace ShawnEzra
- Marc John JefferiesMichael Evers
- Aree DavisMegan Evers
- Jim DoughanMr. Coleman
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
A fright show artfully designed for the whole family, a comedy that all but the most impressionable children will likely get a kick out of. - 50
Washington Post
It's perfectly palatable family fare for a long weekend. - 50
Washington Post
Eddie Murphy is less offensive than Dr. Seuss. - 50
Miami Herald
Won't surprise you, but it's more tolerable than the grating, garish, millinery-challenged Cat. Besides, a cadaverous Terence Stamp trumps a glossy Alec Baldwin as a bad guy any day. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
Tame and witless enough to make me long for the ancient, dusty fright kitsch of ''The Munsters.'' - 30
The A.V. Club
It's also hard to figure out who this movie is supposed to delight: It's too scary for little kids and not nearly scary enough for anyone allowed to rent "The Ring" without getting carded. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Learn from the Evers family: The Haunted Mansion is not worth the detour. - 25
New York Daily News
A tepid comedy whose only saving grace is the face of Jennifer Tilly in a crystal ball.
