Even with all of its supernatural elements, it's a much more believable and digestible interpretation of the original concept.ĭippold and Simien trust their audience, however young said cinemagoers are, to keep up with the nuggets they do drop (and tweak) as well, like the inclusion of Madame Leota, the iconic medium who was introduced at Disneyland before being added to different parks. The baddie just sensed his pain the second he entered the mansion, and figured he'd be more easily convinced to cross over to the other side – becoming his 1000th claimed soul, and allowing him to escape the mansion – than someone who wasn't already in mourning and curious about the afterlife.

Unlike the Eddie Murphy-fronted 2003 flick, which conjured up a convoluted plot about a work-obsessed realtor who gets more than he bargained for when he learns that his wife is the reincarnation of Elizabeth, the murdered paramour of the manor's original owner, the 2023 version keeps things simple.īen isn't inexplicably linked to the property or Gracey, the heartbroken widower who unleashed a plethora of phantoms into his home through trying to reconnect with his lost love, nor the villainous Hatbox Ghost (Jared Leto).

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