Movie Review: Haunted Mansion(2023)

Filled with ghosts haunting, jump scares, dealing with grief and the incident which bought a group of people with different characters together. A Disney film directed by Justin Simien. Written by Katie Dippold. Starring LaKeith Stanfield as Ben Matthias,  Rosario Dawson as Gabbie, Owen Wilson as Father Kent, Danny DeVito as Bruce Davis, Chase Dillon as Travis, Jared Leto Crump/ Hatbox and Tiffany Haddish as Harriet.

First impressions- I was the only one in the cinema so it was pretty scary. The jump scares weren't many but it did scare me. The film was really well done. The story itself showed the lowest experience a person can possibly go through and would want to end the suffering by meeting them again. I was also a bit disappointed that they didn't go through a bit deeper into the characters suffering. They could have shown his having dreams about her. The performance was hilarious and showed the humour as well as the sadness of a lost soul in the family. The camera movement was fast and crazy. The jump cuts and the movement helped with the feeling of excitement and horror.

I'm not a big fan of scary movies so this was really brave of me. I was just wanting it to be over all the time. I wasn't that scared, but I would rather it to be over. At least I didn't leave before the movie was over. which I am pretty glad I didn't

Overall I did like it but there were also a lot of things they could have gone in a bit deeper. I would give this film a 6/10. If this was released around Halloween, it would have done better and they would have got a bigger audience and more attention.