(ESP-ENG) Haunted Masion - A very familiar terror!
Hello friends, good vibes to all.
About 20 years ago Eddie Murphy, a real estate worker, along with his family showed us in the movie of the same name a mansion which was inhabited by ghosts, that was a film full of comedy with some horror overtones. In this 2023 Disney applied again the formula of bringing back old titles and refreshing them in order to revive, I guess, movies that were pretty good at the time. Honestly I was very reluctant to see this film because of all that Disney means today, there are many decisions they have made that have made me move away a little from a brand that in my childhood was a pillar of entertainment for me.
But then when I read a little more about this movie I notice something that catches my attention and it is the great cast it has, it really has very good actors and deep down I said that something cool has to be in the film with all these people acting. The theme and the main key here is that you know what you are going for, you can't start watching the film thinking that you are going to see a pure and hard horror film, full of gore and suspense, no no, nothing like that, Disney is not like that. We are facing a comedy, obviously, which is accompanied with a few touches of horror, scares and some very good visual effects; all to be enjoyed with the family, because I'm sure that is Disney's maximum intention. So without further ado, let's talk a little bit about this new adaptation.
This new story begins with Gabbie (Rosario Dawson) and her son who move into a mansion of which little is known, it is the typical huge abandoned wooden mansion that creaks every square meter. It's hard to imagine it actually happening, but nothing, we are in the clichés of these movies. The thing is that as soon as they arrive and try to settle in to spend the first night there, strange things start to happen and Travis, the boy, is the first to notice. Without thinking they flee immediately but this place has a particularity and that wherever you are their ghosts will haunt you until you return to that house.
In desperation, the mother and son decide to contact a group of "experts" quite varied and peculiar to help her get out of the large number of spirits and specters that make "life" in that mansion. Once they are all there, they realize that the real problem is an evil entity that leaves no one alone, neither the living nor the dead, and that is where they must focus to solve everything. But there is a detail and that is that death is very present and stalking everyone in the mansion, they have to achieve the task before a deadline because otherwise a misfortune can happen. It is then where we will see what these people will be able to do to try to help Gabbie and get this evil out of the house once and for all.
As I said at the beginning, you have to be very clear about what you are going to see so that you won't be disappointed. I have read reviews, sometimes I do, and the most repeated one is that it lacked to be more terrifying, to be able to impart more fear and that's when I ask myself, are you not seeing who is behind this film? - Disney is not going to risk, basically because it is not their line, to make something heavier, for that there are other titles out there. Knowing this you have to understand that this is a purely family movie, with a very friendly horror, I appreciate that in some cases they wanted to raise the bar and make the ghosts a little creepy, but at the end of the day it is a movie to be enjoyed and why not, to laugh for a while.
Something that surprised me was everything that has to do with visuals, special effects, CGI, etc. For a film of these characteristics at least in my opinion I think it was very well done all this, there is much play in several scenes where this work is noticeable, the alteration of space is handled much, for example, you are in a hallway and it begins to move and floors and walls change position; all these details made the experience enjoyable, makes watching the film is not something boring. The ghosts and their appearances, everything that surrounds them, are things that were correct much to my surprise. I was expecting something of much lesser quality but visually this was not the case.
But what is really the great added value of this is the cast. The characters are very different but each one has a different essence. Actors like Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto and a small role for Winona Ryder make up a great cast. We must also mention Lakeith Stanfield who is Ben Matthias, the photographer/scientist, Tiffany Haddish who is the medium and Chase Dilon who plays Gabbie's son. Honestly they all gave good performances of their characters. I really liked the kid, really how loose he came across is amazing and DeVito is always funny and a joy to watch. It's impossible not to want to watch the film with all the names in it, I think it's worth sitting through the two hours to enjoy it a bit.
A 7/10 from me because even though I know the movie is not bad, it's not for me. I saw it without problems and I enjoyed it but it is a theme that does not go with me. It has good effects, the performances are fine, the story is simple but there is no need to have something more elaborate, at least not in this film. There are no scares or evil terror, the attempt is appreciated but it doesn't go beyond that, a simple attempt. It's on Disney+ and it's two hours long. I leave the trailer below for you to take a look.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!
As soon as I saw it's a Disney movie, I knew it won't be scary and I will probably classify it as mystery rather than horror. But all the same, it looks like a great movie, at least from what I have seen in the trailer
It is a very familiar film. The truth is good but there is nothing scary, the trailer I think misleads a little. But to pass the time this Halloween season it's more than ok.
Al igual que tu, he dejado de consumir a Disney, pero el elenco y la historia me llaman mucho la atención. Saludos!
El cast es lo mejor que tiene, siento que vale la pena solo por eso. Pero si, Disney ha bajado mucho de calidad por varias razones que no vienen al caso pero eso ha hecho que cada vez menos de ellos. Solo lo del universo de Star Wars diría que es lo que vale la pena.
Así que nada, si quieres vela, no es tan mala como se piensa.
El elenco está brillante! Tengo que verla... La de hace algunos años con Murphy me gustó bastante.
Esa de Murphy es bastante cool. Esta también vale la pena entiendo que es lo que vas a ver, el problema es que la gente creía encontrarse con una cosa y resultó siento algo totalmente diferente. Y si, el elenco está muy top, grandes nombres, lo mejor del film sin dudas.