The early reviews are pouring in for Disney's latest movie "Haunted Mansion," and boy, they're not looking good at all. The film, which is based on the famous Disney theme park ride, currently sits at a dismal 44 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
And if that wasn't bad enough, it seems like fate dealt them an even worse hand. The entire cast was caught up in the SAG-AFTRA strike, so big names like LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chase Dillon, Daniel Levy, and Jared Leto were nowhere to be seen at the sorry excuse of a premiere.
From Western Journal:
Instead of Hollywood not-quite-A-listers, the event had influencers and cosplayers. Nothing can make you miss Tiffany Haddish and Danny DeVito more than YouTubers and/or creepy people who like dressing up as fictional characters.
“At the festivities in Anaheim, the sweltering heat did not keep some of the guests from donning their ride-inspired finest. Besides those in period-specific garb — such as top hats and vests — attendees in costume as the attraction’s infamous bride were spotted at New Orleans Square outside the stately mansion attraction where the red carpet was rolled out,” the Times reported.
“‘Haunted Mansion’ director Justin Simien walked the red carpet with a billowing floor-length cape.”
Simien might want to keep the disguise on for a while, given the reviews.
Even the nicer ones are a bit scathing. A B- from Entertainment Weekly’s Maureen Lee Lenker was counted as a positive review by Rotten Tomatoes, although this is the blurb they picked: “Haunted Mansion is an enjoyable, if somewhat sedate experience that is more spooky diversion than thrill ride.” Ouch.
Another “positive” review, this one from James Mottram of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post: “Anyone expecting anything more than a few jump scares and bumps in the night is going to be disappointed; in that sense, it is a credible attempt to channel the mild frights of the Disney ride into a movie.”
This is just another nail in the coffin for Disney, and you gotta wonder if they can ever dig themselves out of this hole now.
They keep churning out subpar, woke content like there's no tomorrow, and it's like the big entertainment giant is happily heading down the road to failure without a care.
