‘Haunted House’ Killer Cast But Fleeting Movie

Disney returns to theaters August 23 ghost housea remake – albeit not quite so – of the 2003 film of the same name with the participation of Eddie Murphythis time entrusting the project Justin Simien. ghost house is part of a line of Disney films created as film adaptations iconic landmarks theme parks. In this case, this is exactly haunted mansionas well as the cult saga of Pirates of the Caribbean it originated as an adaptation of the attraction of the same name, as well as the latest Jungle Cruisewith the main characters Dwayne Johnson AND Emily Blunt.

Unlike the 2003 film, in which Eddie Murphy was the only truly prominent figure in a fairly ordinary cast, this time Justin Simien had an incredible cast at his disposal: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto AND Winona Ryder. However, ghost house unfortunately, it does not live up to the confident expectations that the large cast aroused in the public; a family movie that, in the end, everyone dislikes a little.

Haunted House, Mysteries of Gracie Manor

Fine (Lakeith Stanfield) is an astrophysicist, he knows Alyssa

(Charity Jordan), a medium, and falls in love with her. They marry, and Ben, in order to unite the worlds to which they have dedicated their lives, creates quantum camera able catch ghoststhus approaching the paranormal. When Alyssa dies in a car accident, Ben’s life takes a turn for the worse. slow decline. His invention doesn’t really seem to work, the scientific community laughs at him, and he is forced to become one. tourist guideaccompanying people without much enthusiasm on some supernatural tours.

It will stay that way until opportunity knocks on the door. Cells (Rosario Dawson) and his son Travis they moved to spooky mansion, Gracie Manor, uninhabited for years and convinced that it is haunted, they ask Ben to help confirm it. However, at first he resisted, but realized the validity of Gabby’s fears, thus making dream Team who solves the mysteries hidden in the haunted house. Together with them, I KentA priest decidedly unorthodox, Harrietone middle eccentric, e BruceA Professor beaten up. “Who will you call?” i would say soundtrack Ghostbusters.

Together, they discover that all those souls in the house are the captives of an evil being named krump (Jared Leto), a sort of Burtonian headless horseman sleepy Hollow, and that the only way to free them is to have him return to the afterlife forever.

Beyond the paranormal

Despite the fact – and this is already clear from the name – Paranormal Activityand hence the haunted house, play a fundamental role in the narrative, albeit almost exclusively in a very ironic and humorous way. ghost house try to study emotional component main characters leading a parallel narrative line, sometimes intertwined with the main one. There death this is clearly a central theme in the film’s script, not only because of the ghosts that inhabit the house, but also because, unfortunately, it is present in the hearts of the main characters and affects their narrative line.

In Ben’s heart, first of all, that you never got over the mourning of Alyssa, and in the heart of little Travis, who lost his father and misses him terribly, because if time heals all wounds, scars are indelible. Between them is established special reportnerve center of the story. ghost house thus he also becomes one reflection on the grieving process and pain is the only real aspect through which the film attempts to appeal to a more adult audience.

Haunted House, a movie for families only.

On the other hand, Disney’s intention is quite obvious and perhaps even partially acceptable. ghost house This family moviesand rightly so, but it’s probably even more of a film that would like to appeal indiscriminately to both younger audiences and older audiences, ultimately creating confusion, as well as the inability to balance the comic and horror component – if I may say so. In short, what Disney manages to do, or at least managed to do, thanks to animation, filling their films magic able to attract a universal audience, she rarely managed to translate it into projects live action.

WITH ghost house this magic illuminates the screen thanks to magnificent sceneryor some curtain starring Danny DeVito, the only one who really got into character, but in the end that’s all too easyAll everything is too normal. For several years now, it has felt like being in a Disney house miss your love; love for your stories, for your characters, for cinema. ghost house it’s another movie floating in uncertainty of anonymityunforgettable, fleetingjust like a ghost.

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