Haunted Mansion Trivia | 55 facts about the supernatural horror

“Haunted Mansion” is a new supernatural horror comedy film based on a Disneyland ride.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.

1. Haunted Mansion is a 2023 American supernatural horror comedy film
2. It is also called The Haunted Mansion in many languages
3. The film is directed by Justin Simien
4. From a screenplay by Katie Dippold
5. The film stars LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jared Leto
6. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback
7. It is the second theatrical film adaptation of Walt Disney’s theme park attraction The Haunted Mansion
8. It follows the 2003 film of the same name
9. In the film, Gabbie (Dawson) and Travis (Chase W. Dillon) enlist the aid of a team (Stanfield, Haddish, Wilson, and DeVito) to help exorcise their mansion and destroy the ghosts around them
10. Plans for the reboot adaptation based on The Haunted Mansion began in July 2010
11. Then Guillermo del Toro, who intended to write and produce, stated the project would take place in a heightened reality rather than in a real-world setting
12. Del Toro was no longer attached as the project’s director in July 2013
13. After spending years in development hell, Disney officially announced Haunted Mansion in August 2020
14. With Dippold signed on to write a new screenplay for the film
15. Simien negotiated to direct the film by April 2021
16. It was officially confirmed three months later
17. The primary cast was confirmed from July to October, while additional cast was announced the following year
18. Principal photography took place from mid-October 2021 to late February 2022
19. Haunted Mansion premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, on July 15, 2023
20. It was released in the United States on July 28 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
21. The film received mixed reviews from critics
22. In July 2010, it was announced that a reboot adaptation based on The Haunted Mansion was in development for Walt Disney Pictures, with Guillermo del Toro as writer and producer
23. Del Toro stated the project would not take place in a real-world setting, but in a heightened reality
24. He revealed that the Hatbox Ghost would be one of the main characters and said the film would be “scary and fun at the same time, but the scary will be scary”
25. In June 2011, Walt Disney World Imagineer Jason Surrell was brought onto the project as a creative consultant
26. In August 2012, Del Toro submitted the final draft of his script to Walt Disney Studios, intended for a PG-13 rating
27. By July 2013, Del Toro announced he was no longer the project’s director, but remained as co-writer and executive producer
28. In April 2015, Ryan Gosling was in early negotiations to star, while D.V. DeVincentis was hired to rewrite the script
29. In September 2016, Brigham Taylor was hired as producer
30. In August 2020, it was announced that Katie Dippold signed on to write a new screenplay for the film, after it was decided that Del Toro’s script was too scary for family audiences
31. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich were hired as producers
32. The project will be a joint-venture production between Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback
33. By April 2021, Justin Simien entered early-negotiations to direct the film
34. It was officially confirmed as director by July 2021
35. Bryan Cogman, Del Toro, DeVincentis, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Justin Haythe, Jeff Nathanson, Matthew Robbins, Simien, Steven Thompson, and Chris Weitz wrote additional literary material for the film
36. In a behind the features featurette, production designer Darren Gilford revealed that the crew had an after-hours tour on the actual Haunted Mansion ride at Walt Disney World
37. The crew then pulled lots of details from the ride to the sets
38. Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson, and Danny DeVito were each cast to appear in the film
39. In July 2022, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto were revealed to have been cast
40. During the 2022 D23 Expo presentation, it was revealed that Winona Ryder, Dan Levy, and Hasan Minhaj were cast
41. Principal photography ran from October 4, 2021 to late February 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana and Atlanta, Georgia
42. Production also occurred at Trilith Studios
43. The visual effects will be handled by DNEG and Industrial Light & Magic
44. In the United States and Canada, Haunted Mansion was released alongside Talk to Me
45. The film is projected to gross $25 to 30 million from 3,700 theaters in its opening weekend
46. Though a debut of $20 million was noted as possible due to the recent trend of blockbuster films underperforming at the box office
47. The film made $3.1 million from Wednesday and Thursday night previews
48. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 42% rating
49. Based on 162 critics’ reviews
50. With an average rating of 5.4/10
51. The website’s consensus reads: “Haunted Mansion’s talented cast makes the movie a pleasant enough destination, although it’s neither scary nor funny enough to wholeheartedly recommend”
52. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 48 out of 100
53. Based on 48 critics
54. Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
55. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale