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It's been a long while since I watched this. Didn't remember being super impressed with it overall, though it was still kinda fun. And my opinion of this movie nowadays apparently hasn't changed. Oddly released at the same time as Pirates of the Caribbean and based off of a ride at Didney Worl' as well, the movie starts well enough, if a bit cheesily, but I certainly don't mind a movie being a bit over-the-top. The writers here though definitely needed to hash things out more though as it suffers from a fair few holes. Some of them aren't important at all, but others are quite egregious.
For one, Ramslehhh... Ahem. Ramsley's motivation for killing Elizabeth seems to be that he didn't want Gracey to marry her and throw away their legacy... Or something. I dunno. I have no idea why Gracey marrying Elizabeth would kill their legacy, but ok. Another huge hole is how wildly elaborate to non-existent Ramsley's plan is to get Jim and his kids out of the way. I get not wanting to harm the kids for several reasons, but they could have easily just been locked in their room, and Jim could just have been disappeared somehow. But nope. Let's let them all wander around the house and find out what that deep dark secret you've been hiding from Gracey is.
It goes further too. Oh boy, does it go.
Ramsley's clearly got this big bad reputation amongst the ghosts and he's got telekinesis to boot (which is just flat out broken in any movie if actually used to its fullest extent, but I digress), but it just makes things even more laughable when Jim and some kids outsmart this guy's entire elaborate plan. Quick! He's got Jim dead to rights with Elizabeth's letter too! So we're gonna toss Jim out of the house and lock him out. Fine! Great. But uh... You did take the letter, right... ? You did not... Great job there, bro. But hey! The house heals itself so Jim can't get in! Except when you drive a car through it, but I guess ghosts are weak to, uh... BMWs.
Speaking of which, what is this grand curse anyway? Who did it? Colonel Sanders? Why is it there? Elizabeth was poisoned but apparently never visited Gracey so she must have moved on, and then Gracey commits suicide. Obviously he wanted to return back to Elizabeth. So neither of them want to be at that damn mansion. But Gracey at least is... stuck there for some reason? Or is he there voluntarily? What about Ramsley and that other bunch of ghosts? What are they doing? Was this, like, a curse bomb? What? What is it!? Spit it out!!!
So, then. Worth a watch? Eh... See Casper (1995) instead. Definitely a superior Halloween movie to this one. If you've seen all the Halloween movies already though, then go ahead and give this a watch I suppose. Again, problems aside, it's fun enough if you turn your brain off, but it's like the popcorn you might be eating when watching this movie. Tasty as a snack, but it's just not very substantial at all when you get down to it.
For one, Ramslehhh... Ahem. Ramsley's motivation for killing Elizabeth seems to be that he didn't want Gracey to marry her and throw away their legacy... Or something. I dunno. I have no idea why Gracey marrying Elizabeth would kill their legacy, but ok. Another huge hole is how wildly elaborate to non-existent Ramsley's plan is to get Jim and his kids out of the way. I get not wanting to harm the kids for several reasons, but they could have easily just been locked in their room, and Jim could just have been disappeared somehow. But nope. Let's let them all wander around the house and find out what that deep dark secret you've been hiding from Gracey is.
It goes further too. Oh boy, does it go.
Ramsley's clearly got this big bad reputation amongst the ghosts and he's got telekinesis to boot (which is just flat out broken in any movie if actually used to its fullest extent, but I digress), but it just makes things even more laughable when Jim and some kids outsmart this guy's entire elaborate plan. Quick! He's got Jim dead to rights with Elizabeth's letter too! So we're gonna toss Jim out of the house and lock him out. Fine! Great. But uh... You did take the letter, right... ? You did not... Great job there, bro. But hey! The house heals itself so Jim can't get in! Except when you drive a car through it, but I guess ghosts are weak to, uh... BMWs.
Speaking of which, what is this grand curse anyway? Who did it? Colonel Sanders? Why is it there? Elizabeth was poisoned but apparently never visited Gracey so she must have moved on, and then Gracey commits suicide. Obviously he wanted to return back to Elizabeth. So neither of them want to be at that damn mansion. But Gracey at least is... stuck there for some reason? Or is he there voluntarily? What about Ramsley and that other bunch of ghosts? What are they doing? Was this, like, a curse bomb? What? What is it!? Spit it out!!!
So, then. Worth a watch? Eh... See Casper (1995) instead. Definitely a superior Halloween movie to this one. If you've seen all the Halloween movies already though, then go ahead and give this a watch I suppose. Again, problems aside, it's fun enough if you turn your brain off, but it's like the popcorn you might be eating when watching this movie. Tasty as a snack, but it's just not very substantial at all when you get down to it.