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The Haunted Mansion (2003)

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The Haunted Mansion is a movie based on the attraction of the same name and is one of Disney's ventures in adapting their theme park attractions into movies. It was theatrically released in November 2003 and wasn't quite as successful at the box office as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which was also released in 2003.Workaholic realtor Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) and his family — wife Sara (Marsha Thomason), son Michael (Mark John Jeffries) and daughter Megan (Aree Davis) — are invited to the old and haunted Gracey Manor outside of New Orleans. Things take a sinister turn when the family learns that the ghostly owner, Master Edward Gracey (Nathaniel Parker) and his butler Ramsley (Terence Stamp), both believe Sara to be the reincarnation of Gracey's long-lost fiance Elizabeth and that she will be the key to lifting the curse on the house that keeps the 999 souls from passing onto the next world. With the help of Madame Leota (Jennifer Tilly) and a few ghostly servants, Jim and his kids must uncover the truth behind what really happened to Elizabeth, encountering the many ghosts of the graveyard, zombies, haunted suits of armor and the gates of Hell themselves opening.Another film based on the ride, simply titled Haunted Mansion, was released on July 28, 2023.
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: Ramsley did not want Master Gracey marrying Elizabeth, who is black. He even says, "Running away with that girl would have destroyed this house."
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My Grandson, Myself
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My Grandson, Myself: Gracey attempts to pass himself off as his own grandson when he tells Elizabeth's story to Sara, making it appear as though his grandfather, rather than him, was in love with Elizabeth.
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Tempting Fate
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Tempting Fate: In the mausoleum, after Jim gets the key out of the crypt, he and Megan make to leave and Jim remarks on how easy it was. Cue the zombie in the crypt sitting up and turning to face them. Later in the same scene, Jim tells Megan he has everything under control while she's looking for the key, after he has defeated the zombie in the cryopt. Cue an Oh, Crap! when the other zombies break out. "If anyone has any objections--" Cue Jim breaking into the room and shouting, "Yeah, I got a few objections!"
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
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"If anyone has any objections--" Cue Jim breaking into the room and shouting, "Yeah, I got a few objections!"
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Say My Name
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Say My Name: A few examples. Michael yells "MEGAN!" in shock when he first sees the ghost ball, causing her to burst out of the bathroom and drop her phone. He then does it again later when he sees the portrait of Elizabeth in the attic. Michael and Megan each exclaim "Dad!" when Jim bursts through the door at the bottom of the staircase they're standing at the top of when he escapes from the musical instruments chasing him. They do it again later when he breaks them out of the trunk Ramsley trapped them in. Jim yells "Michael! Megan!" when he sees the trunk they're trapped in and held up by a chain, before attempting to rush towards them. Sara did the same earlier when Ramsley implicitly threatens them in a Shame If Something Happened moment. Sara screams "JIM!" when Ramsley is dragged by the fiery serpent to be dragged off to Hell, and he grabs Jim by the leg to drag him off too. Luckily, Gracey saves him. Then a quiet murmur of "Jim..." before she dies. Finally, after Ramsley is dragged off to Hell, Megan and Michael each exclaim "Mom!" in shock when Sara collapses from the poison.
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Soft Glass
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Soft Glass: Jim is thrown through the attic window, lands on the greenhouse roof (which doesn't break), and then falls on his back on his car's windshield. He not only has no marks on him, he gets up seconds later like nothing happened.
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Gender-Equal Ensemble
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Gender-Equal Ensemble: The Evers family, which has two males (Jim and Michael) and two females (Sara and Megan).
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Papa Wolf
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Papa Wolf: Jim is willing to fight his way through a corridor of animated suits of armor to get to Michael and Megan, who at that point have been trapped in a trunk.
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Chekhov's Boomerang
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Chekhov's Boomerang: Michael's fear of spiders. It's established when we first see him, comes up again briefly when the family first arrives at the mansion, then it comes up again at the end of the mausoleum scene, where, after retrieving the key, Jim and Megan get trapped inside when the door slams shut, leaving Michael outside with spiders crawling all over the door. He eventually braves himself and opens it to save Jim and Megan.
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Chekhov's Gun
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Chekhov's Gun: The Evers' BMW. Jim drives the family to the mansion in it, then in the climax, where he gets trapped outside by Ramsley, he pulls off a Car Fu moment with it to break back into the mansion and save the others. The ghost ball that appears to Megan and Michael. It leads them to the attic where they see the portrait of Elizabeth that resembles Sara. It appears in the climax to save Sara, and turns out to have been the spirit of Elizabeth.
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Cordon Bleugh Chef
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Cordon Bleugh Chef / Foreign Queasine: What Ramsley serves the trespassing family.
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Adaptation Expansion
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Adaptation Expansion: Given that there is no real Backstory to the original ride, this was inevitable.
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Mythology Gag
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Mythology Gag: Tons of them. And even outside Mansion-based ones, the tiki bar Jim goes to towards the beginning is a nod to The Enchanted Tiki Room. The Enchanted Tiki Room which, at Disneyland, you must walk by to get to the Haunted Mansion ride.
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Defanged Horrors
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Defanged Horrors: Includes some seriously creepy moments, like Eddie Murphy's face rotting in a mirror.
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Emerging from the Shadows
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Emerging from the Shadows: Ramsley is introduced this way. Though we first hear his voice over the phone speaking to Sara, he emerges from a dark corridor amidst flashes of lightning soon after the Evers family first arrive at the mansion.
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Apologetic Attacker: Gracey says, "forgive me", to Jim before he means to kill him with his sword. Jim convinces Gracey he is telling the truth by producing Elizabeth's real letter and ordering him to read it.
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Destination Defenestration
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Destination Defenestration: Ramsley can materialize enough to catch Jim in a Neck Lift and then fly up before sending him through a window.
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Kick the Dog
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Kick the Dog: Ramsley murdered Elizabeth, insults Jim behind his back, locks Michael and Megan in a trunk, throws Jim out of the mansion, and threatens Michael and Megan if Sara doesn't go along with his plan.
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Monochrome Apparition
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Monochrome Apparition: The ghosts are whitish-blue, as are many of the ghosts in the actual ride. They are capable of appearing as living people unless they leave the mansion.
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Batman Gambit
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Batman Gambit: Ramsley's Evil Plan depends on two fault points; the first is convincing Sara to pretend to be Elizabeth and banking on Edward not noticing the difference.
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Dragged Off to Hell
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Dragged Off to Hell: Ramsley's motive for his plan is to avoid this, as he knows that he will be condemned to Hell if the truth of Elizabeth's death is revealed. Sure enough, when his crimes are exposed in the climax, he is seized by some devilish fire snake coming from the fireplace. He almost drags Jim along with him, but the hero is saved by Edward.
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Parental Substitute
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Parental Substitute: It's implied that Ramsley was this to Gracey.
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Deus ex Machina
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Deus ex Machina: Ramsley seemingly calls upon the powers of Hell to unleash on everyone after he's been exposed. Said powers form a fiery snake shape and drag him down to Hell instead. The protagonists aren't out of the woods yet, but it takes the immediate threat out of the equation.
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Heroes Gone Fishing
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Heroes Gone Fishing: Sara mentions several offscreen examples that occurred while Jim was busy with work. Over the course of one month, the family (minus Jim) attended three soccer games, two birthday parties and a barbecue. Jim decides to remedy this by agreeing to take them to the lake.
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jim; Sara really doesn't like how he puts work first in his life, which makes him neglect almost everything else, but that doesn't mean he doesn't care. He definitely loves his family, and goes all Papa Wolf when they are threatened. Megan; She comes across as a Bratty Teenage Daughter a lot, snarks at everything, including Jim, and is often quite rude and aloof. She still cares, though, as she willingly helps Jim find the key in the mausoleum, expresses sympathy with Gracey's plight, and is disgusted when Ramsley is revealed to have murdered Elizabeth, telling Jim to punch his face in.
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Would Hurt a Child
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Would Hurt a Child: Implied. Ramsley imprisons Megan and Michael in a trunk and twists the knife by threatening Sara with a Shame If Something Happened moment, implying further harm will come to them if she doesn't comply.
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Smart People Know Latin
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Smart People Know Latin: Megan is supposed to be the smartest character and took a Latin course for three years.
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Big Fancy House
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Big Fancy House: Gracey Manor was this before the curse that left it haunted.
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Death by Adaptation
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Death by Adaptation: The cemetery watchman and his dog are alive on the actual ride, yet they are shown as ghosts here.
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Scenery Porn
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Scenery Porn: While it's quite dilapidated, the mansion really is gorgeous, and it's easy to see why a realtor would be excited about the opportunities it presents...even with the Creepy Cemetery in the backyard.
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Big "WHAT?!"
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Big "WHAT?!": Megan, after Ramsley informs the family that the road has been flooded by the storm, so they can't leave the mansion that night.
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Poisoned Drink Drop
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Poisoned Drink Drop: Elizabeth Henshaw's death by poisoned wine is depicted this way, her drink-holding arm falling on the nearby sofa and spilling her wine.
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Wham Line
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Wham Line: When Jim finds the letter Elizabeth wrote hidden in the old trunk, which reveals the truth about that fatal night:
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Bookends
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Book Ends: The "Welcome, Foolish Mortals" and Madame Leota's "Be sure to bring your… death certificate" Stinger echo the ride.
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Logo Joke
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Logo Joke: The castle is set against the foyer organ, before fading into the roof of the mansion.
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Ominous Music Box Tune
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Ominous Music Box Tune: The theme music that accompanies the backstory of Master Gracey and his would-be fiancee Elizabeth.
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Are We There Yet?
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Are We There Yet?: The final shot of the movie, on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge, has the kids saying it.
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Disney Villain Death
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Disney Villain Death: Though he's already dead, Ramsley falls into Hell during the climax.
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Michael's fear of spiders. It becomes a serious stumbling block when his father and sister are stuck in a crypt with masses of undead, the door out gets covered in spiders, and Michael's the only one who can open it. He eventually manages to open the door, despite still being scared stiff when he is covered in spiders while doing so.
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 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_5beef860
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_5beef860
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_5f251b1b
type
Poor Man's Porn
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_5f251b1b
comment
Poor Man's Porn: Possibly. In Michael's first scene, Jim asks Michael what he's doing with Jim's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition magazine. Michael is only ten years old, however.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_5f251b1b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_5f251b1b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_5f251b1b
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_60194b82
type
Spanner in the Works
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_60194b82
comment
Spanner in the Works: The ghost ball that turns out to be Elizabeth. Ramsley implies that he was going to use the children as collateral anyway but didn't find them in their room because they had followed it into the attic. This leads to Jim and the kids finding out about the ghosts, and thus start trying to break the curse.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_60194b82
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_60194b82
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_60194b82
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_61375e57
type
BigDamnKiss
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_61375e57
comment
Big Damn Kiss: Gracey and Elizabeth (in Sara's body) after the climax. Megan and Michael are Squicked and Jim finds it awkward, understandably.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_61375e57
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_61375e57
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_61375e57
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_64070096
type
Cowardly Lion
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_64070096
comment
Cowardly Lion: Michael. He's terrified of spiders and seems quite insecure, but when Jim and Megan get trapped in the mausoleum with spiders crawling all over the door and the zombies advance on them, he does eventually brave himself to open the door and save them both. He also yells at Ramsley to leave Jim alone, before he and Megan get trapped in a trunk.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_64070096
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_64070096
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_64070096
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_661d7909
type
Maligned Mixed Marriage
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_661d7909
comment
Maligned Mixed Marriage: Gracey was white and rich while his beloved was at least half-black and (presumably) poor, which Ramsley couldn't abide.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_661d7909
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_661d7909
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_661d7909
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_663f35c0
type
Only One Name
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_663f35c0
comment
Only One Name: Ramsley is obviously the character's surname. Emma and Ezra too. Subverted with Elizabeth, as Ramsley eventually reveals her surname is Henshaw.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_663f35c0
featureApplicability
-0.3
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_663f35c0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_663f35c0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_66479d0
type
Our Ghosts Are Different
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_66479d0
comment
Our Ghosts Are Different: Ghosts can solidify their appearance and look and move like a regular mortal, or become a transparent whitish-blue and float around. There's also a floating white ghost ball, and Madame Leota who is just a head in a glass crystal ball.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_66479d0
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_66479d0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_66479d0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6d332aea
type
Driven to Suicide
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6d332aea
comment
Driven to Suicide: In the backstory, Edward hanged himself after he came to believe that his fiancée killed herself with poison rather than marry him. In truth, she'd been murdered by Ramsley.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6d332aea
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6d332aea
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6d332aea
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6da90c4d
type
Full-Name Ultimatum
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6da90c4d
comment
Full-Name Ultimatum: Subverted. Just before Michael first appears, Jim tries to get his attention by using his full name, Michael Jordan Evers.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6da90c4d
featureApplicability
-0.3
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6da90c4d
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6da90c4d
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6ef6417b
type
Disney Death
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6ef6417b
comment
Disney Death: Sara gets one, dying from Ramsley's poison but then coming back thanks to Elizabeth.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6ef6417b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6ef6417b
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_6ef6417b
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7012424f
type
Stealth Hi/Bye
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7012424f
comment
Stealth Hi/Bye: Coupled with Jump Scare. Ramsley suddenly appears behind Jim in his and Sara's room when Jim tries unsuccessfully to get Sara to come out of the bathroom. He does it again with Sara in one of the hallways
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7012424f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7012424f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7012424f
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7464705c
type
Arc Words
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7464705c
comment
Arc Words: "Twenty minutes tops."
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7464705c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7464705c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7464705c
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_74ed89b2
type
Oracular Head
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_74ed89b2
comment
Oracular Head: Madame Leota, as in the ride. In order to keep Jennifer Tilly's head perfectly still, she had to be bolted into a device like a surgical halo.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_74ed89b2
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_74ed89b2
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_74ed89b2
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_77c0952e
type
Face Your Fears
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_77c0952e
comment
Face Your Fears: Jim encourages Michael to confront his fear of spiders, but Michael balks. Then he has no choice when he has to retrieve a key to save Jim and Megan, and Jim makes sure to tell him how proud he is.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_77c0952e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_77c0952e
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_77c0952e
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7c0bfb83
type
Obviously Evil
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7c0bfb83
comment
Obviously Evil: Ramsley, very much so. He's an ugly old creeper with a stoic voice who's always lurking around in the shadows, with accompanying organ music and thunderclaps that only happen when he's around.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7c0bfb83
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7c0bfb83
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7c0bfb83
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7de3aec2
type
What Does She See in Him?
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7de3aec2
comment
What Does She See in Him?: Invoked by Ramsley.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7de3aec2
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7de3aec2
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7de3aec2
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7e74d66f
type
Politically Correct History
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7e74d66f
comment
Politically Correct History: Zig-Zagged. The hauntings start because Ramsley killed Gracey's black fiancée to prevent a scandal. However, they never explicitly say Ramsley disapproved of her race, only that she and Gracey were from "different worlds".
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7e74d66f
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7e74d66f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7e74d66f
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7eaf99d
type
Malevolent Architecture
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7eaf99d
comment
Malevolent Architecture: The mansion is deliberately designed to look like a tomb, with cemetery-style statuary. It might have been nice once, but it got worse after becoming haunted.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7eaf99d
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7eaf99d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7eaf99d
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7f390ebc
type
Developing Doomed Characters
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7f390ebc
comment
Developing Doomed Characters: Everything between the credits and the Evers arriving at the house can be seen as painful to watch.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7f390ebc
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7f390ebc
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7f390ebc
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7febc23b
type
Establishing Character Moment
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7febc23b
comment
Establishing Character Moment: Jim is introduced showing a house to a couple and brushing off Sara when he talks to her on the phone after she calls him. He later tries to make it up to her by bringing her a teddy bear and organising a vacation for the family to make up for his recent absences. Michael is first seen screaming because of a spider on his bedroom window, and being unable to hit it as Jim wants him to. Megan is introduced by crushing the spider that Michael wouldn't hit, sarcastically asking Jim if he's happy now, and responding with indifference when Jim calls her out as she leaves Michael's room.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7febc23b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7febc23b
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_7febc23b
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_823c6e3e
type
Large Ham
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_823c6e3e
comment
Large Ham: Jim. Being played by Eddie Murphy, it was expected.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_823c6e3e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_823c6e3e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_823c6e3e
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_87ab7f69
type
Sharp-Dressed Man
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_87ab7f69
comment
Sharp-Dressed Man: Jim is this for much of the film. He mentions when they first get to Gracey Manor that he's wearing brand-new shoes and his good suit.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_87ab7f69
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_87ab7f69
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_87ab7f69
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8967e17f
type
Back from the Dead
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8967e17f
comment
Back from the Dead: Sara's revival from the poison thanks to Elizabeth's spirit intervening.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8967e17f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8967e17f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8967e17f
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8a1215e0
type
Bratty Teenage Daughter
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8a1215e0
comment
Megan; She comes across as a Bratty Teenage Daughter a lot, snarks at everything, including Jim, and is often quite rude and aloof. She still cares, though, as she willingly helps Jim find the key in the mausoleum, expresses sympathy with Gracey's plight, and is disgusted when Ramsley is revealed to have murdered Elizabeth, telling Jim to punch his face in.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8a1215e0
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8a1215e0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8a1215e0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8b68d9a7
type
Stalker with a Crush
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8b68d9a7
comment
Stalker with a Crush: Gracey to Sara. Justified, as he thinks she's an amnesiac reincarnation of Elizabeth, which is what Ramsley wants him to think, so the curse can be lifted without the real Elizabeth returning. That and he'd gone mad with grief after Elizabeth's supposed suicide. He comes to his senses when Jim reveals what really happened.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8b68d9a7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8b68d9a7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_8b68d9a7
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_91d3ab1e
type
Ominous Pipe Organ
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_91d3ab1e
comment
Ominous Pipe Organ: One can be heard during Ramsley's introduction, and other times when he's around to highlight his darkness.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_91d3ab1e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_91d3ab1e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_91d3ab1e
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970c790a
type
Big Bad
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970c790a
comment
Big Bad: Ramsley the butler.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970c790a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970c790a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970c790a
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ca74e
type
Big "OMG!"
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ca74e
comment
Big "OMG!": Megan, upon first seeing the sheer size of the Gracey cemetery outside the mansion.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ca74e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ca74e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ca74e
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ccfec
type
Big "YES!"
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ccfec
comment
Big "YES!": Ramsley to Gracey after Gracey angrily asks him if his loving Elizabeth was a mistake.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ccfec
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ccfec
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_970ccfec
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_973d220f
type
Never My Fault
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_973d220f
comment
Never My Fault: Ramsley never acknowledges the fact that it was his own actions that cursed the 999 souls, instead choosing to blame it all on Edward's actions and turn all the ghosts on him.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_973d220f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_973d220f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_973d220f
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_9e0c3153
type
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_9e0c3153
comment
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Megan's "Oh. My. God." when she first sees the Gracey cemetery upon arriving at Gracey Manor.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_9e0c3153
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_9e0c3153
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_9e0c3153
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a39d6056
type
NiceToTheWaiter
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a39d6056
comment
Nice to the Waiter: Jim tries to be polite and familiar toward Ramsley the butler, who merely finds him annoying. Ezra and Emma (the footman and cook) got along pretty well with Gracey's fiancee Elizabeth, which is especially emphasized in a deleted scene.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a39d6056
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a39d6056
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a39d6056
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a431b0e6
type
The Butler Did It
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a431b0e6
comment
The Butler Did It: Lampshaded by Jim, who even asks if it's a joke.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a431b0e6
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a431b0e6
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a431b0e6
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a8702292
type
Barbershop Quartets Are Funny
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a8702292
comment
Barbershop Quartets Are Funny: The singing busts are a barbershop quartet of living statues who repeat the words other people say as a song or go off on tangents from there, making any attempt at a sensible conversation with them impossible.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a8702292
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a8702292
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_a8702292
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_aaece264
type
Rousing Speech
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_aaece264
comment
Rousing Speech: Madame Leota gives one to Jim to give him the confidence to get him back inside the mansion.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_aaece264
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_aaece264
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_aaece264
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ad1db87c
comment
Later in the same scene, Jim tells Megan he has everything under control while she's looking for the key, after he has defeated the zombie in the cryopt. Cue an Oh, Crap! when the other zombies break out.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ad1db87c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ad1db87c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ad1db87c
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae0b7462
type
Ghost Butler
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae0b7462
comment
Ghost Butler: Ramsley, once it's revealed that the mansion is cursed.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae0b7462
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae0b7462
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae0b7462
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae3d6438
type
Deadpan Snarker
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae3d6438
comment
Deadpan Snarker: Jim, Megan and Ramsley.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae3d6438
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae3d6438
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ae3d6438
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_af682bc7
type
Heavenly Blue
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_af682bc7
comment
Heavenly Blue: The vast majority of the spirits rise up to heaven, which is a soft and welcoming glow.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_af682bc7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_af682bc7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_af682bc7
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b06bbf4b
type
Be Careful What You Wish For
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b06bbf4b
comment
Be Careful What You Wish For: Ramsley claims "Damn you all to Hell!" after having been exposed. Hell directly responds to his invokement, but instead of taking everyone, it identifies him as the soul responsible for murder (among other things) and drags him down via a fiery serpent.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b06bbf4b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b06bbf4b
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1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b06bbf4b
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b1346878
type
Fate Worse than Death
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b1346878
comment
Fate Worse than Death: Ramsley is dragged off to Hell at the end. He tries to bring Jim with him for having exposed his plan to Gracey, but Gracey saves him.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b1346878
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b1346878
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b1346878
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b17f6a27
type
I Did What I Had to Do
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b17f6a27
comment
I Did What I Had to Do: Ramsley when he murders Elizabeth, figuring that it would stop Gracey from throwing away his home and heritage. It backfired horribly when the master killed himself.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b17f6a27
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b17f6a27
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b17f6a27
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b85c06f2
type
Glowing Eyes of Doom
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b85c06f2
comment
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Ramsley at the end, when he conjures a horde of spirits to kill the people responsible for ruining his plans. A demon drags him off to hell before anyone is harmed.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b85c06f2
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b85c06f2
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
hasFeature
The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_b85c06f2
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ba0ff694
type
You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ba0ff694
comment
You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: When Jim finds out that The Butler Did It and Ramsley is responsible for Elizabeth's death, he responds almost word-for-word with this trope.
 The Haunted Mansion (2003) / int_ba0ff694
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Unfinished Business: Due to the curse on the house all the 999 spirits are trapped on the grounds and unable to ascend to the afterlife. The only way to lift the curse is to reveal the truth of what happened to Elizabeth, thereby freeing her spirit to reunite with Gracey.
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It's All About Me: Unlike the other souls sealed in the mansion, Ramsley intends to break the curse without Gracey ever reuniting with Elizabeth, probably because he knows he's doomed to Hell if the truth of the latter's death is revealed. He's willing to not only deceive his own master and 997 souls trapped on the earthly plane, but kill an innocent woman and threaten her family, just to keep up the charade and prevent his own punishment.
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Mirror Scare: Jim at one point looks in a mirror, then gets startled by a crow sitting on it. After a moment, he notices to his horror that his reflection's face is rotting. He freaks out and drops the torch he was holding, but when he gets up again, his reflection looks normal.
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Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The 999 ghosts at the end, finally free of the mansion's curse.
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Tarot Motifs: Several tarot cards are seen in the opening flashback that hint at the tragedy that's about to commence; 'The Lovers', with both the woman and the beneficent spirit above the pair turning into a skeleton, 'Three of Swords' which signifies grief, loss and depression, and 'Death', which rather speaks for itself.
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Jump Scare: In-Universe and out. Jim tries to get Sara to open the bathroom door when she shuts herself in there after Jim makes an insensitive comment, then he turns around and gets a shock as Ramsley is standing behind him. Happens again after Sara unsuccessfully chases the maid Emma through a hallway, only to have Ramsley appear when she turns around.
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Neck Lift: Ramsley can materialize enough to catch Jim this way and then fly up before sending him through a window.
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The Evers' BMW. Jim drives the family to the mansion in it, then in the climax, where he gets trapped outside by Ramsley, he pulls off a Car Fu moment with it to break back into the mansion and save the others.
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Dem Bones: Many of the zombies, to the point where it's downright gory.
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Southern Gothic: A haunted house movie that takes place in a once-grand decaying mansion in Louisiana with the plot set off by the racism of the post-Civil War South.
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Portrait Painting Peephole: When trapped in the wall passage, Jim looks through one of these into an upstairs corridor of the mansion, before exiting the passage through the painting.
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Creepy Cemetery: When the Evers family arrive, they find that Gracey Manor has a private cemetery...that stretches out into the distance as far as the eye can see. It's difficult to imagine how even all the generations of the Gracey family combined would have been able to fill it. Megan even lets out a Big "OMG!" upon first seeing it. Sara plays it off, saying, "Well, some people have pools, some people have private cemeteries. It happens."
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Shout-Out: As Madame Leota has Jim Evers spinning around her room on a levitating chair, terrified he closes his eyes and repeats "There's no place like home, there's no place like home..." In the graveyard:
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Company Cross References: In the prologue, Gracey and his fiancee are hosting a fancy dress ball and he's wearing a blue jacket with gold trim while she's wearing a gold ballgown with her hair done up.
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Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: Probably the reason the Big Bad says "Damn you all to Hell!" at the climax. Though the scene where the main characters are attacked by undead skeletons likely helped.
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Shame If Something Happened
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Shame If Something Happened: Coupled with Kick the Dog. Ramsley forces Sara into complying with his plan with this, saying, "You see, we wouldn't want anything to happen to the children now, would we?"
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Big Damn Heroes: After having been thrown out of the mansion, Jim breaks back in to save first Megan and Michael, then Sara.
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Identical Stranger: It turns out that Sara Evers is a dead-ringer for Elizabeth Henshaw, Master Gracey's fiancee. Ramsley plans to use this resemblance to break the curse, by deceiving Gracey into thinking Sara's really Elizabeth.
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Evil Plan: Ramsley wants to lift the curse without Gracey learning the truth about Elizabeth's death, as this would mean that he would be damned to Hell rather than ascend to Heaven with the other ghosts. However, lifting the curse requires reuniting Gracey with the woman he loves, and the truth would inevitably be revealed should Elizabeth's spirit return. When Ramsley discovers Sara, a woman closely resembling Elizabeth, he tricks Gracey into believing that Sara is the amnesiac reincarnation of Elizabeth and lure her to the mansion. Ramsley would then force Sara to pose as Elizabeth and marry Gracey, during which she would kill herself and unite them in death, thereby hopefully lifting the curse by making Gracey "think" he's finally reunited with Elizabeth. Even though by this means everyone is freed he is remarkably callous to the other ghosts and will go to any means to succeed, even killing the homeowners.
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Love Makes You Dumb: Ramsley believes this was the case when Gracey fell in love with Elizabeth, because Gracey had everything in the world and was willing to throw it all away for love.
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Haunted House
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Haunted House: Gracey Manor is this for most of the film, thanks to the curse that left everyone inside it as ghosts. It's part of the title, of course.
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Rhymes on a Dime
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Rhymes on a Dime: Madame Leota speaks this way, as in the ride. At least half her lines rhyme with each other.
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Riches to Rags
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Riches to Rags: Averted. Gracey was willing to go through this for love for Elizabeth. Ramsley killed Elizabeth to prevent it.
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: Ramsley views himself as this. He believed that Elizabeth may have been after Gracey's money since she was poor. He decided to go ahead and kill her in order to "spare" his master from heartbreak. Whether or not he did this for his master or his own job is not specified.
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