The Haunted Mansion

As I am writing about creepy things I better go on with it. With many thanks to Phantom Manor I found out about Nathaniel Parker, who played Mr Gracey in the film The Haunted Mansion. But I wrote about that in an earlier blog. I wanted to see the film because I love the ride in the Disneyland Paris parc. I never went to the American parcs, a thing I hope to do one day. So the story was a bit new to me, made me excited. The fact that Eddie Murphy had the leading role I took with it. But what an annoying man it was in this film. The start of the film was about a man and a woman who were in love but got seperated by death. Then the film moves on to the area we live in now. It was a nice story to be honest, but after I saw this I had an empty feeling. Why didn't they show more of Master Gracey was my first thought. I would have love to see more about him and his beloved Elizabeth. They should have told us how they fell in love and what went wrong, before moving on the the "now a days". As I said, I found Eddie Murphy pretty annoying and I felt sorry for the other cast members who did a great job in this film. Next to Mister Gracey, I fell for the house. The Gracey Manor really is something that fits me like a glove. I love the house and the furniture in it. I do love old houses and castles and their furniture and it would have been wonderful to have looked on the set of the film. Or see the old costumes they used for the ghosts of the house. With many thanks to a dear friend, I was able to get a copy of the Art of The Haunted Mansion, which is a wonderful book with the most beautiful pictures of the house and the costumes. There is also a book called "Froom the Magic Kingdom to the Movie". But the artbook really stole my heart and so did the Gracey house. sometimes I dream that I live in a house like that. I guess it is one of the reasons I love costume dramas so much. The houses at the time were elegant and wonderful. In my opinion that is. For people who are interested in the Gracey family history, you can click on the link below this blog. You can visit the rest of that site as it will tell you all about the attraction and the film. I did write my own version of the history between Elizabeth and Edward Gracey, but that is a thing I keep for myself at the moment.

http://www.doombuggies.com/film_gracey.php