The Haunted Mansion Page #5

Synopsis: Married realtors Jim and Sara with their children go to Gracey Manor and Mr. Gracey is enamored with Sara and they discover that Sara looks like Mr. Gracey's old girlfriend, Elizabeth, who died young and they think it was a suicide but discover something more sinister.
Director(s): Rob Minkoff
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
PG
Year:
2003
88 min
$75,759,571
Website
4,938 Views


Okay.|We made it.

All right, kids.|Stay close.

Hey.

Look.

It's a warning.

Now, how do you know that?

I studied Latin|for three years, Dad.

You thought it was dumb,|remember?

You said it was a dead language.

Oh, we see how wrong I was|about that.

"Beware all who enter.

Here lies the passage|to the dead. "

Hey! Hey, hey, hey!|Where are you going?

- I don't like Latin.|- Hey, wait. Michael.

You're 10 years old now.|You got to start being a man.

I just turned 10.|I'm still getting used to it.

Okay.|Here's what we do.

Megan, stay here|with your brother.

What?

I'm not gonna leave him|out here by himself.

You guys stay together.

I'll go in here,|and I'll take care of this.

Okay.

All right.

Okay.

Oh.

Wow.

Okay.

All right.

Okay.|I'll be right back.

20 minutes tops, right?

20 minutes tops.

What was it that gypsy|told me to look for?

Look for a crypt with...

Look for a crypt...

- A crypt without a name.|- Aah!

Oh!|What's the matter with you?

You can't just be popping out|like that.

I thought I told you|to wait with Michael.

I was worried|you wouldn't find it.

Besides, Michael's fine.

She said, "Find the black crypt|with no name,

or soon your fate will be|the same. "

That must be it.

Good hunch, Dad.

I'm officially starting|to get sick of this place.

And we're here 'cause of who?

Because I take seriously my|responsibility as breadwinner.

I want you guys to have|everything I never had before.

I didn't know you had|a bad childhood.

I didn't have a bad childhood.

Then why do we have to have|what you didn't have?

Because...

Hey, don't be tricking me,

you little Latin-speaking|13-year-old.

Let's just get this over with.|Hold this.

Hold it with two hands, now.

Aah! Phew!

Oh, man.

Excuse me one second.

I'm sorry to bother you.

Oh!

Aah. Ugh.

Oh, no.|Ew.

Aah.

Okay.|All right.

Now, that wasn't hard, was it?

Let's get out of here.

That gypsy had me thinking|it was gonna be hard.

- That was easy.

Oh! Oh!

Oh, no.

Oh! Oh, no!

Go get the key!|I'll take care of him!

Hey, man, go on back to bed.|Get back in your bed.

Go back to bed.

I'm Jim Evers|of Evers & Evers Real Estate.

Hey, look,|I don't want no trouble, man.

The gypsy told me it was|all right to get the key, so -

Oh!

Just lighten up.|Now, let me tell you something.

I got to get my wife.|I don't want no trouble.

Seriously, back up!

You asked for it.

Next time you're gonna|think twice

before coming back|from the dead, ain't you?

- Did you get the key?|- I'm looking! I'm looking!

Take your time. Relax.|I have everything under control.

I have everything|completely under control.

Megan, you better look faster!

Oh, I don't want to do this.

Jeez.

Aah!

- Aah!

Give me your hand.

Okay.|Come on, come on, come on!

Come on, guys!|Hurry up!

Hold on!

Come on, guys!|Hurry up!

Michael!|Michael, open the door.

Michael, it's locked|from the outside!

Michael, open the door.|Open the door. Michael!

Dad, there's spiders everywhere,|and I don't have a magazine.

- Hey, Michael, are you scared?|- Uh-huh.

Michael, it's okay to be scared.|Everybody gets scared sometimes.

- Daddy's scared right now.|- You are?

Yes, I'm very scared.|Now, please open the door, son!

Michael, open the door,|or I'll kill you!

That's great.|Keep him calm.

Hey, Michael, listen,|it's okay to get scared.

Everybody gets scared|now and then.

You just can't let it stop you.

Michael, if you think|you're scared now,

wait till the zombies come out!

What zombies?

Michael!|Hey, Michael, look.

Just open the door.|Please, man.

Open the door right now.

Dad, they're coming!

Michael, open the door|right now!

Open the door!|Open the door!

Open the door right now!|Open the door!

Oh!

Aah!

Lock it! Lock it!

Okay.|Come on!

All right.

Okay. All right.|Get 'em off!

Okay. Come on.|Get 'em off. Okay.

All right. We got it.|All right. You okay?

Okay.

My brave little man.|All right.

All right.|You okay?

Yeah.|You got the key?

Oh, no.

Wait. Whoa.|Yeah, I got it. I got it.

There it is.|Okay.

All right.

Now, we went to hell and back|to get this thing.

Where's the door out of here?

First, you must find the trunk.

Trunk?

Yes, trunk.

Not door?

No. Not door.|Trunk.

All you said I had to do was|find this key! I got the key.

Now you're telling me this story|about a trunk!

The key is the answer to all,|remember?

Look, I don't make the rules.|I just work here.

Okay. That's it.|That's the last straw.

I've had enough|of this nonsense.

Hey, what are you doing?!|Put me down!

This is bad luck!|This is very bad luck!

I'll show you bad luck.|I'm tired of playing around.

I'm getting nauseous!

You'll get over it.

Please don't drop me.

I'm fragile.|I'm very fragile.

Don't talk to me|about being fragile.

I'm the one that's feeling|fragile right now.

Is that it?

- That's it.|- Hmm. All right.

Now we're in business.

Hey, hold her for a second.

All right.|Okay.

Okay.

How do I know what to look for?|This thing is full of junk.

Find the thing that must be read

lest your heart be filled|with dread.

There's nothing in here red.

Hey, wait a minute.|There's a letter here.

It's a letter.

"Yes, my dear heart,|I will marry you.

I will love you|for all eternity.

And tonight at last,|we will be together.

I do.

Forever yours, Elizabeth. "

She didn't kill herself.

She wanted to be with him.

Yeah, and somebody gave him|the wrong letter.

Yes.|Well done, Mr. Evers.

I must say I'm impressed.

You are more persistent|than I would have ever imagined.

The butler did it?|You got to be kidding me.

I will deal with you two later.

Why'd you kill her?

Because the master|would not listen to reason.

He had everything in the world.

And yet he was willing|to throw it all away for love.

I did tell him|it would end badly.

You're a real cold dude.

No, Mr. Evers.|I am a rational man.

It was my responsibility|to the house.

My duty, sir, to see to it

that the boy did not make|a foolish error in judgment.

Running away with that girl|would have destroyed this house.

It would have destroyed|everything.

And I could not stand by|and watch it all fall to ruin.

Punch his face in, Dad.

Yeah, but first I'm gonna tell|his master what really happened.

The master must never know.

Edward and his love|will be reunited,

and this curse will be broken.

That's not her.|That's my wife.

And what she sees in you|I'll never know.

But that is|of little importance now.

The only thing that matters is|that the master's pain must end.

And it will end tonight.

The curse will be broken,|and we can all finally move on.

All right. That's it, man.|Where's my wife?

Getting ready for her wedding,|of course.

What wedding?|He can't marry her.

He's dead, and she's not.

True.

But that can be|easily corrected.

Life, I'm afraid,|is such a delicate state.

If you put one finger on|my wife, I swear I'll kill you.

How wonderful.|You're going to kill a ghost.

- Leave him alone!|- Stop it!

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David Berenbaum

David Berenbaum is an American screenwriter whose credits include the films Elf, The Haunted Mansion, Zoom, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Strange Magic. more…

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