![]() * Madame Leota, the medium whose head is enclosed in her crystal ball, was named for Imagineer Leota Thomas, who worked on numerous Disneyland projects in the 1960s. Although a ghostly Gracey is never officially named in the ride narration or press, the name has long been associated with the disembodied "Ghost Host" in the attraction through fans' speculated narratives (contrary to popular belief, the ride does not have a definite story). ![]() * The Gracey family that haunts the Haunted Mansion is named for Yale Gracey, one of the original Imagineers (Disney designers) of the Disneyland ride, which opened in 1969. Another Bust is that of Paul Frees, who narrates the Disney Ride. The Bust of Ravenscroft is to pay tribute to the fact that he sang the voice of that bust in the theme park attraction. * One of the Singing Busts is a bust of Thurl Ravenscroft, according to "The Haunted Mansion: From Magic Kingdom to the Movies", written by imagineer Jason Surrell. * The movie is based on the ride (of the same name) at the various Disney theme parks. ![]() Trivia (courtesy the Internet Movie Database) No relation to Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower (1995), which is available on video with Goosebumps: Stay Out Of The Basement & The Haunted Mask Broadcast schedule for Disney's Tower Of TerrorĪlso no relation to Kurt Russell's first movie as an adult, The Deadly Tower, about a maniac on the roof with a gun "Tower of Terror" availability on video and on DVD from No relation to 1970 British sex/slasher flick "Tower Of Terror" (aka Assault), or 1942 British movie "Tower Of Terror" about concentration camp escapee in a lighthouse being stalked by a psycho who thinks she looks like wife he just killed - a B-movie notable only for cast member Michael Rennie of Day The Earth Stood Still. Timed to promote the "Tower Of Terror" ride at Disneyland and Disneyworld, which is notable mainly for the Twilight Zone themed 1930s hotel lobby you go through while waiting in line for the ride. They are doomed to haunt the hotel until someone repairs the elevator and runs it up to the top for them. Third-rate reporter Steve Guttenberg (of the Police Academy movies) inherits a 1930s hotel that's been closed since a tragedy on opening night when a child star and others were killed in an elevator crash.but was it an accident? That's what the now elderly child star's sister wants to know. "Haunted Mansion" availability on video and on DVD from Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff remade "The Haunted Palace" five years later as "The Crimson Cult." Lovecraft story) or Roger Corman's The Haunted Symphony. No relation to Vincent Price's "The Haunted Palace" (ancient warlock casts a spell over the new inhabitants of his New England mansion, based on an H.P. For more on the "Haunted Mansion" movie see Trivia below. Anyway, the movie version did OK business at the box office, but nothing like Johnny Depp's "Pirates Of The Caribbean" the same year. I don't know if the "hatbox ghost" was restored in the Paris version. The headless groom, by the way, was removed from the Disneyland ride after just one month, because the figure's head was supposed to appear in the hatbox when the black light was turned off on the identical head on his body, but Disneyland riders could still make out the head without the light on it. When Euro-Disney themepark opened near Paris, the "Bride" storyline was restored to the Haunted Mansion ride and most reviews of the movie credit the Paris ride as the movie's storyline, ignoring the original Disneyland writers. But Walt Disney, who was still alive at the time, nixed much of the idea, saying it should just be a haunted house "experience," with no storyline. When the ride was first built, it was to tell the tragic story of "The Bride," her would-be wedding, the ghosts of guests still dancing in the ballroom, and her headless groom (his head in a hatbox). The Haunted Mansion - Tower of Terror Sci-fans looks at: The Haunted Mansion (2003) With so many ghosts.You're never alone in the dark Eddie Murphy stars in this movie based on Disney's Haunted Mansion ride.
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