I've seen the Eddie Murphey version and the Muppet version, and now I've seen this version. So, which is the best version? Honestly, it's going to come down to your personal preference. I think they're all pretty on par with each other. This one, more than the others pays more respects to the ride and I think that's been engineered to be that way... Why else would they release this in July, if not for Disney's executives to get rabid at the thought of the misplaced summer audiences of this movie, somehow enjoying it enough to subliminally be moved to the point of booking a trip to youknowwhere land/world in time for Halloween - one of their parks highest earning holidays of the year.

But I digress. The acting is better than you might expect from a wacky cast of actors both recognizable and unrecognizable alike that are actually enjoyable as their characters and all work well with each other. The movie is surprisingly able to pull on your emotional heartstrings as you empathize with those grieving (a large plot point) even if you have nothing you have ever grieved about before. I thought that part was very well done. In that way, this version makes it the most emotionally powerful of the 3 Haunted Mansions and perhaps will be the reason why it'll stick out.

I am getting so tired of mega-corps name-dumping apps, products, services, and other mega-corps as hidden advertisements during a movie's run-time, and Haunted Mansion has its fair share of that. I miss the days when we could have normal characters not talk about Amazon or Google and still have a compelling story. It's frustrating, and it could be more egregious than it's done here but it's something I gotta point out.

It'll certainly be interesting to see how the masses enjoy this movie on Disney Plus come October, when the vast majority of human beings choose to watch spooky Halloween-themed movies, and if you're one of those people reading this in the future come that time, I'm letting you know that this is inoffensive enough to deserve a watch, especially if you're a fan of the ride or the other movies.