In 2009, I stumbled upon a couple of possible influences from the ’50s that, before, I never would have guessed the original designers ever saw. Just pure, unadulterated facts and interviews all about my favorite house of dark shadows. This is the Haunted Mansion book I’ve always wanted: no Disney-approved fluff. (You can order it here.) It’s the book I’ve been waiting for, and I say that not because my articles from 1989 were used in its research (and, thank you, Jeff!), but because it’s as exhaustive as it could possibly be. But it wasn’t until 2009 (that I know of) that one of the Mansion’s designers admitted they studied The Haunting for ideas.įor Christmas, my wife gave me a copy of The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney’s Haunted Mansion by Jeff Baham. I guessed years ago that the Hallway of Doors was based on a scene in Robert Wise’s 1960 film, The Haunting. Specific influences, however, have been harder to confirm. I covered most of the FX in two articles I wrote for Storyboard Magazine way back in 1989 (under my real first name, Howard). Like the ancient and wizened geek I am, I’ve always been interested in the origins of the Mansion, both in terms of its special effects and whatever sources were influences to its designers. Mine has always been and will probably always be the Haunted Mansion. “The Old Witch” obviously served as the model for Marc Davis’s Hatchet Man:īut once we know that Davis was flipping through these old comics, one can’t help wondering about other items that come up…Įverybody who’s ever been to Disneyland or Walt Disney World has a favorite attraction. One inspiration that we have previously pointed out is “The Old Witch,” an EC comics “host” character who graced the covers of Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, and Haunt of Fear comics in the early 1950’s. Here’s the one I didn’t, and HBG2’s explanation. Late in 2010, HBG2 posted about a LOT of possible inspirations, including one I caught myself, and one I didn’t. BASED ON THE MICECHAT DISCUSSION BOARD PHENOMENON, “LONG-FORGOTTEN HAUNTED MANSION EFFECT.” RUMINATIONS AND REVELATIONS CONCERNING THE HISTORY AND ARTISTRY OF THE DISNEY PARKS’ RICHEST AND MOST ECCENTRIC MASTERPIECE. In that post, I suggested that Imagineers had looked at the EC Comics horror titles from the ’50s for inspiration for the Haunted Mansion, and Jeff pointed me to the Long-Forgotten website, where blogger HBG2 conductsĮXPLORATIONS OF DISNEY’S HAUNTED MANSION. Thanks to Jeff for the mention, and thank you readers and fans of the Haunted Mansion. The project opens March 10.Because I struck up a new friendship with Jeff Baham, Dark Webmaster Chef Mayhem at the impressive and gorgeous, and the author of the equally impressive and gorgeous The Unauthorized story of Walt Disney’s Haunted Mansion, a single note on Jeff’s Facebook page has led to more than 1600 hits–in about 19 hours!–on my most recent blogpost about the Haunted Mansion (which is here). I really look forward to being able to share a lot more about this situation as soon as I can.”Ĭurtis was the only castmember onhand to show off the film along with its director. “But, clearly, while this sketch was intended to be comedic, it wasn’t funny at all – and I deeply regret having agreed to act in it. Unfortunately, because there is an ongoing legal case, there’s very little that I can say right now,” Haddish wrote on social media. “I know people have a bunch of questions. Haddish apologized for her role in that sketch on Sept. Haddish plays a mother who leaves the boy alone with Spears’ character. One video included the brother filmed in his underwear for a video called “Through a Pedophile’s Eyes” that showed Spears’ character lusting after the boy. According to the complaint, the anonymous woman and her brother, 7 at the time, were tricked into participating in the shoots as children. 30 by an anonymous woman who was representing herself. The theme park first debuted in 1969 at Disneyland and sees guests enter a creepy manor and face supernatural scares.ĭ23 comes a week after castmember Haddish found herself embroiled in controversy over a lawsuit filed by an anonymous woman who accused Haddish and comedian Aries Spears of exploiting her and her brother in a pair of sexually charged sketches filmed when they were children. Halle Bailey Opens Up About 'The Little Mermaid' Racist Backlash: "As a Black Person, You Just Expect It"
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