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‘Haunted Mansion’ – How Director Justin Simien Captured the Disney Ride’s Subversive Tone [Interview]

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Disney’s Haunted Mansion has officially materialized in theaters nationwide, unleashing 999 grim grinning ghosts upon audiences.  Justin Simien (Dear White People, Bad Hair) directed the new live-action adaptation of the famous, long-running Disney theme park attraction from the screenplay by Katie Dippold (Ghostbusters, “Parks and Recreation”).  Bloody Disgusting spoke with Simien for the film’s release about capturing the unique […]

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‘Haunted Mansion’ Review – Faithful Adaptation of the Dark Ride Brings a Heartfelt Look at Grief

Meagan Navarro Haunted Mansion, Justin Simien, Movies, Reviews

Disney’s Haunted Mansion seeks to course correct from its looser adaptation of the famous theme park dark ride in 2003 with a new, much more faithful feature-length adaptation. That’s a tall order considering the original attraction opened in 1969, amassing decades’ worth of lore and history within its hallowed, spooky walls. Yet director Justin Simien and writer Katie Dippold carefully […]

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Killer Weaves and Muddled Commentary in ‘Bad Hair’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

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Wigging Out. We spent the first few weeks of June discussing a cisgender male demon trapped in a female body and genderfluid dinosaurs, and now we’re delving into the world of Black women’s hair in Justin Simien‘s (Dear White People, Disney’s upcoming Haunted Mansion) horror comedy Bad Hair. In the 1989-set film, an ambitious young woman named […]

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Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Teaser Trailer Welcomes You Back to an Iconic House of Horrors!

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Disney’s new live action Haunted Mansion movie will be releasing in theaters on July 28, 2023, and the official teaser trailer ushers us back into the iconic location today. Watch Disney’s Haunted Mansion teaser trailer below, which is loaded with familiar faces – both spirits from the dark ride attraction and fan-favorite Hollywood superstars! Justin Simien (Dear White People, […]

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