History Film / HauntedMansion2023

** To prevent Ben and Travis from escaping and getting what they needed [[spoiler:banish him, Crump]] trapped them in the foyer and made it stretch just like in the ride, with Ben and Travis even dealing with the hazards shown in the portraits (quicksand, bomb, crocodile).

* EvilOnlyNeedsToWinOnce: After Madame Leota explains how the Hatbox Ghost's end goal is to gather 1,000 souls, and that by her count, he's up to 933, Bruce chimes in that in the time since Leota's imprisonment, there's benn 66 deaths on the property, meaning Hatbox is just one soul away from completeing the set.

** The foyer transforms into the stretching room from the ride.

* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: Ben walks through similar sections of corridors past similar paintings of a man (the Hatchet Man/Ghost Host) about to carve a turkey… which eventually changes to the man menacingly holding up the hatchet that was previously on the table.

* This might actually occur In-Universe for many of the ghosts while under the heel of the Hatbox Ghost, because several half-decayed ghosts start to look normal after he's been banished.

* AdaptedOut: The Singing Busts are noticeably absent from the film, though "Grim Grinning Ghosts" is sung at the end.

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: It's revealed towards the end that Kent isn't actually a priest; he's a con man who pretended to do exorcisms for quick cash. The whole adventure in the Mansion, however, inspires him to actually become a minister (something he tells Ben when he visits at Halloween).]]

* ButtDialingMordor: [[spoiler: How Alistair Crump's spirit arrived at the Mansion. When Master Gracey tried to summon the spirit of his dead wife Eleanor, numerous other spirits were brought to the Mansion due to the ritual. It was one of these that allowed Alistair to arrive and manipulate Gracey to his suicide.]]

* TheCameo: Creator/DanielLevy and Creator/WinonaRyder as the eccentric owners of [[spoiler: Crump Manor.]]

* CondensationClue: [[spoiler: At the Crump Manor,]] Ben asks the captain who is haunting him for advice and is given a message through this technique. Complete with a frowny face.

* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with the main cast and the mansion's happy haunts celebrating Halloween while dancing to a remix of "Grim Grinning Ghosts".]]

* DetrimentalDetermination: The mansion's troubles began with William Gracey's [[FatalFlaw Grief and refusal to accept his wife was gone]]. He hired Madame Leota to contact his wife, who had passed to the other side and so couldn't respond, by performing seances every day for a year, despite never getting an answer. While summoning hundreds of ghosts and Leota warning him that they were weakening the barrier between the human and spirit realm, Gracey persisted in his actions. Eventually, they summoned the Hatbox Ghost, who preyed on and manipulated Gracey's pain to get him to commit suicide [[spoiler: and adding to the 1000 souls Crump needs to complete the ritual.]]
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler: or more likely, Dragged Back To The Afterlife, This is the fate of Alistair Crump near the end of the final battle agaisnt Ben, being kicked in the face by Ben's shoe as Crump falls back to the portal to the afterlife he made to send his final 1000th soul.]]

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The Hatbox Ghost mocks [[spoiler: Ben that he could have been the final willing soul.]]

-->'''Gabbie''': [[spoiler: His father is ''dead,'' Ben! Just over a year ago!]]

* FamilyOfChoice: At the start of the film, Ben is alone, still grieving his wife and working as a tour guide to pay the bills. [[spoiler: At the end, he's formed this trope with [[ShipTease Gabby]], [[ParentalSubstitute Travis]], Kent, Harriet, Bruce, and the ghosts of the mansion.]] [[note]] Sometimes a family is you, your possible girlfriend, your adopted son, a con man turned minister, a phony medium who isn't a phony, an elderly history professor, and 999 happy haunts [[/note]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Ben suggests that Travis can call his dad while they re-enter the mansion for the climax, [[spoiler: instead of a phone or tablet, a quick shot shows Ben pull out a book, lending new context to his suggestion that his mother might not be happy with the thought of him talking to his father or going to see him, and suggesting that Travis might also be vulnerable to the Hatbox Ghost's lies and manipulations.]]
** The fact that Ben [[spoiler: is no longer the Hatbox Ghost's final target is implied when he tries to hand Ben a poisoned glass while possessing Bruce, since the previous scene stated that the final target had to be willing, and slipping him poison would not fulfil that requirement.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Ben is antisocial and a bit cold with pretty much every adult he meets at the start of the movie. However, he's notably friendlier and kinder to Travis, especially after he learns that the kid is separated from his father [[spoiler: in other words, Travis' father passed away]] and is being bullied in school. He even gifts Travis an action figure he played with as a kid and plays with him.

*** [[spoiler: The fireplace is partitioned by the famous bat-shaped stanchions from the ride's queue.]]

** The [[spoiler: banishment spell]] cast by Harriet in the film's climax begins by quoting the ride's opening spiel ("When hinges creak in doorless chambers...").

* PoorCommunicationKills: Almost happens as the climax could have been avoided had Gabbie [[spoiler: clarified to Ben that her husband was dead, not just "not in the picture."]]

** While telling the story of how [[spoiler: his wife died]], Ben says she went to get ice cream and hastily specifies that she went to Baskin-Robbins to get it.
* PunchClockVillain: It's shown that many of the ghosts in the Mansion aren't actually evil; they're all too scared of the Hatbox Ghost to refuse his orders. Most of them seem to be the happy haunts the ride shows (when left to his own devices, the worst thing the Mariner does is watch ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' and drip water on the floor). [[spoiler: By the end of the climax, all it takes is a rousing speech from Kent to bring all of the ghosts to their side]].

*** Toward the end, Bruce happily declares the house is “clear”, much like Tangina’s declaration of “this house is clean”. Both are wrong [[spoiler: though in Bruce’s case, it’s because he’s possessed by the Hatbox Ghost]].

* ShipTease: Ben and Gabbie. [[spoiler: It's all but stated that they're together when Ben visits the mansion for Halloween and brings a bouquet of flowers.]]

* WhenTreesAttack: [[spoiler: As Ben, Kent and Travis try to drive off the Mansion's grounds, the creepy trees come to life and try to attack the car with their branches in an attempt to prevent the living trio from escaping.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Constance Hatchaway was a psychopathic serial killer with zero redeeming moments in the original ride. [[spoiler:Here , she is among the ghosts convinced by Kent to do a HeelFaceTurn.]]

** While talking to Gracy's ghost, Harriet feels the need to clarify that she bought her pen and notepad at CVS.

** Bruce's last name is a reference to Imagineer Mark Davis who developed many of the ride's iconic gags and characters.

->''"This house is dripping with souls... but there’s always room for one more..."''
-->-- '''The Hatbox Ghost'''

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: It's revealed towards the end that Kent isn't actually a priest; he's a con man who pretended to do exorcisms for quick cash. The whole adventure in the Mansion, however, inspires him to actually become a minister (something he tells Ben when he visits at Halloween).]]

** Naturally, [[BlackWidow Constance]] is shown with her husbands, all of whom are missing their heads thanks to her AxCrazy nature (literally with an ax). She attempts to lop off Ben's head when he enters the antic.

* DetrimentalDetermination: The mansion's troubles began with William Gracey's [[FatalFlaw Grief and refusal to accept his wife was gone]]. He hired Madame Leota to contact his wife, who had passed to the other side and so couldn't respond, by performing seances every day for a year, despite never getting an answer. While summoning hundreds of ghost and Leota warning him that they were weakening the barrier between the human and spirit realm, Gracey persisted in his actions. Eventually, they summoned the Hatbox Ghost, who preyed on and manipulated Gracey's pain to get him to commit suicide [[spoiler: and adding to the 1000 souls Crump needs to complete the ritual.]]

** The characters are attacked by living trees at one point in the movie
* ShipTease: Ben and Gabbie. [[spoiler: It's all but stated that they're together when Ben visits the mansion for Halloween and brings a bouqet of flowers.]]

** As with the 2003 film, the trailer introduces a new crop of living characters to face off against the spirits.

* YoureBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Madame Leota gives this to Harriet, telling her she's a more powerful medium than she realizes.

* GhostShip: After the climax, Ben fulfills his promise to the mariner ghost haunting him by driving him out to a sea dock, where he steals a boat from some living people. Ben and Travis hastily make their exit after this.