Fridge / The Haunted Mansion (2003)

• Roger Ebert brought up in his review of the film that the veiled motivation behind the murder that created the curse did not seem to be class differences but instead racism. Considering the fact that the movie takes place near New Orleans, that's pretty disturbing and it makes Ramsley an even darker villain now.
• What would have happened if Sara had gone to the mansion by herself, as Ramsley had requested? He wouldn't have been able to use Megan and Michael to threaten her into cooperating, so what would he have done to get her to go along with his plan?
• Ezra is apparently a carriage driver/footman for the house, as evidenced by the scene in which he drives the ghost carriage/hearse. Much is made of his poor driving by Emma the maid after they drive into a branch and are temporarily beheaded. Seems probable that is how Ezra died, and perhaps Emma too as it appears many of the ghosts in the graveyard seem prone to repeating the circumstances of their death, and if Ezra was careless enough to drive himself into a tree once...
• Ramsley claims that he poisoned Elizabeth in order to keep Master Gracey from throwing away the family name to marry her. But he was unable to move on from her, and ended up hanging himself, which then apparently led to himself, the staff, and many other ghosts being trapped haunting the house, rendering Ramsley's "sacrifice" All for Nothing.

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