SUBMITTED BY Scooby

June 9, 2003 — Creature Corner checked out some of Richard Baker's work for the Haunted Mansion and confirms that ghosts that you see in the Disney ride will be in the film:

Your devoted Rotten one never had a chance to visit the Haunted Mansion set (based in Los Angeles), but I did catch a few glimpses of Rick Baker's work for the 999 ghosts who inhabit the creepy abode. Even if Minkoff strayed from the core essence of the Haunted Mansion ride, the Academy Award winning pony-tailed Baker is completely staying true to Marc Davis' spectral designs. Those kooky hitchhiking ghosts that supposedly accompany you home at the end of the ride? Baker's made 'em, the spirit of Marc Davis residing in every one. Even that cemetery-bound old ghost who's hard of hearing ("Wha...? What did you say?") is being brought to the big screen. The dueling ghosts that come out of the paintings in the main ballroom? Yep.