Shag' s Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Artwork

     Disney's Haunted Mansion has been around for quite awhile now. It's hard to believe that the ride is over 40 years old now, since the ride itself just seem so timeless. (Of course that might be because it's always getting updates.) In 2009 The Haunted Mansion had its 40th anniversary and in honor of the big birthday Disney got the popular artist SHAG (Josh Agle) to create a series of images of The Haunted Mansion in his style. (and like I said in my Black Widow Bride game review, I would do a post on SHAG's Haunted Mansion artwork.) The big event took place on August 9th in Disneyland with the original artwork selling from $6,000 to $16,000.

 Of course Disney being the merchandise marketing machines they are couldn't resist putting all the artwork on a range of merchandise. You can check out and see all the merchandise that was available for the event here.

Unfortunately, the majority of the merchandise that was available for the event has sky rocketed,but check out Ebay and you might find a great deal.

There was a Mickey Mouse Haunted Mansion SHAG hat.

 

Hurry back, hurry back........don't forget to bring your DEATH certificate!! -Horrorwood Doll (P.S. I'm making it my priority to be there for the Haunted Mansion' 50th birthday.)

Haunted Mansion: Black Widow Bride Game

I'm not much of a gamer. I just don't seem to have the patience or attention span to really stick with anything. I pretty much just play a game online once awhile. I recently came across the most adorable Haunted Mansion game on Disney.

The game revolves around the three hitchhiker ghosts freeing all 999 ghosts and five grooms from the clutches from the Black Widow Bride. I suppose it's a basic walk through level type of game and gamers who are much more action oriented will probably tire of the game quickly.

The games greatest strength is that all of the game's animation is based on the artwork Shag did for Haunted Mansion's 40th anniversary. I shall do a post in the future dedicated to the awesomeness that is Shag.

 The game tries to keep things a little bit more interesting by adding certain tasks to each level. Here you can see one of the Hitchhiker ghosts putting together the Haunted Mansion's iconic portraits.

 Each level of the game is based on a certain section of the ride. The game itself might not be that interesting, but fans of the ride will keep playing just so they can see what the next level beholds. The game takes about two hours to complete and is hardly difficult.

Proof I finished. You can play the game by clicking on the link below.
http://disney.go.com/games/play3/?content=379301#/games/play3/&content=379301

For those of you who haven't heard Guillermo del Toro is in charge of a new Haunted Mansion film. It's supposed to revolve around the hat box ghost. If the movie does good it will probably mean that Disney will finally put him on the ride.
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/guillermo-del-toro-direct-new-haunted-mansion-ap

-Horrorwood Doll