Stars: 4
Review by: MandyApgar
He does really, really good books. The first edition of an in depth examination of the classic attraction from its conception to the then recent Eddie Murphy disaster. Parts on the ride are the best - covers the inspirations behind the design (Winchester House, Asa Packer Mansion), the theme, stretching portrait gallery, Madame Leota, the pet cemetery out back, the dining / ballroom with dancing ghosts and resultant hitchhikers, even the infamous hat box ghost. All that is perfect. The problem is the space he devotes to the movie, which was a sizable disaster. So the book chugs along merrily and then BAM just hits a wall. A new version omits the movie portions which is great (there is a book on the Pirates ride, which is awful as it never shuts up about Jack bloody Sparrow) but which I do not have.
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