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The Haunted House

  • 1929
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The Haunted House (1929)
AnimationComedyFamilyHorrorMusicalShort

Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.

  • Directors
    • Walt Disney
    • Jack King
  • Stars
    • George Magrill
    • Walt Disney
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.6K
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    • Directors
      • Walt Disney
      • Jack King
    • Stars
      • George Magrill
      • Walt Disney
    • 18User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    George Magrill
    George Magrill
    • Grim Reaper
    • (voice)
    Walt Disney
    Walt Disney
    • Mickey Mouse
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Walt Disney
      • Jack King
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    9OllieSuave-007

    A fierce-looking haunted house!

    This is a nicely done black and white Mickey Mouse cartoon, where he stumbles upon a haunted house after finding shelter from the pouring rain. Mickey runs into a few live skeletons who demand that he plays the piano to entertain them while they dance. What results are some delightful and characteristic moves with music matching sound effects.

    There's some harmless creepy moments when skeletons appear in the dark and scare Mickey as he lets out a loud screech; this reminds me of a Disney screensaver I had that used clips of this cartoon's images and sounds.

    The short has plenty of Halloween related things as well, from skeletons to bats, and from spiders to clawry trees. Even the haunted house itself sports a fierce-looking face image. Fun stuff here!

    Grade A
    9gengar843

    Spooky Mickey Mouse with music, good for Halloween

    Cartoons are tough to assign as genre, but this is one, with actual dancing skeletons and other tropes. Enjoyable if repetitive, but it's only 7 minutes or less. Great animation... FREE ONLINE.
    9TheLittleSongbird

    Haunted House with Mickey Mouse

    I have always loved the Silly Symphonies and I do have a soft spot for the Mickey Mouse ones. While not my favourite, Haunted House is one of Mickey Mouse's better earlier efforts. There were moments where you can tell there was a Skeleton Dance influence such as a skeleton playing himself like a xylophone, but this didn't put me off at all. The animation very much adds to the atmosphere especially with the effective mix of light and dark shades, the opening is wonderfully eerie and the light-match sequence in the dark hallway is also a masterstroke, showing a depth to Mickey's face and emotions in a way that not many cartoons since have done so well. The music is both energetic and haunting, the story is swift and fun complete with a relevant and interestingly-choreographed dance routine and the gags are imaginative and well-spaced out. And I loved that Mickey is given more to do than usual here, he is a great character but can be bland if with a character like Donald. This is also one of two cartoons where I have seen so much depth to Mickey in terms of animation, the other being The Mad Doctor. The skeletons are wonderfully kooky. All in all, one of Mickey's best. 9/10 Bethany Cox
    9mauver

    A must if you like the good and old Mickey

    Haunted House is a true Disney's classic. Mickey is that innocent,funny and sometimes naughty mouse that finds refuge in a old and of course haunted house. Several times Mickey appears to look at the camera when he finds himself in a difficult situation or when he gets surprised by an event. This short movie, made in 1929, has amazing special effects for such an early cartoon. I enjoyed the story simplicity but interesting. I consider this cartoon the best of Disney's black and white era. Also it prompts you to ask yourself how the current TV cartoons, like the horrible Cow and Chicken, has taken the minds of our children.
    8Hitchcoc

    Imaginative and Bone Chilling

    One of the chief features of these early cartoons was dance. Take a piece of music and have an animate or an inanimate object begin to hoof it. In this one, Mickey is caught in a storm and seeks refuge in a spooky old house. It is inhabited by skeletons. They do what they can to frighten him, with great success. But it turns out they are looking for music. Mickey is placed on a stool and forced to play an organ. Then the dancing starts. Using bones as the motif, the undead do quite a good job. There are several surprises along the way. I enjoyed it very much.

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    • Trivia
      This short is rarely seen in its entirety nowadays as it contains a scene in which Mickey imitates Al Jolson's infamous blackface routine and says "Mammy!" Controversial by today's standards, this was a fairly standard joke when the short debuted in 1929.
    • Quotes

      Grim Reaper: [pointing to organ] Play!

      Mickey: I c-c-can't play!

      Grim Reaper: PLAY!

      Mickey: Y-y-yes, ma'am!

    • Connections
      Edited from The Skeleton Dance (1929)

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    • Release date
      • December 2, 1929 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Phantom House
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 7m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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