Oh Beek, I was giddy when I heard that my favorite Disney ride, the Haunted Mansion, was going to be turned into a movie. I hoped it would be more Pirates of the Caribbean than Country Bears Jamboree, if you know what I mean. And by that, I mean that I didn't want it to suck.

Finally, Endora of the crystal ball (rest her soul) would be on the big screen. NotLeslieNielsen of the graveyard scenes. Yesssss.

I had high hopes. Then, I saw the trailer tonight. Oy.

Eddie Frickin' Murphy. Eddie Murphy? What the hell is Eddie Murphy doing in this movie? My heart broke as surely as it did when I saw that Corey Haim had gained nearly 250 pounds last year. It just doesn't look...right. Eddie Murphy?

God, it's going to suck.

Remember when Eddie was nasty and entertaining for adults? Remember the leather suit from Eddie Murphy Raw? Remember Party All the Time? Eddie Murphy has moved from NastyMan to FamilyMan, and that's...fine. But now he's screwing with my movie. It had potential to be sort of cool. How did all of those intergenerational ghosts end up in one mansion? What's up with the dueling ghosts in the dining hall? Will these questions be answered, or will it be 87 minutes of Eddie shrieking in falsetto?

I think we all know the answer to that.

I'll still go see it out of morbid curiousity, in the same manner than I read some of the blogs reviewed around here. Sometimes you just have to go see for yourself how much something can actually suck.