Haunted Mansion may be packed full of references to the beloved Disneyland ride that inspired it, but director Justin Simien tells GamesRadar+ that he had even more planned.
"It's about editing," the Dear White People director explains about making sure the Haunted Mansion Easter eggs didn’t overwhelm the story. "It's about having the courage to kill your darlings and there were quite a few. There were some ghosts that we had whole scenes with that I love and there were some subplots that were super fun. But, at the end of the day, you know, this is a really specific story about a group of people who are moving through a difficult experience that happens to be taking place in this wonderful Haunted Mansion that we know and love. If it didn't move the story forward, unfortunately, it had to go."
