Do yourself a favor - forget about the plot of this film and see it for
what it was meant to be seen for: eye candy. That's why Imax was
invented! This film is especially favorable, seeing as how it's in 3-D.
The story is about Johnny, the son of a former rock star mother who left
when he was only 3 years old and totally kept out-of-touch with him
until she died. Upon her death, Johnny recieved a letter from her lawyer
stating that he had inherited her castle and that he needed to be there
immediately - that's where the film starts. Johnny's limo pulls up to
the castle and upon his entry, Johnny discovers it's all an evil trap
set up by the devil himself to get Johnny to sign a contract to be a
famous rock star like his mother. What ensues is a journey through the
tortured lives of those who tried to renig on their contracts. The film
not very graphic, but can be engrossing. There's lots of skeletons,
creepy little green cherubs, weird singing monkey robots and Mephisto,
Mr. D's right-hand-man. So the plot is kind of corny, but this film is
still worth seeing - it's like a better version of Disneyland's Haunted
Mansion, except with somewhat of a plot! The music is EXCELLENT! Belgian
band Arid's lead singer, Jasper Steverlinck, plays Johnny and Kyoko
Baerston of Lunascape (also Belgian) does an excellent job portraying
Johnny's mother (and she Goth-dances too!). At the end of it all we're
treated to a live performance of Arid's "Little Things of Venom," an
excellent song which permeats throughout the Haunted Castle. Check it
out!!! 10 out of 10..