Their stay turns into a nightmare when they accidentally cross paths with the mansion's dark past, involving the dead owner and her wicked agendas.

He goes inside a mansion, where he sees apparitions of a woman in black and a man burned to death, before stumbling across his teacher's dead body.

After class, Ella encounters a ghost in the locker room, before getting insulted by three students, Megan, Jessie and Allison.

The next day, Jacob (who also has feelings for Ella) hands her a box of chocolate and is eventually revealed that Megan placed roaches inside.

The next night, Ella, Faye and Adrian were chased by a ghostly figure which was later revealed to be another prank pulled by Megan.

While listening to the voice note, Steve hears a weeping woman on the phone and encounters Jaime before getting caught by another violent ghost who severed his tongue.

Veronica finds out that Amara has been practicing witchcraft and with her power of sorcery, she managed to manipulate the people to kill Jaime.

With this, anyone who heard the note will die and have their tongues taken off by Amara, as she wanted to keep the truth buried within the mansion.

All requests of director Jun Lana were granted by Regal and the production design was deemed very expensive by Monteverde.

[5] Paolo Gumabao, who plays the character Steve in the movie, shared during the press conference that he, his stylist, and his personal assistant (PA) were "ghost hunting" on the second floor of the mansion on a break from filming.

[4] Actress Ingrid dela Paz said she, Sharlene San Pedro, and Eliza Pineda, all heard a little boy talking on the second floor too.

Meanwhile, after the press conference, Janella told reporters that her mother and brother were inside a tent when they heard an old man moaning .

"[16] Starmometer also gave a positive review stating that, "The film succeeds in building up tension and keeping the story from being predictable.

On top of it, this horror film has outstanding cinematography, an excellent musical scoring and a fairly commendable production design.

- Pablo Tariman from PHILSTAR[17] Oggs Cruz from Rappler says that in spite of the familiarity of the premise and title, "'Haunted Mansion' is something else.

"[18] He even added that " Carlo Mendoza’s cinematography is wonderfully precise, lending credibility to the atmosphere that Lana seeks to create.

The film’s maturely constructed imagery is assisted by a sound design that does not rely on noise and glaring orchestrations to scare.