Character Relationship Map: Haunted Mansion

Characters

• Gabbie (played by Rosario Dawson) — protagonist

  Single mother and tour guide seeking help to free her son from a supernatural curse.

• Travis (played by Chase W. Dillon) — protagonist

  Gabbie's young son with the ability to see spirits, trapped in the mansion.

• Ben Matthias (played by LaKeith Stanfield) — supporting

  Paranormal expert and former professor hired to investigate the mansion.

• Father Kent (played by Owen Wilson) — supporting

  Local priest who provides spiritual guidance and historical context.

• Harriet (played by Tiffany Haddish) — supporting

  Paranormal enthusiast who joins the team to investigate the mansion.

• Alyssa (played by Charity Jordan) — minor

  Friend or associate who aids the main characters.

• Bruce Davis (played by Danny DeVito) — supporting

  Paranormal researcher assisting in the investigation.

• Madame Leota (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) — supporting

  Enigmatic spirit trapped in a crystal ball, guiding the living with prophecies.

• William Gracey (played by J.R. Adduci) — supporting

  Historical figure related to the Gracey family lineage.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Bruce Davis → William Gracey (Professional Researcher) — Bruce's historical research on Gracey provides crucial background for the group.

  Bruce, a historian, possesses the mansion's blueprints and knows the Gracey family history.

• Madame Leota → William Gracey (Professional Employee) — Leota was employed by Gracey as a medium for nightly séances, which led to the mansion's haunting.

  Gracey recruited Leota to contact his late wife's spirit every night for an entire year.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Madame Leota → Gabbie (Alliance Guide) — Leota guides Gabbie toward freeing her son from the supernatural curse.

  Leota's revelations help Gabbie understand the mansion's curse and how to fight it.

• Harriet → Bruce Davis (Alliance Teammate) — Harriet and Bruce are fellow team members who experience the entity's expulsion together.

  Harriet and Bruce are both forced out of the mansion by the malevolent entity, sharing the same fate before reuniting for the final battle.

• Travis → William Gracey (Narrative Spirit Witness) — Travis witnesses Gracey's ghostly presence during the séance, confirming the spirit world's connection.

  Travis, able to see spirits, is present when Gracey's ghost communicates through the séance.

• Harriet → Madame Leota (Alliance Liberator) — Harriet uses her psychic abilities to release Leota from imprisonment, enabling the banishment ritual.

  Harriet frees Leota from her crystal ball during the final confrontation.

• Father Kent → Travis (Social Friend) — Kent and Travis develop a friendly rapport during their shared ordeal.

  Kent escapes the sealed mansion with Travis and shares a warm bond with him throughout the investigation.

• Travis → Ben Matthias (Social Mentor) — Ben becomes a guiding figure for Travis during the crisis, helping him resist Crump's manipulation.

  Ben convinces Travis not to give in to his grief when Crump impersonates Travis's late father.

• Travis → Madame Leota (Narrative Spirit Seer) — Travis's ability to see spirits connects him to Leota's trapped consciousness.

  Travis, who can see spirits, is present when the group finds Leota's crystal ball in the attic.

• Ben Matthias → William Gracey (Narrative Ghostly Contact) — Ben communicates with Gracey's restless spirit to uncover the mansion's secrets.

  Ben encounters Gracey's ghost during astral projection and learns the truth about the malevolent spirit.

• Madame Leota → Ben Matthias (Alliance Guide) — Leota becomes the group's key source of supernatural knowledge and guidance.

  Leota discloses the mansion's history and the malevolent spirit's plan to Ben after he finds her crystal ball.

• Bruce Davis → Gabbie (Alliance Supporter) — Bruce contributes historical knowledge and crucial assistance to help Gabbie reclaim the mansion.

  Bruce helps Gabbie's group by recovering the hat remnants during the climax, despite being forced out of the mansion earlier.

• Harriet → Gabbie (Alliance Teammate) — Harriet supports Gabbie's mission to make the mansion safe for her family.

  Harriet joins Gabbie's cause to rid the mansion of its ghosts and later frees Leota during the climax.

• Bruce Davis → Ben Matthias (Alliance Teammate) — Bruce teams up with Ben to navigate the mansion's hidden rooms and ultimately helps complete the banishment.

  Bruce's blueprints are taken by the group, and he later joins the investigation, recovering the hat remnants for the ritual.

• Harriet → Ben Matthias (Alliance Teammate) — Harriet works alongside Ben to contact spirits and uncover the mansion's secrets.

  Harriet is recruited as a psychic to join the group's investigation of the mansion.

Story Analysis

A grieving astrophysicist joins a mother and son to banish a malevolent spirit from a haunted New Orleans mansion.

Plot Progression

1. Echoes of Alyssa — Ben Matthias grieves his late wife Alyssa while Gabbie and Travis move into Gracey Manor, only to discover it is infested with ghosts that curse Travis.
2. The Ghost Hunters Assemble — Father Kent hires Ben to photograph the mansion's ghosts. After a mariner ghost haunts Ben, the group recruits psychic Harriet and historian Bruce to investigate.
3. Whispers from the Crystal Ball — The team finds Madame Leota trapped in a crystal ball and learns the mansion's tragic history, including the malevolent spirit's plan to collect 999 souls.
4. The Hatbox Ghost's Grip — The group identifies the spirit as Alistair Crump. Crump seals the mansion, but Ben, Kent, and Travis escape to find Crump's hat for a banishment ritual.
5. Banishment and Rebirth — Kent confesses his con, the team rescues their friends, and the final graveyard confrontation ends with Crump banished and the survivors finding peace.