Elizabeth and Gracey reunite as Sara is subsequently revived. The orb is revealed to be Elizabeth's ghost, who could only be released from her current form once the truth was revealed, and thanks Jim for saving her. Sara collapses, having been poisoned by Ramsley during the wedding ceremony, but the spectral orb appears and possesses Sara. Ramsley attempts to take Jim with him, but he is saved by Gracey. However, with the truth revealed, a fiery entity emerges from the ballroom's fireplace and drags Ramsley down to Hell to face eternal punishment. As Gracey angrily confronts Ramsley, the latter hypocritically-rages at his master's apparent selfishness for loving Elizabeth and summons wraiths to attack the group. He gives Gracey Elizabeth's letter and Ramsley's crime is exposed. Ramsley then blackmails Sara into marrying Gracey in exchange for her children's safety.Įncouraged by Leota, Jim manages to re-enter the mansion, rescue his children, and stop Sara and Gracey's wedding. This gives Gracey second thoughts, but Ramsley insists that Sara is Elizabeth and, in time, she will remember. The room fills with dancing ghosts as Gracey reveals his ghostly self, but Sara denies being Elizabeth. As Gracey and Sara rendezvous in the ballroom, she is confused when he asks if she recognizes him, and he insists she is his beloved Elizabeth. To hide the truth, Ramsley traps the children in a trunk and literally throws Jim out of the mansion. Ramsley then appears and reveals he murdered Elizabeth to prevent Gracey from abandoning his heritage, as he believed their relationship was unacceptable. Leota leads them to a trunk in the attic, which Jim unlocks to find a letter Elizabeth wrote to Gracey, revealing she truly loved him and wanted to marry him, indicating that she did not commit suicide as everyone believed. However, they escape with help from Michael, who overcomes his arachnophobia. In a crypt beneath a mausoleum, Jim and Megan find the key, but inadvertently disturb its undead residents. Leota sends the Evers to the mansion's cemetery to find a key that will reveal the truth about Elizabeth's death. It is then revealed that the mansion’s inhabitants are ghosts, cursed a century ago by Elizabeth's and Gracey’s untimely deaths, and can only enter the afterlife when the lovers are reunited Sara is believed to be Elizabeth's reincarnation.
He runs into Emma, Ezra and his children, and returns to Leota for answers about Elizabeth's likeness to Sara. Meanwhile, Jim meets Madame Leota, the ghost of a gypsy whose head is encased in a crystal ball. Emma and Ezra appear, and identify the woman as the late Elizabeth. Megan and Michael follow a spectral orb to the attic, where they find a portrait of a woman that bears an almost identical resemblance to Sara. Gracey gives Sara a tour of the mansion, discussing his past and his “grandfather”'s death after the suicide of his lover, Elizabeth Henshaw. Ramsley takes Jim to the library to discuss the deal with Gracey, but Jim becomes trapped in a secret passage. When a rainstorm floods the nearby river, Gracey lets the family stay for the night. Sara is contacted by the occupants of Gracey Manor, located in the nearby bayou Jim, eager to make a deal after learning where the mansion is, takes his family there, meeting its owner, Edward Gracey, his butler Ramsley and his other servants maid Emma and footman Ezra. A workaholic with little time for his family, Jim misses his wedding anniversary and tries to make amends by suggesting a vacation to the nearby lake. Murphy's other children include Eric, 26, from his relationship with Paulette McNeely Christian, 25, from the actor's relationship with Tamara Hood Bria, 25, Myles, 22, Shayne, 21, Zola, 15, and Bella, 13, children from Murphy's marriage to former wife Nicole Mitchell and Angel, aged nine, from his previous relationship with former Spice Girl Mel B.īutcher and Murphy announced in November that they were expecting.Jim and Sara Evers are successful realtors with two children, Michael and Megan. This is the ninth child for Murphy, the first for Butcher." "Both mother and daughter are doing well. Murphy's publicist Arnold Robinson said: "Eddie Murphy, 55, and long-time girlfriend Paige Butcher, 36, welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Izzy Oona Murphy. The baby girl, who weighed 7lb 15oz, is Murphy's first child with Australian actress Paige Butcher. The actor and comedian, who starred in the 2003 film Daddy Day Care, welcomed the arrival of daughter Izzy Oona on Tuesday morning, his spokesman said. Hollywood star Eddie Murphy is celebrating the birth of his ninth child.