The Man-Eating Wreath also known as the Man-Eating Plant disguised as a Wreath or simply the Killer Wreath, Tiger Wreath, or Evil Wreath is a carnivorous plant who appears in the seasonal Haunted Mansion Holiday and The Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare overlays for The Haunted Mansion.
History[]
Like virtually all the added characters of Haunted Mansion Holiday, the Wreath originates from the 1993 animated Disney musical, Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas where it was one of many macabre christmas-gifts created by the citizens of Halloween Town after they take-over the holiday. The wreath specifically was given to an elderly woman by Jack (as Sandy Claws) when he hung it up on her front door, the wreath however comes to life and begins to growl menacingly. Later when Jack's Christmas presents are scaring people in the real world, the Man-Eating Wreath ferociously roars as it attempts to eat the old lady screaming in horror worried that this is the most unusual wreath she has ever seen but the wreath failed to eat her.
Appearances[]
The Wreath indirectly appears as part of the Haunted Mansion Holiday plaque and later on as one of the portraits in the Stretching Room. Later in the load area, the silhouette of the wreath can be seen in the "Scary Christmas" display, being carried by the witch as she flies across the moon.
The Wreath appears directly within the Corridor of Doors where it has rooted itself to the corridor's ceiling and stretched its tendrils throughout the halls and the conservatory. The tendrils also have small and fanged flower-like buds which all sing Kidnap the Sandy Claws in unison. As guests continue, they come face to face with the fanged wreath leering down from the ceiling.
Trivia[]
- The wreath's appearance in the ride are inspired by the Mean Green Mother from Outer Space sequence of the 1986 dark-comedy musical Little Shop of Horrors, in which a giant man-eating plant called Audrey II sprouts several tendrils as well as snapping flower-like buds which partake in a musical-number.
- In the ride the wreath has fangs while in the movie it was never shown to have any.
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