| Great visuals with an above average plot (by rw2) |
| I see that most people aren't nearly as fond of this one as I am, so I feel compelled to write why I *did* like it.First, the visuals were really good. Many thrillers have to avoid showing detail about the villains because details end up being fake looking or difficult. This is one of several reasons why so many take place at night. Thir13en Ghosts works around that by giving the protagonists special glasses which allow them to see the ghosts. It's a lot less goofy than seeing it written in this review makes it sound and it means that the movie doesn't have to be shot in the <more> |
| Excellent (by wild_child329) |
| This movie was fantastic. The acting was good and the plot was good. I really loved how they used actual people to play the parts of the ghosts. That was really cool. It's not your typical ghost movie and that's what I love about it. The ending was a bit iffy. I didn't like how Matt, "Dennis Rafkin" died. He was a really well thought out character. With the ghosts being released at the end, I am definitely sure that there wont be a sequel to this. But if there was and it could hold up stronger than this one, and use the same family, I think it would be a great one. I <more> |
| Just in time for Halloween! (by jellyneckr) |
| The studio couldn't have picked a better release date. This is the perfect time to release a movie like this. Releasing this right before Halloween was an excellent decision. I hadn't seen the 1960 original before seeing this, but after I saw this I quickly decided to go rent the original. Anyway, there are so many things that make this movie great, although I will only list a few of them: the special effects, the acting, the music, the director's awesome camera movements, the fantastic writing, the occasional jokes [which are hilarious], and the suspense. It's one of the most <more> |
| One of the best films I have seen in a while... (by QueenxRock) |
| This film is very much like Marmite. It makes you sick to the back teeth because it's just that bad, or it makes you twitch every time you see in the paper that Thir13en Ghosts is on. I, myself, fall into the latter category. I loved every second of this film! I saw this a few weeks back, I was bored and I was flicking stations on TV. Luckily, the film was only just starting. The scrapyard scene had me hooked. One downside to this was that Cyrus Kriticos F. Murray Abraham got killed off quite quickly. I would have liked to see a little more about his past, but then that would be <more> |
| Cool Horror Thriller (by Spanner-2) |
| A cool thriller where a family inherits a fascinating house made completly of glass only to discover that not only do the walls move around and rearrange themselves but the place is over run by pretty nasty ghosts. Featuring Tony Shalhoub as the father along with always appealing Shannon Elizabeth as his daughter, always nutso Matthew Lilliard as a psychic and other oddball sorts. Has enough scares and atmosphere to make a pretty darn good Halloween vieweing experince. GRADE: B+ |
| Some great scary fun (by atinder) |
| Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine "designed by the devil and powered by the dead" to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by Dennis, a ghost hunter, and his rival Kalina, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.This really fun movie, I really like the whole movie, it had some really <more> |
| William Castle Would Be Proud (by carlsbadrn) |
| I saw the original 13 Ghosts when I was 12 years old and it scared me half to death. They gave you a viewer so when the ghosts appeared on screen you looked thru one color and could see them, but if you looked thru the other color you couldn't see them. Now that I see that movie again I wonder what I was scared of. But I loved all of William Castle's movies. He was the master of gimmicks and chills in his day. Now comes a new version of the old story, packed with gore and shocks galore in living color. No glasses or special optical device handed out at the theater this time. The film <more> |
| I had A good time. (by thundercaust) |
| Granted remakes usually suck but this had enough gore and split tale innovations that made it quite entertaining. The acting was a bit shaky but not everyone can be a Julia Adams The Creature From The Black Lagoon > You had a few scenes that make you jump. Okay killing sequences, and some twists make it a good entertaining horror flick. Tony Shalhoub would not have been even in my top 20 to play the father of the family that is suppost to move in but I'm not sure who I would have put in his place but definitely NOT him. F. Murray Abraham has delivered a great performance and well <more> |
| The Most Original and Terrifying Horror Movie That I Have Ever Seen! (by movies2u) |
| 13 Ghosts is my all-time FAVORITE horror movie. Not to mention, it scared the crap out of me, and yet the movie was so original and great. When a father Tony Shalhoub and his teenager Shannon Elizabeth and young Boy Alec Roberts lose their house and mother in a fire, the family moves in to a small apartment with a nanny Rah Digga . the, by surprise the father's Uncle Cyrus F. Murray Abraham dies, and leaves the family a huge mansion, the family is very excited. And when they go to see the house, they meet Rafkin Matthew Lillard , who worked for Cyrus in a ghost hunting <more> |