Thir13en Ghosts (2001)

United States of America, Canada

Horror, Thriller

Warner Bros. Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Warner Bros.

Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Rah Digga, Alec Roberts

Steve Beck

Neal Marshall Stevens, Todd Alcott, Robb White, Richard D'Ovidio

Taglines: Misery loves company.

single parent, chase, supernatural, haunted house, family relationships, remake, money, revenge, betrayal, inheritance, last will and testament, devil, survival horror, evil, ghost

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.

Reviews:

Author: JPV852
This is a movie I could've sworn I had seen before, but remember little about it, which does say something. Still, some interesting elements, the ghosts' designs, when you can appreciate them, have an almost Hellraiser-like quality to them, and never a bad thing having Tony Shalhoub in the lead even when I didn't once buy into the family dynamic. Has the hallmarks of a a film from that era, with the direction (and camera angles) plus the inclusions of Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie franchise) and Matthew Lillard (Scream franchise) in there. Also, the twist at the end didn't make a lick of sense. That said, can't say I was ever bored and honestly, if anyone actually remembered this movie, the setting would make for a fun scare house (and using special glasses to see the entities) somewhere like at the Universal Horror Nights or w/e it's called. **2.75/5**