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Thirteen Ghosts (Widescreen)

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so awesome,this remake of the 1960 william castle film is scary, suspensful,shocking and terryfying.the story is about a family who ownsasmallpoor apartment inherites there uncles house.they go to take a tour of the house,as the kids go take a tour all of a sudden the walls start moving.by the way all the walls and everthing in the house are see thru glass.they get locked in.as they find out they lost there youngest boy they split and search.the uncle was a man who all his life was searching for 13 ghosts.as he catch ghosts he would lock them up in the house.as the walls start moving the ghosts are realesed.the family all discover glasses,soon to find out they are ghosts viewers.the only way they can see the ghosts is if they put on the glasses.as the family are trying to stay away from these brutal monsters .people start dieing one by one.as they find out the 13 ghosts is the person in the family who dies first.the monsters are very scary looking.MUST SEE NOW!!!!!!!!!!1

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!this movie is awesome .not gory just scary really scary!!!!!!!theres one part when shannon elizebeth is talking about ghosts and her dad says"theres no such things as ghosts"and she puts on the glasses and a ghosts pops up and tackles her to the ground brutally beating her.the beast throws her against the wall pulling her to the roof.punching her very hard and cutting her all over and you just have to see what happens.you will be suprised,

When I normally review a movie, I tend to review movies that I liked, but this is an exception.

When I started watching this movie I was more than eager to see how it would turn out; after all, it was written by Robb White, the same person who wrote House on Haunted Hill. But as I emmerced myself in it's "plot" I couldn't help but to notice that it was nothing more than a different version of House on Haunted Hill. However, unlike House on Haunted Hill, this movie tends to lack substance. Sure, it had a concept behind it, but a bleak one at that.

By the end of the movie I was highly dissatisfied at it's lack of a thicker plot. It left me empty and wanting more insight to the story. I won't put any detail in my review about the actual plot as it would spoil it for those that _might_ actually want to see it.

I apologize to those that thought this movie deserves 5 stars, but it truly doesn't.

First off, I agree with the notion that sometimes the older versions are better than the remakes, but in this case I have to disagree. I saw this version first and then we decided to see the older one. But, the older one was just pathetic--it was worse than a student film. I was not even disturbed at any point during the original--in fact, I was laughing and rolling my eyes through most of it. It was just that stupid. But this remake is tons better--this is one of the few movies I can't watch after a certain point, otherwise I'll be up the rest of the night.

The special effects are rather gory and sometimes the writers make the plot stretch a little, but neither of these really hurt the movie. In fact, the special effects make it that much scarier.

I enjoyed this remake. I think that if you haven't seen it yet, you should at least give it a try and make up your own mind about it.

This is a great movie!! I absolutely -love- horror movies! They're the best thing to watch. This one, however made it to my top 5 favorites the first time I watched it.

For those folks that don't like a movie that gets lost amidst all the gore and violence - Thir13en Ghosts is definately not one of them. It actually has a smaller amount of blood than quite a few horror movies out there. This isn't a slasher, there's no Michael Myers or Jason.

Also, it has a completely new look for a horror movie. There is no creepy old abandoned house and the main character is not an oddly well endowed girl! The whole look of the movie is extremely bizarre, adding to the effect and the storyline is really good! (And has been mentioned numerous times in other reviews, so I won't give away the ending, alright?)

If you're doubting buying this; go for it!! (And Matthew Lillard is drool-worthy, even if he drools on occaision...lol)

Excuse that little dig.

This film definitely does deserve all its five stars, if not more. It literally scared the living daylights out of me! And the production design was absolutely AWESOME! The person(s) who designed the overall look of this film must have terrific imaginations. So much thought went into the design of the house, and it was amazing to watch.

I was not expecting this film to be five stars. I was expecting another average horror film (which has to be said for the finale). There are similarities between this and Hellraiser, if you've ever seen it.

I suppose the finale of this did not match up to the rest. As someone else has already pointed out, once you've seen the end of one haunted house/horror movie, then you've seen them all. So the ending didn't have a lot of thought put into it, unlike the rest of it. There's always something blowing up in these kind of movies these days!

Out of the twelve ghosts, my favourite had to be the Angry Princess (Shawna Loyer). She was terrific, and it must have took a lot of courage to appear naked! The best scene was where she appeared in the bath of blood, and Shannon Elizabeth is bending over. The darting eyes are terrific, and add a lot to the character. Otherwise, I wasn't too keen on the rest of the ghosts. I would have liked to see how they came to be the way they were. Poor Shawna though, she had to be in makeup for 5 hours! She hasn't done much else apart from this, but I'll be surprised if she doesn't get grabbed for something else - she's stunning, and will no doubt get more films under her belt soon. There's a lot of people out there who have a slight obsession with her though! She's also a para-legal in training! Ooooh!

Both Shannon Elizabeth and Matthew Lillard were great assets to this movie. Is it just me or is Matthew really cute?! Maybe it's just me, but he is! Hubba hubba. The two quibbles I have about this movie, is that there wasn't much development with the family (or maybe there was, but it slowed the film down?). You don't really see much of the family together as a whole, but the camera work with the family right at the start was cool! Just keep your ears open, and you'll work out what's happening. And my second quibble is about Matthew. In the film, he's psychic, and manages to 'see' what will happen to him. Which I thought wasn't fair. You'll have to watch the film to find out what happens, cos if I reveal anymore, Amazon will slap my wrist.

This is a great movie, I loved it, and kind of makes up for Lost Highway! If you've seen the rest of the Dark Castle movies, then you'll love this one, and it's just a brilliant movie overall.

From the same producing team behind the 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill; this other remake of a William Castle horror film trades in the shocks and suspense for buckets of blood and gore. When a wealthy man (F. Murray Abraham) mysteriously dies, his only living family members (including Tony Shalhoub and Shannon Elizabeth) inherit his massive, glass made mansion. Oh, and did I mention that the house is loaded with ghoulish ghosts looking to make a killing. Matthew Lillard is on board as a psychic, as is Army of Darkness' Embeth Davidtz; both of whom go sadly udnerused. While there is a fine cast here, they are all but wasted in their roles, except for Abraham who chews as much scenery as he can. 13 Ghosts isn't scary one bit and has an anticlimatic ending, but there's enough creativity in the makeup and special effects (plus the glass mansion is a marvel) to make 13 Ghosts worth watching for horror fans.

i rented this movie and it was pretty good. well up until the ending. i didnt care too much for the ending. i liked how the ghosts looked like. i think the 2 craziest looking ghosts were the buff guy with all theses screws and stuff stuck in him nd he had ahuge hamer as a arm and hand. and the ghost with the cage on its head.

the movie is about a man who inherits his uncles manshion. well as it turns out his uncle house is a huge machine powered by 12 ghosts. and the uncle keeps the ghosts traped in the basment. well anyways the ghosts get free the only way you can see the ghosts is if you wear these glasses. anyways as it tured out the uncle created that manshion (or machine) to summon the 12 ghosts and then he needed a 13th one. and anywyas he need to summon the ghosts to see the eye of hell that tell severything b/c the uncle wanted to be powerful.

ok i know my description of the movie doesnt make much since i left alot out and jumped around alot but thats pretty much the gist of it. so its pretty good just dont get your hope up high on the ending. in my opnion it wasnt that good.

well if your curious to see it but not sure on buying it. rent it first thats what i do. and if you like it buy it if you dont then at least you only wasted 3$ or so.

I liked this movie,it was really good, alot of blood and gore, just pure brilliant gore.Really worth watching.

Horror movies are not necessary gore and spooks tied together with a slim plot with only the idea of getting the audience to jump. The horror movie can have great writing. In this film, the background story for Tony Shaloub's family was very well done and acted. You couldn't help but believe they felt the pain of loss.

Tony Shaloub is a great actor, but his reputation for playing quirky follows him. I found it hard to distance him from his past characters and focus on this one. He does a gallant job however.

A distant uncle has captured the spirits of different people to fulfill the necessary materials to open a door to the beyond and bring himself power. The ghosts are trapped in a special house, which has been willed to his nephew (Tony Shaloub).

The different spirits are very spooky, and the grimoire is very well done. You will get involved with the story, but some of the other characters seem a bit too stereotypical, as if the producers thought a horror movie had to have them. For instance, one of the spirits rips Shannon Elizabeth's shirt.

I would recommend renting this one rather than adding it to your collection.