Thirteen Ghosts

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Thirteen Ghosts

R

2001

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A state-of-the-art remake of the classic William Castle horror film about a family that inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle. There's just one problem: the house seems to have a dangerous agenda all its own. Trapped in their new home by strangely shifting walls, the family encounters powerful and vengeful entities that threaten to annihilate anyone in their path.

Critics Consensus

The production design is first-rate, but 13 Ghosts is distinctly lacking in scares.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

08/26/2010

2/5

Brutally violent horror remake is a huge waste.

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William Thomas

Empire Magazine

12/30/2006

2/5

Director Beck discards Castle's signature cheeky verve, saddling the film with a poor script rife with hilarious exposition, a literally painful sound design and uniformly bad acting.

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

03/22/2002

0/4

By any objective accounting, Thirteen Ghosts is exactly a baker's dozen too many -- this is a zero of a film.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23

3/10

It takes a 42 million dollar budget and wastes it on the dumbest set-pieces you can possibly imagine. As a result, it feels expensive but not in a good way – in an animal print on furniture way.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12

2/5

The reliance on CGI and overall irritating and/or forgettable characters makes it a far cry from the original.

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Emilie Black

JoBlo's Movie Network

09/21/2023

9/10

... the most 2001 movie that ever 2001’d.

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Arwen A

@RT52251803 4d

Got to watching this once I saw it was finally on something, and oh boy did I love it. I'm definitely a lover of a lot of 2000s horror, mostly because I've finally watched more and I grew up with some of them. While I understand why people think this is stupid, I honestly don't care. This is an awesome time, even if it's a bit dumb, and cheesy, it's also a nice sleepover movie honestly.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Apr 1

Easily one of the best supernatural horror movies!

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Shahriar R

@Shahriar135 Feb 25

great movie i enjoyed it

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Rachael B.

@Rachael0515 Feb 25

I don’t understand all the bad reviews. I love this film and Matthew Lillard is awesome!

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Lorde M.

@Lord_Fears Feb 15

Classic 🍷👻👻👻👻👻

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Alex H.

@MovieReviewersClub Feb 14

There are ghosts in the basement! In Thir13en Ghosts you can find spooks and terrors that only belong in nightmares. Don't dare enter Cyrus' glass house, you'll find way more trouble than you bargained with. Now you must deal with thirteen ghosts, all with a vengeance. The Juggernaut, The Torn Prince, The Bound Woman, all parched and famished. Don't close your eyes. They want you. Thir13en Ghosts implores you to have a little fun with some cheap humor and silly editing. Released in 2001, you can't really expect much more. They do quite well with many things in this movie which should otherwise give it a higher rating. The costumes and sound were both on par with but predate the first Saw film in 2004. In terms of graphics they are quite identical, gore and violence the same. The plot has a few twists and turns and tries just a bit to throw you off. They don't have much power though and it becomes relatively easy to predict the next move. The jump scares disappoint most of the time, but the silly jokes and random lines soften the blow taken by the bad scares. Give this movie a try, it does deserve that. Possibly a hidden gem, but treasure nonetheless.

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Synopsis

A state-of-the-art remake of the classic William Castle horror film about a family that inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle. There's just one problem: the house seems to have a dangerous agenda all its own. Trapped in their new home by strangely shifting walls, the family encounters powerful and vengeful entities that threaten to annihilate anyone in their path.

Director: Steve Beck
Producer: Gilbert Adler
Screenwriter: Neal Marshall Stevens, Richard D'Ovidio
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Dark Castle Entertainment, 13 Ghosts Productions Canada Inc.
Rating: R (Horror Violence|Horror Gore|Nudity|Some Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.9M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)