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Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts) (2001)

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Average Rating: 3.4/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 78

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

Average Rating: 3.4/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 19

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

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Movie Info

This haunted house chiller is the second feature from Dark Castle Entertainment, the mid-budget outfit put together in 1999 to remake the cheesy horror genre pictures of William Castle by his daughter, Terry Castle, and producers Gilbert Adler, Robert Zemeckis, and Joel Silver. Financially ravaged and widowed by a fire that is consuming him with guilt, Arthur Kriticos (Tony Shalhoub) is left to raise two kids on his own: beautiful teenager Kathy (Shannon Elizabeth) and grade school student Bobby

R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Horror

Directed By: Steve Beck

Written By: Neal Marshall, Steve Beck

In Theaters: Oct 23, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Apr 2, 2002

Box Office:$41.6M

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Tony Shalhoub
Arthur Kriticos
Embeth Davidtz
Kalina
Matthew Lillard
Rafkin
Alec Roberts
Bobby Kriticos
Shannon Elizabeth
Kathy Kriticos
Kathryn Anderson
Jean Kriticos
F Murray Abraham
Uncle Cyrus
Jacob Rupp
Cyrus Assistant
Craig Olejnik
The Torn Prince
C. Ernst Harth
The Great Child
JR Bourne
Rah Digga
Xantha Radley
The Pilgrimess
Mike Crestejo
Team Member
Aubrey Lee Culp
Team Member
Mikhael Speidel
The First Born Son
Daniel Wesley
The Torso
Laura Mennel
The Bound Woman
Shawna Loyer
The Angry Princess
Laurie Soper
The Dire Mother
Herbert Duncanson
The Hammer
Shayne Wyler
The Jackal
John De Santis
The Juggernaut
Charles Andre
Team Member
Matthew Harrison
Damon
Laura Mennell
The Bound Woman

Critic Reviews for Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts)

All Critics (104) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (81) | DVD (31)

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

March 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

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The drop-dead fact is, this ornate but eerily unspooky production is designed by Hollywood vampires and powered by demographics.

December 6, 2001 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Entertainment Weekly

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Beck maintains a satisfyingly high level of heebie-jeebies throughout.

October 29, 2001 Full Review Source: Variety

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Joe Leydon

Variety

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A nicely nasty Halloween treat.

October 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Mr. Showbiz

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Michael Atkinson

Mr. Showbiz

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A B-grade horror picture seems to be a B-grade horror picture no matter how many studio bucks and digital effects you throw at it.

October 26, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Carla Meyer

San Francisco Chronicle

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For a movie called Thirteen Ghosts, this movie is surprisingly soulless.

October 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

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Brutally violent horror remake is a huge waste.

August 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

There isn't enough dry ice in the world to conceal the rot of stupidity hovering over "13 Ghosts." With Embeth Davidtz and Matthew Lillard both overacting to a lower power in supporting roles, there apparently also aren't enough acting coaches.

August 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Like the huge glass house that serves as its centerpiece, the film is shiny, sterile, bland, vacuous, and completely pointless.

March 19, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

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an update of an original classic b-movie which, despite better technology, fails to drum up much in the scare department and is actually irritating to watch.

July 25, 2007

moon rivers

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This movie was Plainly terrible. The acting was horrible even by horror movie standards, and the story was just horrible. This film did have cool effects, which I did enjoy and kept my mind off the terrible story. In the end, not even the special effects saved this stupid ''horror'' film.

August 9, 2010

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

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1. Rafkin: I'm sure as hell hope I don't bleed to death. That, would suck.
– Submitted by Lea L (9 months ago)
1. Rafkin: If you hadn't noticed, I'm a little bit of a freak! I come within ten feet of anything dead I go into seizures. I touch somebody, and a whole life full of shit flashes in front of my eyes! Alright? So yeah, I'm depraved. But Cyrus was my friend and he accepted me.
– Submitted by Lea L (9 months ago)

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