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  • Actors: Tony Shalhoub, Shannon Elizabeth, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Alec Roberts
  • Directors: Steve Beck
  • Writers: Benjamin Carr, Richard D'Ovidio, Robb White
  • Producers: Dan Cracchiolo, Gilbert Adler, Joel Silver, Richard Mirisch
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Dutch, English, Hindi, Italian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Uca Catalogue
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Sep 2006
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000068C3S
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,902 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A by-the-numbers haunted house movie, albeit one with some neat twists, a couple of good performances and impressive design work, Thirteen Ghosts is a remake of the 1960 original by exploitation superstar William Castle. When ghost-hunter Cyrus (F Murray Abraham) dies his quietly decent widower nephew Arthur (Tony Shaloub) inherits his house. With almost infinite predictability, he, his teenage daughter (Shannon Elizabeth) and young son, as well as a rival ghost-hunter and Cyrus' untrustworthy tame psychic (Mathew Lillard), are trapped in the house, which is a glass labyrinth of sliding panels and shifting staircases. As the woman ghost-hunter Kalina helpfully explains, the house is "a machine designed by the devil and powered by the dead"--specifically by 12 ghosts, most of them murderously malevolent.

Shaloub and Lillard manage to make us care about this farrago and Abraham lends his few scenes his usual malignant authority, but the real star is the inventively designed house itself and the outrageous horror-comic makeup of the ghosts. This is a knowingly trashy film enjoyable on its own level.

On the DVD: Thirteen Ghosts comes with a short textual explanation of who Castle was and why he should get this sort of homage, a self-congratulatory making-of documentary and filmographies for cast and crew, as well as odd short featurettes explaining the imagined back-story for each of the ghosts. The disc has Dolby sound and is presented in a 1.85:1 widescreen ratio.--Roz Kaveney

Video Description
DVD Special Features
Director’s Commentary
12 Featurettes
"The Making Of" Featurette
Filmographies
Trailer
Languages: English, Italian
Subtitles: Dutch, English, English (for hard of hearing), Hindi, Italian


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thirteen Ghosts = Thirteen Sleepless Nights, 17 Aug 2008
By Andrew Kerr (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Thirteen Ghosts is a remake of a 1960's film of the same title created by the brilliant William Castle. The film follows a man and his children who become trapped in a ghost ridden house that they've inherited from Cyrus (the man's eccentric uncle.) Trapped along with them are a psychic, a lawyer, and a ghost hunter.

Thirteen Ghosts is a bit different from your standard horror, and it goes without saying that I doubt that this it's the kind of film that everyone will find scary. But for me at least it worked. As this is probably one of the greatest ghost films I've ever seen. The bathroom scene especially, which has been done really well comes to mind. Not to mention when the lawyer 'splits.' The plot is solid and progresses well, keeping you both scared and wanting to watch more at the same time. The film is full of suspense and tension and there are more than a few very good twists throughout. The ghosts themselves are nothing less than awesome. It's obvious that a lot of time and thought has been put in their creation. A few people have mentioned how we're not really giving a back story to the ghosts in the film itself. But there is a fantastic special feature on the DVD which goes into all the depth and detail you could possibly want. It would have been nice if the information was included in the film, but I doubt that the sheer amount of story surrounding the ghosts could have been successfully integrated. The house itself is brilliant in design. Labyrinth like and packed with sliding glass doors, shifting walls and endless passages, it really looks fantastic. The special effects are perfect and really enhance the film. I'm glad that they were not over the top. Thanks to the realism of the ghosts themselves, as well as the brilliant acting (by most) and script, I actually found Thirteen Ghosts very scary, and gory. I know that there are a lot of people who didn't like Thirteen Ghosts. I honestly can't imagine why. But remakes in general tend to be difficult because people will often compare them to the original.

But the only thing I can really fault is I thought that the ending was rather weak. It was a good enough ending, but I can't help think that it could have been done better. However Thirteen Ghosts is a seriously brilliant horror, and a film that I really enjoyed. If any film deserves five stars it's this one. It is up there with Poltergeist and The Sixth Sense which is saying something. So it's well worth a watch. Maybe I was being a bit unrealistic when I said that Thirteen Ghosts equals thirteen sleepless nights, but nevertheless this film is pretty much guaranteed to give you nightmares, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything a good horror movie should be + some more!, 3 Aug 2002
By Mr. Robert Moyes "Rob" (Oxfordshire) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this DVD without knowing anything about it, all i knew was that it was going too be scarey. When i got it, i peered at the back of the case and thought that it looked a bit cheap, and tacky. Then i put it into my dvd player and my views changed. The moment the animated menu appears, you know this film is going to be a stunner.

As for the story itself, it starts of with an action scene, then the real story begins, the ways the viewer is told information is simply spectacular. The way people die in the film is also amazing, never been done before. As for the 13 ghosts, well most of them are utterly terrifying although one or two are slightly unrealistic.

Well BUY THIS DVD if you like to be scared, i do. Ive watched it 3 times and i only got it this morning. Its much better than House On Haunted Hill and not a long as The Others which makes this film a must have for any "Scarey Movie" fan, YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED!!

CLICK ON ADD TO BASKET, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than most reviews suggest, 29 Sep 2006
By marky77 (England) - See all my reviews
  
I cant belive that so many reviewers (especially the most recent) have only given this movie one or two stars. It is a very good modern horror movie that manages to combine horror genres, mainly ghost/spooks and slasher. It has plenty of suspence and is actually quite gorey, which makes a change when compared to most 15 certificate modern horror movies.

The storyline is origional and the effects are very good. The house with the "Th13teen Ghosts" is made almost completely of glass inc. walls, floors, ceilings and it is very technical with all sorts of strange machanical devices for opening and closing certain sections of the house and the movie manages to pull this off very well without making any mistakes or making it look cheesy. This adds to the suspence of the movie. The ghosts themsleves are pretty creepy and about three of them are downright terriying!

Don't listen to bad reviews, give this movie the chance it deserves and you will be please you did.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Thirteen Ghosts - Unlucky for some.
I totally agree with all the other negative reviews with regard to the one. Nothing remotely frightening about it - there's more shocks in an episode of Tom and Jerry (and the... Read more
Published 13 months ago by J. Field

5.0 out of 5 stars Thirteen Ghosts
This film is REALLY good and VERY scary. I mean REALLY scary. If you are a big fan of gory movie, this is it. Definitely got my money worth.
Published 15 months ago by Fallon

4.0 out of 5 stars Sleeping with the lights on
I remember seeing this in the cinema when it came out first time. I went home, switched on all the lights and cowered for a night.

The film was really really good. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ms. P. J. Silverlock

1.0 out of 5 stars Scooby-dooby-dooooooo!
Ultra trashy, cheapo horror film which borrows from Cube (which proved that no budget wasn't necessarily a bad thing) and The Shining. It's got rentaface Matthew Lillard in it. Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. S. Meins

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid horror film, good acting
I don't know many people who don't dislike remakes, but this happens to be a good one. In place of the original 'magic glasses' that cinema goers needed in order to see the ghouls... Read more
Published 17 months ago by C. Isles

4.0 out of 5 stars Another enjoyable remake.
Great movie, never seen the original (although i'd like too), but this version is a competent horror. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. K. Richardson

4.0 out of 5 stars A good scary movie
Thirteen Ghosts is an enjoyable film, well acted, interesting story and scary in places. Well worth seeing.
Published 21 months ago by Lesleyr

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS AMAZING!
yes, i know it is not scary but its a one of a kind. It made me laugh out loud a few times because the story is so silly but its still one that you must see :)
Published on 19 May 2007 by The Beast

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best ghost films I've seen
Great ghost film, one of the best ones I've seen for ages.

Following ghost story tradition, there are sudden brief flashes of various nasty looking ghosts which made... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2007 by P. Miller

3.0 out of 5 stars its ok
thirteen ghosts is a remake of a film from 1960 about a collector of ghosts and ghouls who dies and leaves his house to his nephew who is down on his luck and sees this as a... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2006 by sean paul mccann

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