13 Ghosts Movie Review 2001

Another attempt to meld humor and horror in a William Castle remake ala "House on Haunted Hill" misfires in this flashy screamfest. Arthur (Shalhoub) inherits a weird glass mansion from his shadowy Uncle Cyrus (Abraham). He moves into the house with his kids Kathy (Elizabeth) and Bobby (Roberts) and their nanny Maggie (Digga). Along for kicks is spastic psychic Rafkin (Lillard), which is good, because the mansion ends up being a gigantic infernal contraption powered by ghosts complete with whirling gears and sliding glass panels that attack the inhabitants. It seems that crazy Uncle Cyrus built the house to open the Eye of Hell and it's up to Arthur to stop it. The special effects are above average, but the plot is clearly not.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Creepy Houses, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Supernatural Horror, Inheritance, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews

Screenplay

Richard D'Ovidio, Neal Marshall Stevens

Cast

Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts, Rah Digga, JR Bourne, F. Murray Abraham

Cinematography

Gale Tattersall

Director

Steve Beck

Music

John (Gianni) Frizzell

Other

Patrick Ramsay, Derek G. Brechin, Edward A. Warschilka, Don MacAulay, Jenni Gullett, Sean Hargreaves

Producer

Gilbert Adler, Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Dark Castle Entertainment, Columbia Pictures