Sep 04 2009
THIRTEEN GHOSTS
Not as good as I remembered.
PLOT
Cyrus, a ghost hunter and his assistant Dennis head off to capture a ghost, but Cyrus is killed during the mission. His nephew Arthur learns he inherited his uncle’s house and heads off to look at it with his kids Kathy and Bobby and nanny. The house has huge glass walls with Latain words on many of them. Dennis arrives dressed as a power worker and when he finds ghosts in the basement, he tells Arthur of the truth. The lawyer showing him the house tells him everything is fine, but then ends up dead when one of the ghosts attacks him downstairs. The ghosts begin attacking the family and Arthur finds a medium named Kalina hiding in the house. The only way to see the ghosts is by using special glasses and when Arthur discovers that his dead wife’s ghost is in the house, he becomes determined to save everyone inside.
TRIVIA
A remake of the 1960 William Castle movie.
THOUGHTS
I know that Thirteen Ghosts isn’t some great horror movie, but I always liked it. It’s fairly cheesy, a little lame and Shannon Elizabeth looks nothing at all like her onscreen dad Tony Shaloub. When I watched it again though, I didn’t like it as much as I did before. This time it seemed a little long and most of the characters were annoying, Elizabeth especially. I kept checking to see how much time was left because I was ready for another movie.
