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Summary: Relentless effects make up for ordinary plot
Review: I thought this was worth seeing. Not for the plot, mind you. This is fairly standard stuff. A family inherits a home. As they are shown it, it is evident that it's a very strange one. They find it's filled with ghosts. They try to get out. This provides most of the plot, and you get to guess who dies and who does not (Hint: it's not that hard).So if just want to put your brain on the mantle for awhile, what you get is an almost nonstop barrage of ghosts. This is refreshing from countless movies that make you sit through bad dialog while waiting to see the special effects. Not in this movie. And not the cute Caspar kind of ghosts. Here you get gory, mutilated ghosts that want to chop you up at every chance they can get. The house has all kinds of rules as to where the ghosts can and cannot go, but we wouldn't have a movie if there weren't lots of ways where these rules get overcome. If you want a mind-thriller, this is not the movie. If you want to see a good gore-fest where makeup and special effects are for once used well, go for it.
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Summary: Our favorite part was when it ended...A film without hope.
Review: I love scary movies, but this one-wasn't. Weak charactors, badacting, weak plot, lackluster makeup. If MST3000 needs some new material, this would be a good choice... The casting was a big part of the problem. Putting Tony Shalhoub into the lead? What were they thinking. The man has the charisma of a rotting carp--in fact, the hope of seeing him die a horrible death was the only thing that cheered an otherwise dismal viewing experience...(Only that hope,as all others in this film, disapointed...) Watching him struggle throughthe role was painful indeed... The script had MANY flaws. Another cheap Cthulu rippoff, and not in the good Evil Dead way... Twelve ghosts, but you don'y actually get to see most of them do much--three of the ghosts get most of the scarry action, and another a little screen tim, but the others are just background... (The Angry Princess gets a lot of screen time, for the two most obvious reasons. She is actually the scarriest ghost as well...) The plot is predictable; the only turns (SPOILER_sort of,,,) either so obvious (that the evil rich uncle had an evil aggenda) astobe beneath notice, or utterly unexplained (that the enemy of the evil uncle was actually devoted to his service...OK, but why?) Some obvious plot holes (the family is destitute, but can affor to keep domestic staff...) round out the bland silliness. Only it isn't SUPPOSED to be silly... Do yourself a favor; rent the original, or Evil Deads new remaster. Do NOT buy this product--
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Summary: NOT SCARY
Review: To anyone who is REALLY afraid of horror movies before they see them, this is SO not scary that anyone (maybe not babies) can handle it. I am afraid of every scary movie that I haven't seen. But this I loved. I have to admit that I was freaked out about this film before I saw it, but when it started, I sat down and loved it. NOT SCARY!!!! It is a tad bit gross like when some naked girl tries to kill someone, and someone gets cut in half, etc... Believe me, this is NOT SCARY. It's really good though. I recommend it for people who could handle "The Sixth Sense" (starring Bruce Willis), because it is not as scary as that by far!
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Summary: Couldn't even watch it
Review: I made it maybe 20 minutes into this utterly lousy film before the breathtakingly bad, poorly-delivered dialog forced me to pop it out of my DVD. (I swear I heard a clearly audible sigh of relief from the old Sony player when I did so).
Now, I'm told that the ghosts in this thing are verrrry verrry scary (didn't make it far enough to actually see them), and the house is pretty cool (ditto), so the viewers' prudent employment of the mute button whenever one of the "actors" begin to move their lips might just make this thing watchable. Unless one can lip-read, of course.
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Summary: Scooby-Boo, Where Are you?
Review: By now, you may know that "Thirteen Ghosts's" Matthew Lillard is playing "Shaggy" in Warner Brothers live action Scobby-Doo movie for summer 2002. Here's a film which introduces you to him and shows you why he has a flair for the dramatic and especially a knack for looking very frightened. I rented this because Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump" "Back to The Future" & "Airplane") produced it and I wasn't disappointed. Not the most original plot but better than your average Scream, Freddie, Jason 'Last Summer" or Stephen King TV Flick of the Week. There's plenty of gore, twists, laughs, and scares to go around. A crisp ninety minutes, great looking cinematography, and a stunning set round out this "Congratulations You Inherited A Haunted House" screamfest. Not too different from a Scooby-Doo plot come to think of it. So load up on the Scooby snacks and get ready for a different kind of funhouse.
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Summary: Terror + Realistic special effects = Extremely creepy!
Review: I didn't see it in the theater because I thought it would be to creepy for me, so I waited until it came out on DVD and bought it. I was pleasantly suprised by the scariness this movie managed to evoke. Most horror movies don't manage to give a hardcore viewer the creeps no matter how many gross special effects they employ. Ususally what you get is more of a squeamishness at the grossness of it all. It went out of its way to give us a scare with a compelling, original story, and it had some great special effects to back it up. The ghosts were the most realistic and scary component of the movie - if I had been younger, the nightmares would have started the minute I saw the Juggernaut and the Jackal. The pace was fast moving, the story was interesting and there were mile-a-minute thrills. The DVD features are great as well, giving each ghost an individual back story. This movie is definitely worth adding to your horror collection.
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Summary: THE TERROR HAS MULTIPLIED
Review: I went to watch the movie after I have seen previews at the cinema. I can tell you... it is a brilliantly produced horror movie! It has everything horror movie needs - gore, blood, violence and visual effects. The ghosts in the film were awesome - really scary, chilling you to the very bone! I have to say that my favorite one was the Jackal, who had arusty metal cage locked around his head, therefore he looked very beastly and evil! The plot is quite simple, but heck... horror movies are not based on this, so you shouldn't complain! You wanna see a horror movie? Fine, so don't expect a complex plot and then throw dirt on it by saying it was meaningless and boring! Arthur Kriticos, losing his wife in a terrible fire, is left to raise his two kids alone, with a help of a nanny Maggie. His eccentric uncle Cyrus Kriticos, a ghost-buster, is killed when he has captured the twelth ghost. He leaves his house to Arthur. Rafkin, a psychic able to communicate with ghosts, helped Cyrus trap the ghosts in the amazing glass house. Only he seems to know what is really happening in the house. He warns Arthur who doesn't believe and is too stunned by the house and his luck to care. When his kids start dissappearing, the exits are sealed off and Rafkin borrows Arthur special glasses (seeing the gruesome poltergeists around him), he believes. Now they all must split to find Arthur's kids before it's too late - and hope to survive the night! I gave you the breakdown of the plot, I think it is great! I know there are hundreds of you that despised the movie, but I am not one of them! I am not saying this is the greatest movie of all time, but it is GREAT! The Terror Has Multiplied! It is thirteen times more fun! Go and see it, you will eat your words of doubt and scepticism. Look at it as a horror movie - that's the way you are supposed to look at it - imagine those terrifying ghosts in your bathroom, get into the moment and let yourself be chilled and jumping out of your seat! C'mon, just go for it!
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Summary: Decent for a remake.
Review: I am probably a good critic for remakes because I have reached an age where I have seen all the originals. I saw the original Thirteen Ghosts when I was younger and I remember I was under my seat. I am from a simpler world and the remake surely would have traumatized me then, but like many other remakes I see on video today, they try to cram too much technology into ninety minutes. The scenes are "busy" and they tend to run together in the mind. I remember being able to sort out action in older horror movies and point to the "scary parts" when reviewing. The new Thirteen Ghosts was good, but a little overwhelming. A little suspense is just as good as state of the arts technology. Sometimes it works better to create a true classic horror movie. The "Haunting", both versions, the new and remake are an example of a good transition in generations of film making.
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Summary: 13 Ghosts, What a Waste
Review: One of the worst movies I have seen all year. I was told it was okay, but my God when I saw that movie,there are no words to desribe it. It was horrible in every aspect. Bad acting, bad plot, bad everything. Not even worth the one star I gave. DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: Terrible
Review: "Thirteen Ghosts" was probably one of the most terrible movies to come out last year. This movie failed at everything it was trying to do. It tried to be scary and funny at the same time, which never works anyway, and failed at both. It tried to create an emotional ending with the father and his children and that is where most failure took place. Absolutely horrid ending to go along with a horrid movie. Plus the acting was just bad. You might as well just go rent "House On Haunted Hill" again.
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