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Summary: An Entertaining Horror Film saves by Terrific Visual Effects
Review: An Adventurer-Cyrus Karist (Oscar-Winner:F.Murray Abraham) died in a Car Junkyard, while Succeed catching a Ghost with the Help of a Scared Psychic (Matthew Lillard). A Widower named Arthur Karist (Tony Shalhoub), who Inherits a Mysterious See-Though Home from His Wealthy but Eccentric Uncle-Cyrus. Arthur and his Two Children (Shannon Elizabeth and Alex Roberts) with Thier Nanny (Rah Digga) and Soon, they are In thier New House and Amused with the Steel, Glass and Elegence but soon, they are Trapped in a Structure Unlike anything ever Bulit. It`s Shifts, Turns and Morphs into Different Shapes and Configurations (The Film seems to Pay Tribute to Event Horizon). Arthur`s uncle, it seems was Devoted to Capturing Ghosts and the House is the Prantom`s Prison and is a Marvel of Design and Mysterious Puzzle-Club. Whose Erie Corridors, Silding Walls, Spinning Floors and Phantasmic Fiends may allow no one to Escape but the Family also get helps from Inside the House from the Pyschic and an Occulist (Embeth Davidtz) to destory the House.Directed by Visual Effects Supervisor (From Industrial Light & Magic)-Steve Beck (Ghost Ship). He made a Fun, Entertaining, Claustrophobic but Flawed Supernatural Thriller. Although it`s Lacks Scares and Being not Creepy Enough. But thanks to a Good Cast, Excellent Production Designs, Imaginative Make-Up Effects and Strong Visual Effects make this Surprisngly Good Looking Movie Well Made. There`s a few Plot Holes, Style over Subtance wins thus Movie Over. One of the Film High-Light is the Cinematography by gale Tattersall (The Addams Family). Beck is a Talent to be Watch Out For. This is a Remake from a William Castle film from the Original 3-D Movie by the Same Title. This Movie is Remade from the Original Storyline by Robb White, the Update Screenplay is by Neal Marshall Stevens and Richard D`Ovidio. This is the Second Remake from William Castle, the First was the Trashy but Creepy-House on Haunted Hill (1999). The Remake is Produced by Gilbert Alder (Tales from the Crypt`s Presents:Bordello of Blood), Joel Silver (The Martix) and Robert Zemeckis (Contact). DVD`s has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an entertaining Commentary Track by the Director, Production Design and Make-Up Effects Supervisor. The DVD Best Extra is the Ghost Files, which does Explain each Ghost of the Film, Narrated by F.Murray Abraham. DVD Extras also has an Behind the Scenes Feautrette, Tralier and a Music Video. This is not the Best Ghost-Thriller Out-There but it`s a fun movie and which is Fascinating to Watch. Grade:A-.
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Summary: WHY ISN'T THERE A
Review: I was over at my friend's house and another one of my friends saw THIRTEEN GHOSTS, rented from Blockbuster, lying on a table. I was hesitant on watching it but "Why not?", as long as it was with a bunch of buddies. So he popped it in the VCR, (oh man, I couldn't watch this piece of [movie] on DVD). This movie has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen, and surely the worst horror movie I have ever seen. First of all, the plot: I wish I didn't have to call it the "plot", because the movie is just a bunch of unscary (is that a word? Well, it is now) scenes thrown together. The "plot" is basically an identical twin to HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL. [Good thing the house isn't haunted.(sorry, I'll try to direct the wisecracks at THIRTEEN GHOSTS)]. The story: a dysfunctional family inherits a huge house (gee, i wonder if there are thirteen ghosts in that house.) from a deceased uncle (he's not really dead--oops sorry I blew the terrible ending!). The beginning is basically a bunch of BS from the writers to get a bunch of stupid people in a haunted house. The story goes on from there, introducing you to thirteen ghosts (oops, it's twelve, my bad. The thirteenth ghost is just some "twist" that tries to confuse you), some of which don't even play a role in the movie.
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Summary: Had potential, but failed.
Review: The beginning is interesting as you have people catching ghosts and the story introduces you to the core of it all, the 13 ghosts. You are mislead into thinking the 13 ghosts are significant and you may get to know them. However, you find out that it's not so. You only wish it is going to be a mystery shocker, but it turns out to be cornier than the field of dreams. The ghosts are interesting because they are all unique, but unfortunately, we never get to know them. They are each given cool nicknames, but we never are told why. For example, one ghost, the most noticeable one: "The Angry Princess". She is featured naked with breast implants. What makes her a princess and why is she angry? Why did she spare Kathy Kriticos' (Shannon Elizabeth) life? How on Earth did she make her way upstairs while the other ghosts remain downstairs? The film has so many corny and traditional aspects of horror movies. It also reminds me so much of House on Haunted Hill that I guessed some of the story ... In fact, the story is from the same writer, Robb White. Don't forget to throw in your old "collect certain pieces to summon a gateway to hell and control the world" plot. Writers just love to use this plot, but never explain why it works -- it just does. People say the most scary ghost is the Jakal, but I have seen ghouls like him before. He is wearing a metal or wooden cage on his head so I know he can't bite me. In fact, I think I can beat him up myself. What scares me is the big fat guy who is hanging out with a little old lady that looks like a child (The Dire Mother and the Great Child). Now that couple scares me. I imagine him a child molestor and cannable. Oh yeah, Lurch from the New Addams Family is the Juggernaught. If you ask me, I think the Hammer would whoop his behind. With all those mechanical devices moving around and the ghosts being locked up and not locked up, I am not even sure the director knew what the hell was going on. Why the hell does the Angry Princess return to the basement when she was loose upstairs? Why didn't they fight each other? They were ugly, bloody, angry, and restless, so I'm thinking they would'nt get along. Good idea, but the story is too weak. I'm sorry and I sympathize with the fact that the film makers didn't have as much time as they would've liked; thus had to discard a lot of the story; however, I'm afraid I have to judge the movie for what it is, not what it could've been. It's a shame that a nice idea couldn't be glued together like the implants on the Angry Princess' chest. Yeah, this review is unorthodoxed and messed up, just like the film.
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Summary: The ghosts save the movie.
Review: As I got a ways into this movie I came to the conclusion that it was not going to be some cinematic work of art, so I stopped taking it so seriously and therefore enjoyed it that much more. If you want the plot you can obtian it from some of the other reviews, it's pretty simple. I'll just focus on the supernatural element of the movie, the ghosts. The makeup used for our little poltergeists is really very impressive, and makes the ghouls look eerie. Usually I'm not a fan of gorey ghosts (The Sixth Sense repulsed me) but the blood factor with these guys was so ridiculously over the top it didn't really make me want to turn my head. There's a livinng torso, a punk with a baseball bat, a beefy guy with steak knives throughout his body, and a gruesome (naked) princess. My favorite was the ghost called The Jackal, reffered to as the Charlie Manson of Ghosts by the characters. He had a wierd cage thingy around his head and was definietly the most genuinely scary ghoul. The parts that really creeped me out was an extremely bloody and chilling scene in the bathroom and the dead mom.
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Summary: A Good Horror Movie, Little To Sci-Fi
Review: I rented Thirteen Ghosts and Mullholland Drive at the same time. I watched Mullholland Drive and thought it was the dumbest movie I have ever seen. Before watching Thirteen Ghosts I was hoping that it would be good to relive me of Mullholland Drive. I was right! Thirteen Ghosts is primarly a horror movie, but it has great thrills and the ghosts are fantastic. The reason I gave it four stars is because I didn't want it to touch the sci-fi side but it did. I didn't like the idea of the big metal thing in the room and the thing that the daughter and son were trapped in. I believe Dark Castle entertainment did a good job with the film. The actors were fantastic and the director did a great job with filming the ghosts and everything. Each ghost had a good story to them and they were all different and unique in their own ways. The story is about a family who lost their mother when their house burnt down. The father still hasn't overcome it. One day a man comes to their house and says hes the father's uncle's lawyer. The uncle was rich and had died. In his video will he gives the family his all glass mansion. They are excited and do to check it out. When they get there they find it very odd because all of the walls are glass with strange writing on them. In the basement however there are ghosts locked up. I won't tell you anymore. So I hope you enjoyed my review. Thanks!
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Summary: style over substance
Review: Was I the only one laughing at the cut-up ghost with breast implants? Aside for that, this whole movie reminded me of a Marilyn Manson video for some reason.
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Summary: The second star is for the production design...
Review: I was horrified by this remake of William Castle's 1960 film. The characters are weak, the continuity errors are numerous, and I was highly disappointed. A second star went to the production design, however, which was brilliant. The house was well designed, the makeup was good. See the original, unless you're looking for a no-brainer horror film with cheap thrills.
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Summary: awful
Review: boring, awful, waste of time, not even scary.
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Summary: O.K., here's the deal...
Review: ... it was a surprisingly decent movie, with a bad ending. I have never liked it when people said "you've seen one haunted house flick, you've seen them all" cause the fact it, though haunted house flicks are similar they deserved to be examined on thier own level. Besides, your obviously interested enough to look it up, so you'll probably at least rent it. Remeber, I'm not writing to deterr your intrest, nor encourage it, I'm just relaying some good, and bad points of the film. The movie starts with a solid concept: thare are 12 ghosts, each corresponding to a sign in the "Black Zodiac" (and while that idea is cool, the black zodiac is compleatly fake, for those of you who have seen the film and were wondering), these ghosts' energys are required to run a machine called the "Occularis de Inferno" or "The Eye of Hell" which is a device that can see through time and other such goodies. Thare is a failsafe, which is the 13th ghost, the spirit that jumpstarts the Occularis, a human sacrifice of love (you are blatantly lied about this in the movie, and you have to figure it out for yourself, so I saved you some time). Now, if you give me a movie with that solid of a backround, I gonna want to know more about all the little facits of everything. That's why I liked the DVD, you can go check out the life history of each ghost. Many of the spirits did not get equal time on screen. If each of these ghosts are so important you should spend some time with each. Out of all 12 ghosts, only 4 receved ample screen time: "The Angry Princess" (the first ghost to be released), "The Juggarnaut" (you see him being captured in the opening), "The Jackal" (by far the nastiest ghost out of any), and "The Hammer". This machine that I mentioned before, the Occularis, takes the form of the house. It is of breathtakingly beautiful design. It is made of mostly glass with latin containment spells written in them, I would like to commend the designer. With both blazingly bright rooms and unsettlingly dark ones, it makes for a nice contrast. Dispite all that this movie had going for it, it fell short in exicution and simply fell apart at the end. As far as directing and editing, the ghosts were handled superbly, seeing only flashes of them at times (I'm referring especally to and attack on Shannon Elizabeth by The Jackal, one of the good frights in the movie), but the other scenes between the living actors was very standard and sterile. Is this the best haunted house flick ever? Not by longshot, but it does put more behind it that most cookie-cutter horror flicks, and for that it deserves a little recognition. Belive me, you'll be praising it when "Jason X" comes out.
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Summary: Not Your Average Horror Movie
Review: This movie had more depth and perception than most horror genre movies. You can grasp the concept of good and evil and the lines are well divided... Good will always triumph. The computer generated house is an amazing piece of technology work. This is something that even goes beyond Spielberg's techniques. Frankly, after you see the movie you'll definitely understand the saying "people who live in glass houses should not throw stones". Definitely worth a second viewing.
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