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Summary: it was very good!
Review: I thought that thirteen ghost was a good movie because it was suspenful!It keep me on my toe s the whole time!I was very scared,It was scary because when the ghost got released you couldnt see them.So you didnt know where they were if they were behind you or even right in front of YOU!! I got so scared I had to watch it in the daytime!!
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Summary: it'll have carolyn greer shaking in her floopy sandles
Review: I thought this movie was good the special fx were brill. and if you watch the documentry on the d.v.d about the make-up of the ghosts it is truly spectacular!so if your 'dennis j. gault' you can just f**K yourself anyway I thought it wasn't very scary but hey there really aren't any scary movies out there anyway, but some parts did make you jump.
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Summary: Average acting, great FX
Review: Ok, the acting is not that great, especially not from the living actors, the ghosts do much better job. But that all counts for little compared to the wonderful sets and the awesome special fx. Also, although this is a remake, the story is still fairly original. Put that together and you've got one of the best horror movies come out lately. A must for every horror [person].
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Summary: More Boring Than Scary: Another Messy Willaim Castle Remake
Review: OK, here again. Willaim Castle remake. The second outing from film campany Dark Castle Enterainment (Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis) is based on the film made in 1960, but with special effects and elabolate production designs in place of William Castle's now legendary "gimmick." (If you don't know Castle, see Joe Dante's film "Matinee" whose John Goodman character is loosely based on him.) But like "House on the Haunted Hill" the result is not impressive, sporadically scary but ultimately boring. Yes, sorry, but I am bored. The story is, as with all Castle's films, intriguing. A father named Arther (Tony Shalhoub) inherits a house from his long-absent uncle Cyrus (F. Murry Abraham). But the house, of which walls are all made of transparent glass, has a deadly secret -- it keeps a collection of ghosts! Now Arthur and his family, moving into the haunted house, are to experience most uncomfortable night ever seen. This simple premise is always the strength of the first-rate entertainer Willaim Castle's virtue, and though his films are sometimes based on too incredible setup, he knew how to amuse us, with his well-known gimmicks (like "Emergo Vision"). He used for the original a gimmick called "Illusion-O" -- the audience wear a pair of special glasses that enable the ghosts on the screen to appear or to vanish, according to the scenes. In the remake, the idea is extended (or borrowed), and the characters can see ghosts (!) provided when they wear special glasses. That's a good idea, though the director Steve Beck (first-time feature director, previously responsible for special effect art design) ruined it by ... you know what. Too fast changes of cut, cut, cut ... a train of flashing images of ghosts showing up and suddenly vanishing .... Watching these scenes is really trying, I warn you, and my eyes started to get weary soon. And first of all, Matthew Lillard appears as a psychic who can "see" or feel the ghosts. So, what's the point of introducing him while all you can do to see those horrid ghosts is to wear that device? The film is full of such inconsistency as would destroy any suspence -- Embeth Davidtz pops up suddenly in the house where every one is supposed to be trapped within. Asked by the scared inhabitants how come she made it to the inside, she gives an awkward explanation: in short, she happened to find a door open, but sorry, it is closed now! Great. Well, the truth will be revealed after all, but those inept dialogues or situations are all working against the film's total result. The house in case impresses us, with its costly designs, but as the inside layout is not clear, we don't grasp the sense of confined place even after the ghosts are at large. The sense of thrill is weakened by its so confused presentation of the structure of the house, that we don't know these ghosts are coming or going, behind the glass panel or not. In this way, things look all in confusion while the story is also muddled. Soon we lose what little interest we had. Tony Shalhaub is good, as always, and Abraham is standard Abraham, so that's ok. Shannon Elizabeth (goodlooking foregin student in "American Pie" and its esequel) is not bad, Davidts is literally wasted, but most lamentable is Lillard, who is so good in "Scooby-Doo," but here he single-handedly blows up the film with too hammy acting. When I saw this film in theater in Kyoto, before that feature presentation we had a chance to see the trailer of "Jason X." Frankly, I thought that trailer is more interesting than this one. Perhaps, all of us shared the thought.
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Summary: Thirteen Ghosts a Zero Movie
Review: Thirteen Ghosts fails as a horror movie in many ways. Firstly, the acting is inadequate even for a B-movie. The writing is poor; this movie has a plot that is paper-thin. The makeup is effective, however, there is no suspense, and in fact the scare factor is on the level of a Saturday morning cartoon. My recommendation is: save your money.
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Summary: I LOVED IT! WATCHED IT ALREADY AT LEAST 12 TIMES
Review: Look I know I'm only 12 years old, but to me this movie was awesome... I mean, for one, Matthew Lillards an amazing actor, and I think he brings alot to the character, Shannon Elizabeth.. great, Rah Digga, Pretty good... But okay. lets cut the ... and start talking about the movie itself. I thought the movie was great, in fact its my favorite. The special effects were great. The house is really creepy, and it did make sense, and Im 12, I got it, why couldn't you? Its not that scarey.. but its freakier, then most "I have to close my eyes" movies.. Urban Legends final Cut.. for instance. Thats something, that I can't explain. I watch that movie so many times, I know all the lines, and im not fooling around. I love acting, I'd love to get into acting, and I LOVE This MOVIE! ..I didn't see the original, but even if I did, it probably wouldnt change my opinion on this movie, because this movie.. wont change. Therefor, neither does my opinion.
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Summary: Good til the end
Review: This movie kept my interest and made me slightly on the creeped side until the ending. Shannon Elizabeth was actually good acting-wise though it may disappoint some of you that she keeps her clothes on the whole time. The other actors did an amiable job with the exception of the lawyer who just seemed to half act. The ending though is really corny and really foreseeable and lacks the suspense of the rest of the film. Solid, but misses the mark.
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Summary: What A Waste of Time and Talent.
Review: This movie is sure to be one of Tony Shaloub's 'I wish I had said no" movies. I only saw it because I really like the guy, and I am a minor fan of the original movie. To say I was disappointed is a major understatement. Its like saying this is simply a very bad movie.
It is nothing more than a shockfest, and the filming is done so ineptly that you can't even really be shocked by what your seeing. There isn't enough time. It jerks around from scene to scene, real time to, I suppose, ghost time; blood (lots and lots of blood) and guts to pristine glass. Maybe there was supposed to be some sort of story within the story, but I already saw the original and knew what potential was there for a really good, fun, cool movie.
What I found really disappointing was the characters, that of the ghosts and of the "living" people. In the original, you almost feel sorry for these lost souls that are trapped in the house. These ghosts were just gory cartoonish objects that you felt nothing for. The main characters?.... you simply didn't care what happens to them.
To be honest, I didn't even watch the whole thing. It gave me a headache.
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Summary: WORTH A ONCE OVER
Review: That is about it for me. The original was more interesting, but I admit the effects were good in this one. It seemed to drag a little. Not one to buy, just watch once or twice.
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Summary: THIRTEEN GHOSTS? MORE LIKE THIRTEEN ZOMBIES, WHAT RUBBISH
Review: When I saw this film for the first time I was hoping for a good film about ghosts that haunted a house or a castle, the sort of film to make the hair on your arms stand up on end.
This film didn't do that for me instead we have ghosts locked up in a glass house which was more like the worlds largest greenhouse.
The ghosts looked more like the living dead than ghosts, they looked more like zombies that never made it in the Night Of The Living Dead films.
There were some rather sick moments in the film which leaves you wondering if the director and writer had very disturbed minds.
The effects were very good in some bits and make up was really good to, but they are only the good sides of this film the rest of this film was a load of rubbish, and makes you wonder if Hollywood film makers have ever seen or read a ghost story in their lives.
I would have given this film no stars but the special effects and make up give it just about 1 star a very poor story indeed for a film.
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