Thirteen Ghosts (DVD, 2002, Widescreen)

Thirteen Ghosts is a remake of the 1950s/1960s spook film 13 Ghosts. Like the original, it revolves around Arthur Kriticos (Tony Shalhoub) inheriting a mansion and a potential fortune - but the trouble turns out that when they realize that there are spirits trapped inside the mansion - hence the title Thirteen Ghosts. The plot is generally a little lame, but if you suspend belief, Thirteen Ghosts is full of thrils and spooks - and the visuals (which are so key to a Horror movie) are quite good and rather compelling. Thirteen Ghosts makes for an enjoyable and ideal date movie or a late night spooker!


Thirteen Ghosts cast:
Alec Roberts, Embeth Davidtz, F. Murray Abraham, J.R. Bourne, Kathryn Anderson, Matthew Lillard, Rah Digga, Shannon Elizabeth, Tony Shalhoub

From the original Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts):
This high-spirited spook show from producer-director William Castle features a haunted house populated by the record number of ghosts in the film's title. The plot has the destitute Zorba family initially delighted at the news they've inherited the estate of their recently deceased uncle. The trouble is, the uncle was a ghost collector, and now that he's dead the ghosts are running around the house without supervision. The Zorba family's absentminded professor father (Donald Woods) finds a pair of weird glasses that enables him to see the ghosts. Young son Buck (Charles Herbert) thinks the ghosts are pretty cool, especially the headless lion tamer and his ghost lion. Attractive daughter Medea (Jo Morrow) is marked for death by a flying Ouija board and is later menaced by a shambling corpse. The mother (Rosemary DeCamp) is harassed by poltergeists who throw knives and pots around the kitchen when she’s trying to cook dinner. There’s also Margaret Hamilton as the witch housekeeper, Martin Milner as the smooth lawyer, and a secret treasure. Robb White wrote the scream-laden screenplay. All in all it's more fun than a barrel of ghost monkeys and perfect Halloween fare for the whole family.