Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tony Shalhoub | ... | Arthur Kriticos | |
Embeth Davidtz | ... | Kalina Oretzia | |
Matthew Lillard | ... | Dennis Rafkin | |
Shannon Elizabeth | ... | Kathy Kriticos | |
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Alec Roberts | ... | Robert 'Bobby' Kriticos |
JR Bourne | ... | Benjamin Moss | |
Rah Digga | ... | Maggie Bess | |
F. Murray Abraham | ... | Cyrus Kriticos | |
Matthew Harrison | ... | Damon | |
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Jacob Rupp | ... | Cyrus' Assistant |
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Mike Crestejo | ... | Team Member |
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Aubrey Lee Culp | ... | Team Member |
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Charles Andre | ... | Team Member |
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Mikhael Speidel | ... | Billy Michaels, The First Born Son |
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Daniel Wesley | ... | Jimmy 'The Gambler' Gambino, The Torso |
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine "designed by the devil and powered by the dead" to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by Dennis, a ghost hunter, and his rival Kalina, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive. Written by ahmetkozan
The only problem i found about "Thirteen Ghosts" is that it is not scary. It has the elements to be a horror movie, the ghosts, the gore, but it is not frightening at all.
So this film can be a real party pooper if you're watching it with the lights off at your girlfriend's house waiting for her to grab your arm through the hard scenes, or expect to enjoy having some nightmares about it. But, omitting that--yeah, i know it's hard to omit that a movie labeled as "horror" is not scary--, i judge it as a very interesting film. The production design is great; the glass house is a state of the art, away from your typical haunted house, looking both luxurious and somehow creepy at the same time. That innovation, carried out with such a splendid result, is worth my applause. So is the decision to make the ghosts be real actors in the set, not digital freaks. Human monsters, even if having to go through 4+ hours of make-up sessions, even if having to use a double amputee actor to play a particular ghost, are the film's best trump card. There are good ideas in this film, and they're very well developed. It doesn't deserve a bad score.