Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Matthew Lillard, Embeth Davidtz, John DeSantis, Shannon Elizabeth, C. Ernst Harth, Tony Shalhoub, F. Murray Abraham, JR Bourne, Herbert Duncanson, Xantha Radley, Matthew Harrison, Laura Mennell, Jacob Rupp, Alec Roberts, Rah Digga, Mike Crestejo, Aubrey Lee Culp, Charles Andre, Mikhael Speidel, Daniel Wesley, Kathryn Anderson, Shawna Loyer, Laurie Soper, Shayne Wyler, Craig Olejnik
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Reviews
63
Baltimore Sun
As scary Halloween movies go, Thirteen Ghosts' "Oh, please" factor is pretty darn high.
50
Boston Globe
A formulaic script, a tired plot -- and uninspired dialogue all point up the real star. It's the house,
38
New York Post
What follows is very gruesome indeed, though the footage of people being chased by hideous ghosts soon becomes rather dull.
25
Chicago Sun-Times
The physical look of the picture is splendid. The screenplay is dead on arrival. The noise level is torture.
25
The movie's one good performance is given by the house, full of ominous inscriptions, inscrutable chambers, and fiendish machines. The human characters are played with various degrees of manic overacting.
