Thirteen Ghosts

Pros: Enjoyed the graphics, the babysitter, the house and the lack of effort required to watch
Cons: One pitch drama, hard to understand the motivation behind it(grin!)

Oh come on! You weren't scared by this were ya? No? Me either. Now that we got that central flaw out of the way, let's talk about this flick.

First let me tell you that I liked this movie. It won't go down in my book as a memorable,...

Pros: Good makeup and costumes, FX aren't bad, Shannon Elizabeth
Cons: Ridiculous script with plot holes galore, poor acting

13 GHOSTS will probably satisfy your endless appetite for a Halloween bloodbath, but don't expect a great cinematic experience to go along with it.

The film is another one by the team behind the remake of HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, and you can...

Pros: The actual ghosts are fairly gruesome.
Cons: Unfortunately, they're displayed for 3 nanoseconds at a time.

If you're going to remake a weak old ghost movie, you could at LEAST find a way to improve upon it. Just because it's a remake, that doesn't mean the suckiness needs to be retained.

So already I'm sick to death of these haunted house remakes....

Pros: A few cool scares, a nice set, and not another teen movie.
Cons: Silly plot, loud, loud sound effects.

I’m probably a failure when it comes to movies. Yes, yes, yes, comments aside – I have yet to see Scooby Doo, Minority Report, Men in Black II, - hell, even Reign of Fire (even though both Matthew McConaughey and...

Pros: Acting, Setting, Damn Scary
Cons: Mindless, Happy Ending

Sub-category: Paranormal, Haunted House
Setting: Haunted House
Predictability: Predictable
Scare Factor: I won't sleep with the lights on
Gore Factor: Lots of Blood and Guts
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Pros: Great Set, Great Make Up, Great Concept.
Cons: Weak Dialogue, and Script.  Jarring sound and flashing visuals cause fatigue, if not epilepsy.

Thir13en Ghosts (2001) Directed by Steve BeckArthur Kriticos: I told them not to leave this spot. Dennis Rafkin: They're kids - what do you expect? Arthur Kriticos: Yeah, well thank you Dr. Phil.Dennis ...

Pros: Scary, holds your attention.
Cons: Strange, extremely gory, not for the weak of heart.

I went to see "13 Ghosts" with my friend and her son. I really could't remember what the movie was about, I just knew it was supposed to be scary. I had seen previews and knew it was one of the new ones I wanted to see. Well...I liked it, but it was...

Pros: Scary as Hell ghosts, acting/cast, direction and the special effects.
Cons: Some plot holes and the whole movie set in a glass house.

13 Ghosts is a 1960 movie. Now Thir13en Ghosts is the 2001 remake. Remakes aren't bad, right? When a father and two siblings' mother dies in their home by fire, the father's brother who died and left a will, he told them to move to ...

Pros: The decor is superb.
Cons: Overly directed, as the frights are spoonfed to us.

My gran used to come out with some crazy stuff “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” she’d regularly remind us when we asked why our granddad used to still bathe himself an old tin bath in the middle of the living room. She had a point. Why bother...

Pros: Can make you jump, good acting.
Cons: Not a "scary" movie.

Thirteen Ghosts is a movie that we rented once and decided to buy. We really like it a lot. It is no a scary movie, but it is a sit on the edge of your seat type of horror movie, but it will get your heart pumping and it will also make you jump off and ...

Pros: Superb Special Effects, gory-grisly makeup effects, gut rumbling wall shaking sound track.
Cons: I dunno.... What can I say? I liked it! I even watched it twice!

No, William Castle isn't turning over in his grave over this one. As a matter of fact, given his normal approach to horror movies, he would probably enjoy this remake immensely! That is a wonder, considering the handicaps under which this movie was...

Pros: That wondrous glass house.
Cons: The stones that are (most of) the performances and that icky script.

One look at the official, on-screen title--Thir13en Ghosts--gives ample clue as to what this update of the 1960 William Castle chiller 13 Ghosts tries to be and how it fails. The placement of a numeral in the middle of a word is obviously...

Pros: Hmmm. Nope.
Cons: Oh boy, everything

Premise- An old guy (played by an excellent actor F. Murray Abraham) is a ghost hunter with his partner, a nerdy thoroughly unappealing jerk, hunts ghosts and stuff, and then everyone dies, and the old guy invites his cousin, or son, or brother, or ...

Pros: Great scarey film that delivers on all points.
Cons: None.

There are often times when the local video store fails to have the latest hot release on its shelf. And as you look over what is left on the old racks, you begin to think that it makes more sense to go home and pull out an old movie to watch rather than ...

Pros: Matthew Lillard (yum), special effects, jump out of your seat moments, and the opening scene
Cons: Unrealistic, MAJOR cliches, and need I say, a lame ending...

Story:

Okay, the opening scene consists of ghost hunters getting killed off by a rather cranky ghost - one of the hunters killed was Uncle Cyrus (F. Murray Abraham).

We then cut to a girl and boy playing in the backyard,...