Thir13en Ghosts (2001) [Blu-ray]

10/10 if you love this movie. This has been a favorite of mine for a long time. The quality of the disc and case are perfect.

Awesome throwback flick. If you've seen it, you know what to expect. If you haven't, then just watch. Whole family loves this flick.

Great movie

Good Suspensful Horror. Mathew Lillard and Tony Shalhoub excellent actors.

Oh no... Not another Dark Castle production! Scream Factory seems intent on acquiring all of these. In all fairness, I always thought Thir13en Ghosts was the best of the bunch, in no small part thanks to the stunning set design. This movie features a pre-Monk Tony Shalhoub, a post-American Pie Shannon Elizabeth, plus compulsive overactor Matthew Lillard (post-Scream).Arthur (Shalhoub) and his family survive a fire, but loses his wife in the tragic event. Cut to them living in a cramped apartment when a lawyer shows up to tell them they've inherited a house from Arthur's crazy uncle Cyrus. Turns out to be this elaborately designed glass house, which is also where he houses the fruits of one of his hobbies: ghost hunting. Yup, he captures them.Rafkin (Lillard) shows up posing as an electric guy, but in reality he's there to chew scenery... er, he was Cyrus' old psychic partner in ghost hunting. Another chick shows up later, she frees "enslaved souls," as well as rocking the leather pants, to save them all.Of course, there's some cockamamie story about how the house is a "machine" where it needs this particular assortment of ghosts to power it... and open a gate to hell! Yup, all Dark Castle movies follow the same template: Set up an intriguing premise, wow you with special effects (the first kill in this is a thing of beauty, courtesy of KNB), then it's all downhill from there with a convoluted story, and culminating in a giant CGI-infused climax.Overall, I found this one pretty intriguing, primarily due to the eye candy (the house and the ghosts). The Scream Factory Blu-ray is beautiful, easily the best I've seen this movie look on home video, and I've seen a lot of stuff from this era (90's, early 2000's) look dicey for whatever strange reason. Extras are good and semi-plentiful, though sorely lacking in one department: Production design. If it was one thing I wanted to see, it was anything and everything that went into that spectacular house. They interview the production designer for a minute and a half, and show off the house a little in the original EPK, but no behind-the-scenes extra. (Production designer Sean Hargreaves does appear in the audio commentary, unfortunately I have no patience for these anymore). And, wow, let me tell you, 20 years later, Shannon Elizabeth -- Still a stunner.

Such a good and interesting story and I love the sfx makeup

Great moive

THIR13EN GHOSTSI forgot how much I truly enjoyed this film, thankfully Scream Factory would put this Collector's Edition together. I remember when this film first came out in the early 2000's and we went to check it out. This is a super fun movie and great remake of the old William Castle movie "13 Ghosts", hence the production company was named Dark Castle Entertainment. This was the second Castle remake following the number one opening "House on Haunted Hill". So they naturally went into this film as the follow up.The film follows a Man named Arthur who recently lost his wife and is left as a single father with two kids, although he does a nanny that he may have to let go. That of course may be changing when he is informed that his very rich Uncle has recently passed away and left everything to him. One of those things left to him is a mansion that is very unique, the house seems to be made of glass with Latin inscribed on each pane. Things seem to be going well until people show up from his Uncle's past that set of a series of event that may have set some evil spirits free in this special house.This movie is so much fan with some quirky performances that fit the style, feel and look of the movie. Matthew Lillard in particular as a psychic ghost hunter that shows up at the mansion looking for money that he was owed. He gives a very energetic performance and his character has cool arc that ends tragic but honorable. Tony Shalhoub as Arthur is wonderful as always and gives a very believable performance, I love him in everything he does. The same can be said for his evil Uncle Cyrus played wonderfully by F. Murray Abraham. He, much like Lillard is so much fun in this movie, then again villains usually are. The rest of the cast are all great as well from Shannon Elizabeth to Alec Roberts that play his children to the always entertaining Rah Digga [Flipmode the Imperial].Of course what we are all really here for as horror fans are the 13 Ghost inside the house. Each one of these monstrous spirits look amazing and the costumes and effects are excellent here. Each ghost as a unique look and killing style along with their own backstories, they are very cool characters indeed. The writers did a great job updating this story and taking that original idea and adding to it., they have gone on separately to write things like "Hellrasier" and "Puppet Master" films and things like "The Call", "Exit Wounds" and the TV show "The Blacklist". Also it was a good call getting Steve Beck to direct this since he came from a visual effects background on big films like "Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade", "The Abyss" and "The Hunt for Red October". He went on to direct the next film for Dark Castle, an original film called "Ghost Ship", a film that has one of the best openings ever.The Scream Factory Collector's Edition is packed full of extras which makes this not only a five star release but a must own in my opinion. The "behind the scenes" features are excellent both new and carried over especially about how the glass house was done. All of the interviews are great and informative especially the wonderful audio commentary. The commentaries are always my favorites especially with the director which in this case was Steve Beck who did an excellent job discussing this film. Over all I would highly recommend this Blu-Ray to any horror fans out there that like these kind of flicks.