This film is the remake of a film with the same name directed in 1960 by William Castle. The plot is similar: Arthur Kriticos is a modest man embittered by the death of his wife when he receives the news of a great inheritance left to him by a uncle, Cyrus, who was very rich. In the inheritance is included a huge and very modern house that Arthur doesn't know to be haunted by a collection of evil spirits that his uncle hunted and imprisoned. The film has a truly frightening opening sequence that shows us how this man hunted and trapped the most cruel spirits. But then the film calms down, takes on a more cadenced rhythm and builds the ending, on a plot simpler and more psychological than one might expect. Suspense isn't effective as it should, some script solutions are forced and unnatural, even resorting to obvious clichés. There are several scenes of graphic violence somewhat shocking but this is not scary, it's disgusting. In contrast, the film is visually pleasing, with proper cinematography, good special effects and sound and an extraordinary setting. The house is something like I've never seen, combining tradition and modernity with a sinister touch, and the subplot around it was a plus point for the film. Tony Shalhoub (who still remembers this actor in Monk?) did a good job as lead actor and F. Murray Abraham also pleased me. I didn't like Matthew Lillard, overly theatrical and exaggerated to the point of being humorous when he shouldn't. The rest of the cast was OK and did their job without surprising, disillusioning or highlighting.

Sigh, where do I begin with this convoluted movie that might as well be as dead as a ghost.Annoying kids, check. Typical widowed husband who lost his wife, check. Family members inheriting haunted house, check. Stupid characters along with bad acting, check. Scary scenes that ain't even scary, check.Yeah, about that last part, what is the point of it being a horror movie if the horror stuff in it is really tame and isn't scary at all? All it is' is a generic typical haunted house movie that fails to be a real horror movie and instead it's just got just cheap boos. Worst of all is the fact that it's one of those bad remake movies... *facepalm*. :(

Greetings from Lithuania.I saw "Thir13en Ghosts" upon it original release back in 2001. It's not particularly scary, but has some nice makeup and special effects and the ghosts themselves are not badly done at all. The plot is simple, yet the premise is better then in you average horror flick.Overall, "Thir13en Ghosts" is enjoyable movie for while it lasts. The premise is much better than the final product, which could have been much better and bizarre. It's not the worst horror flick, but it's far from good. Given the budget at the time 20 million $ they should have focused more on direction and more sharp and tight script and not entirely on ghouls.

OK.. First of i have to tell that it is not a creepy horror show.. Yes of course it is a good horror movie without much jump scares.. It is neither good nor bad.. It really entertained me throughout :) If you are a B Movie lover then it is well suited for you..the technical side of the movie is wonderful..this movie delivered more than i actually expected.It is not so serious.. And we will not have much tension while watching this movie..i watched it when i was very young so i did not like to view the movie as a critic.Final Word : Good Entertainment Watch It..!