{"id":23515,"date":"2020-07-10T07:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=23515"},"modified":"2020-07-10T07:43:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:43:45","slug":"review-thirteen-ghosts-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2020\/07\/review-thirteen-ghosts-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Thir13en Ghosts: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thir13en Ghosts<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Thriller, Supernatural<\/span>
\nShout Factory | R \u2013 92 min. \u2013 $29.99 | July 28, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 07\/10\/2020 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Steve Beck
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Robb White (story), Neal Marshall Stevens and Richard D\u2019Ovidio (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Rah Digga, F. Murray Abraham<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Featurettes, Interviews, Theatrical Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>46.52 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>43.40 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Shout Factory provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis<\/strong>: Thir13en Ghosts <\/em><\/strong>is a remake of the classic William Castle horror film about a family (TONY SHALHOUB, SHANNON ELIZABETH, ALEC ROBERTS) that inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle (F. MURRAY ABRAHAM). There’s just one problem: the house seems to have a dangerous agenda all its own. Trapped in their new home by strangely shifting walls, the family encounters powerful and vengeful entities that threaten to annihilate anyone in their path.<\/p>\n

Review: <\/strong>The early 2000s is a fascinating time for cinema. Not in a good way. Editing during this time period with quick or just plain odd cuts permeated in your Hollywood films (see: Swordfish<\/em> for example) and Thir13en Ghosts<\/em><\/strong> (can thank Se7en<\/em> for that title I would guess) and although I wouldn\u2019t quite call this dated, having Matthew Lillard and Shannon Elizabeth in there, reminds you of their glory days in the late 90s (Scream<\/em> for Lillard, American Pie<\/em> for Elizabeth).<\/p>\n

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The acting here isn\u2019t fantastic, not that they had much of a story or dialogue to work with. Although I do love seeing Tony Shalhoub in a leading role, never bought him as a caring family man, nor Shannon Elizabeth as his daughter. Then add in Rah Digga, in her first and only<\/em> acting role, as the sassy comic relief (seemingly akin to another late 90s film, Regina King in Scary Movie<\/em>, also co-starring Elizabeth) never worked.<\/p>\n

On the plus side, it does have slick production values and while I personally wasn\u2019t wowed by the central glass house and walls (guess I\u2019m more a classic architecture guy than modern), it did at least look cool. Beyond the sleek production design, I will say the ghosts themselves, which looked like prosthetics mixed with early 2000s CGI, were fairly interesting, some could\u2019ve mixed in with the Hellraiser<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n

While I wasn\u2019t all that wild about the movie, for one it had its moments and at least didn\u2019t quite have the pitfalls of so many horror movies with dumb characters making stupid decisions, and having the house lock itself down is a good way to nix any escape. Second, not hard to see why this does have a growing fanbase. Myself, and I think I\u2019ve stated this before in other reviews, am not the biggest fan of supernatural-horror with few exceptions (The Exorcist<\/em>), preferring the straight-up slasher variety (Halloween<\/em> 1979, Friday the 13th<\/em>, Scream<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Directed by Steve Beck, whose career started in visual effects with ILM on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/em> and The Abyss<\/em>, would go on to helm another supernatural-horror flick, and his only other film, Ghost Ship<\/em> (coming to Blu-ray by Scream Factory late 2020), Thir13en Ghosts<\/em><\/strong> has its moments and there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong>, the interior sleeve is reversible with the film\u2019s original poster artwork.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentaries:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n