Thir13en Ghosts
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a 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 a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
Why it matters
A visually striking haunted house thriller that fuses early-2000s CGI with bold practical creature design to trap a family in a supernatural deathtrap.
- Ghost designs channel a Hellraiser-esque grotesquery, giving the film a unique monster gallery beyond typical ghost clichés.
- Tony Shalhoub leads with earnestness, grounding the supernatural chaos even if the family drama feels rote.
- A snapshot of early-2000s horror aesthetics: slick camera work, digital effects flirting with practical, and a cast bridging mainstream and genre cult.
- Best for fans who dig haunted house puzzles with a heavy dose of gothic machinery and a dozen restless souls—not subtle, but memorably baroque.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
85
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
29
Supernatural
100
Creature
0
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
57
Survival
100
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