Rated PG-13, directed by Steve Beck, with Tony Shalhoub (Arthur Kriticos), Matthew Lillard (Dennis Rafkin), Shannon Elizabeth (Kathy Kriticos), running time: 91 minutes.
The Kriticos family are down on their luck. When they inherit their eccentric but wealthy Uncle Arthur's glass palace, they think it's the anwer to their prayers. What they get along with the house, though, is Arthur's collection of ghosts. The palace of glass and burnished metal was designed and built to serve as a kind of soul-sucking machine that can ensnare and encarcerate the dead. The family must wear special glasses in order to see their dearly departed housemates, whose make-up work is the only real reason for seeing the movie. Apart from the make-up, the house upstages most all the actors who step inside it. A nice try at combining humor and horror, 13 Ghosts is fun fare for B-movie fans.
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