In a horror atmosphere, this movie centers around the struggles of Arthur, who inherits the wealth of his rich uncle, Cyrus, who owns a large and beautiful glass house, but incidents come to climax, when they go to live in the house, where they notice that strange things begin to take place to find out that there are about 12 ghosts live with them, the thing that makes their fear and leads them to ask for ghosts hunter help.
Beck maintains a satisfyingly high level of heebie-jeebies throughout.
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
August 05, 2007
There isn't enough dry ice in the world to conceal the rot of stupidity hovering over "13 Ghosts." With Embeth Davidtz and Matthew Lillard both overacting to a lower power in supporting roles, there apparently also aren't enough acting coaches.
A more fitting tribute to William Castle would have been to create a horror flick you could sit through without consistently squirming in abject loathing.
Clever one-liners supplant the lack of frights with cackling -- which you might as well do since, by the end of the movie, it's clear that the joke's on you.
