Thirteen Ghosts
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: October 26, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Although not for the faint of heart, it's a potent -- and very tricky -- treat. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunCheryl Lu-Lien Tan
As scary Halloween movies go, Thirteen Ghosts' "Oh, please" factor is pretty darn high.
60
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
This might be as perfect a new-millennium Halloween creepshow as we can expect.
50
Boston GlobeJonathan Perry
A formulaic script, a tired plot -- and uninspired dialogue all point up the real star. It's the house,
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This efficient but soulless funhouse ride eschews suspense in favor of frantic scrambling from disturbing specters, like the naked female ghost who lurks around bloody bathtubs. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
The actors manage to keep from being upstaged by the sets, though just barely. Abraham goes over the top, then further still. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Oddly comforting in its inconsistent acting and bad monster makeup. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Too distinctive-looking to dismiss out of hand, but it would help to be able to look through a magic viewfinder (or maybe magic eraser) and make its script disappear. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
It's an event film, all about flash and spectacle, even though the movie itself is void of any real substance. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (Not Credited)
The result is a Halloween movie in horror limbo. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
What follows is very gruesome indeed, though the footage of people being chased by hideous ghosts soon becomes rather dull. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
13 Ghosts is the type of project that all parties concerned will have to live down for the rest of their lives. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
If only half as much attention had been paid to story and character as to set design, the cast wouldn't be playing second banana to a gut rehab. Read full review
30
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
This bloody stab at William Castle's 1960 gimmick flick substitutes chaos for chills. Read full review
30
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
This film is a messy jumble. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The physical look of the picture is splendid. The screenplay is dead on arrival. The noise level is torture. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The movie's one good performance is given by the house, full of ominous inscriptions, inscrutable chambers, and fiendish machines. The human characters are played with various degrees of manic overacting. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
The set design of Thirteen Ghosts may have been expensive, but its thrills are cheap. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
First-time director Steve Beck hurls a dozen ghosts and probably a million dollars' worth of prosthetic makeup at us for a full 90 minutes, but it's old hat and not a bit scary. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Tries to combine humor with ghostly horror but excels at neither. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
A brutish affair replete with sliced bodies, a diced storyline and enough clanky dialogue to wake the dead. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Offers so much frenetic fast cutting to so little purpose that it becomes an ordeal. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
All it has in common with the original is a few dumb fun scares. In the new version, what we're left with after the scares is just plain dumb. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Sad, sorry remake. Read full review
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