30
Metascore
24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Baltimore SunBaltimore SunAs scary Halloween movies go, Thirteen Ghosts' "Oh, please" factor is pretty darn high.
- 50Boston GlobeBoston GlobeA formulaic script, a tired plot -- and uninspired dialogue all point up the real star. It's the house,
- 38New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanWhat follows is very gruesome indeed, though the footage of people being chased by hideous ghosts soon becomes rather dull.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe physical look of the picture is splendid. The screenplay is dead on arrival. The noise level is torture.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe 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.
- 25Miami HeraldCharles SavageMiami HeraldCharles SavageThe set design of Thirteen Ghosts may have been expensive, but its thrills are cheap.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonTries to combine humor with ghostly horror but excels at neither.
- 20L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmA brutish affair replete with sliced bodies, a diced storyline and enough clanky dialogue to wake the dead.
- 20Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumOffers so much frenetic fast cutting to so little purpose that it becomes an ordeal.
- 20The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAll 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.