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Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's 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 Dennis, a ghost hunter, and his rival Kalina, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
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| Release Date | 2001-10-26 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Directors | Gale Tattersall, Steve Beck, Geoff Wallace, Tim Beach, David Klohn, James Bitonti, Matt Earl Beesley, Ashley Bell |
| Producers | Dan Cracchiolo, Robert Zemeckis, Gilbert Adler, Steve Richards, Joel Silver, Richard Mirisch, Terry Castle, Paul Clemente |
| Writers | Richard D'Ovidio, Neal Marshall Stevens, Robb White, Ling Yang, Todd Alcott |
This is a movie I could've sworn I had seen before, but remember little about it, which does say something. Still, some interesting elements, the ghosts' designs, when you can appreciate them, have an almost Hellraiser-like quality to them, and never a bad thing having Tony Shalhoub in the lead even when I didn't once buy into the family dynamic.
Has the hallmarks of a a film from that era, with the direction (and camera angles) plus the inclusions of Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie franchise) and Matthew Lillard (Scream franchise) in there. Also, the twist at the end didn't make a lick of sense. That said, can't say I was ever bored and honestly, if anyone actually remembered this movie, the setting would make for a fun scare house (and using special glasses to see the entities) somewhere like at the Universal Horror Nights or w/e it's called.
2.75/5
— JPV852
Pretty sweet movie. I'm glad they remade this movie. They have a lot of crazy spirits locked in there. I liked it!
— Andre Gonzales