THIRTEEN GHOSTS (2001) Explained
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- Thirteen Ghosts is a 2001 Canadian-American supernatural horror film directed by Steve Beck and is a remake of the 1960's film of the same name by William Castle.
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Thirteen ghosts was the SHIT back in the day! WAAAAAY ahead of its time in terms of cinematography....
lildubuoy I agree
Hell yeah!
lildubuoy The Black Zodiac stories of the ghosts freakin awesome
Oof I watched this when I was an infant and I loved it!
Very underrated
This movie scared tf out of me when I was a kid
Same.. had much trouble sleeping weeks after watching...
What a great film!
🙏
Me too!! I remember my mom had to turn it off because I couldn’t handle it lol. I started watching horror movies at a really young age and was able to handle more than most kids but this movie was too much. I even had nightmares about it that are burned into my memory
It didn't scare me because I couldn't stop screaming "Shaggy!" every time I saw Matthew Lillard.
me too! man i had nightmares for weeks
I think they should make a netflix series about the story of each ghosts, right?
13 Reasons Why We're Dead 😂😂
Step one: Remake the movie into a series.
Step two:
Season 1) One hour episodes of each ghost’s backstory
Season 2) How each ghost was captured
Season 3) Movie events, however each episode consists on how each family member deals with one ghost per episode with the last episode dealing with Cyrus and season finale.
Season 4) what each ghost does after escaping the house.
Final season) Each ghost ends up being saved somehow thus giving the movie and series a proper ending.
Step 3: Netflix picks it up
Step 4: Profit
SoraxStacy147 no. Just one season. Dont kill it
Damn.., good one.
Why so it would suck?
Not gonna lie the Jackal made me shit bricks when I was a kid.
The Jackal Scared me to
Ya I think he terrified most of us. The face cage was particularly unsettling for me when I was young.
Yeah me too
The jackal the hammer and the juggernaut had me scared to sleep at night back in the day
@@adrianwilliams1716 don't even wanna close my eyes while in the shower
I loved this movie as a kid
@Char Aznable something being good is subjective
what about now as a (presumedly) adult?
Me too
Hell yea me too
Ditto
You should have gone through all 13 ghosts and explained their story and name. That was one of the best parts of the movie, the different ghosts and stories.
If you owned the dvd it does that in one of the bonus features
In hindsight, this movie had a really interesting premise and idea. Would love to see more creative ideas like this in horror
The DVD had all the back stories for all the ghosts as well and they all would make amazing stories
I was going to say: not opposed to a reboot at all.
@@kawaiikawaiianimegirl4144 What about the Blu-Ray version?
@@marcusporter7565 I haven't seen the blu-ray but I would hope it would at least have the basic special features that even the vhs had tacked on the end
Horror seems like it's completely obsolete anymore. Their used to be so many really popular and really good horror movies. Have you noticed how little there ends up being a horror flick that gets any notoriety? Like, the last one I remember doing decently was the "Saw" movies.
I'm pretty sure Cyrus was actually Arthur's uncle. In the message to the family in the beginning he says 'my nephew Arthur'.
Yes, he was
Its a shame that the Academy of Motion Pictures usually snubbs horror films, because for all its flaws '13 Ghosts' deserved an Oscar for best production design/art direction. The house set is incredible.
The cage head one always scared the shit out of me when I was younger
The jackal
it should. because that is the ghost of captured witch. but the one with bat is pretty cool.
Faznan Badri I think he meant the Jackal, the one who burnt in an asylum.
The jackal is his name.
The Jackal wore cage because he would chew at straps that bound him.
My favorite thing about the movie was the little bit about his job in the beginning that comes back later to save the day. That moment when he stares at the whirling discs and then jumps in with his kids? He is a math teacher. He was calculating the perfect moment.
One of my favorite lines in the movie that still cracks me up is; "Did the lawyer spilt?".... LoL 😁😁
You forgot the best part after the credits where the babysitter quits and walks right on out.
lol im sure she would stay with the family after the experience they shared together. That was just a throw away line to lighten up the mood after the tense climax :)
And starring Rah Digga. Dont forget the homegirl like that bro. She's one of the few black people that have survived a horror movie besides busta rhymes and ll cool j
True dat. Shes so Gangsta!
What about that black guy from house on haunted hill
nikkakillss yeah he's one too lol. I would say Keith David for the thing but I think he was a thing at the end of the movie
I thought she was a goner because of Hollywood’s track record, but she survived and saved everyone!
Ichigo Kurosaki actually Childs(Keith David) and McCreedy(Kurt Russell) were both clean survivors. Neither of them had been assimilated into the "Thing"
You're wrong it's not his brother. It's his uncle. Hence why in the video Cyrus calls him nephew
You are correct Daisy, my apologies :)
One of the few horror movies to actually scare me back when It came out,I was 7 and holy fuck did it scare me
Nauj 1017 me too! I was really good at handling scary movies as a kid but this one was too much for me. Scared me for years. I had nightmares that I still remember to this day and I’m 28 now.
i remember watching the movie when i was a kid. and it would scare the hell out of me, butas i got older and could stomach the movie.. i was interested in the ghost and why were they the way they were. you should do a run down on them in a video 🙂
Sounds good Alize! will add that to the list now, thanks :)
Alize Cook: There are some abbreviated summaries of their stories out there and I think you'll find them interesting. FilmComics is very good at they do.
+FilmComicsExplained I've always been interested in the back story of the mother and son ghost .. That does sound like a cool idea
Alize Cook agreed
The DVD contains a series of short backstory segments narrated by Cyrus. They're quite fascinating.
That movie SCARED THE SHIT OUT ME AS KID!!! I was terrified to take a bath for years after that. I was 9 when it came out...I'm 26 now and it still scares me a lot
SAME
Fuckin' Jackal still gives me nightmares
Stop bitching
Some ummm excalty how many years went by before you were no longer afraid to take baths? and does that also include showers?? Asking for a friend 🤦♀️
Same, I gave up on baths and switched to showers.
The juggernaut was the scariest ghost to me 😱 That man still gives me nightmares
The Jackal was the scariest to me.. the scene when he scratches the daughter up fucked me up as a kid lol
Yep. The Jugg, Jackal and Hammer were not bullshitting with ppl. But that Jugg had a terrifying look and crazy strength.
Weren't those three killers? I felt bad for the others. The pilgrim wasn't playing around either she tried to kill people.
I think Alex Ross may have used The Juggernaut as inspiration when he designed Solomon Grundy for his JUSTICE series.
Yes I can say the same, that's what I thought too
The first time i saw this movie i looked at my step father, who says it is his favorite movie, and said "i see why you love this movie, its so good! Especially with the twist of dennis being the 13th ghost." Apparently that blew his mind because he had never thought about it like that. I looked online hoping to find someone who agrees and i cant find anything on my theory😓
Yeah same when Dennis died I also thought he was going to be the 13 ghost but I guess not
I think dennis was the 13th ghost - because It had to be an act of love? Or selflessness- technically dennis gave his life protecting Arthur. But maybe it was because his uncle never caught him or put a spell on his spirit that he wasn’t in that circle because his uncle sure as hell didnt die willingly.
I also believe he was the 13th because there was only 12 total and the fact he shows up to tell Arthur that he still has a chance indicates that he was the last ghost
One of my favorite movies of my childhood! Thanks for covering (and reminding me of) this!
Definitely one of my favourite horror movies I saw as a kid.
Shaggy didnt use any power and he got killed. Imagine if he used %0.01 power
Foolish of you to assume he died.
Sherlock Watson i mean he did
If only he had his Scooby with him
Ms. Honey should have stuck to teaching.
Scooby
This movie was amazing and ahead of its time... I was actually shocked it didn’t do much better because the story was very interesting and the cinematography was well ahead of its time.
On another note... I never knew how to feel about the fact they released the ghost back into the world. They may not all kill people but we know for a fact 3 of them [angry princess, juggernaut, The hammer] have killed a lot of people before Cyrus kidnapped them. We then...just let them free into the woods. Lmao god bless anyone who goes into those woods.
😂😂😂😂
Angry Princess only killed herself.
Angry Princess only killed herself while the big baby guy killed a whole circus and the that tall guy killed many too (I'm bad with names srry)
🤣I'm thinking the same thing
Tough Love oh ok I thought she killed people thxzzzyyy! Still though scary to see that pop out at night.
I remember begging my mom to let me watch this as a kid because I swore I was totally brave, only to be horrified and have nightmares for weeks lmao
SAME
I'm 18, saw this when I was 7. Still horrified.
Owned
I had nightmares for 12 years 😂
I feel like we all have memories like that mine was alien vs predator i had nightmares for weeks
Low Key haha me too
One of the few movies that defines Matthew Lillard's range, holy freaking crap. He holds his own in this no problem, which not a lot of actors at the time, or even now could do. Maybe Josh Hartnett is only one of the few others...
It should have been entitled THIRTEEN GHOSTS SUMMARIZED.
But he’s explaining everything in the movie. To be summarizing would be only giving the big moments of the film without any explanation.
I love the character designs of the ghosts in this movie. Theyre very like Tortured Souls the toy line.
Loved those 🖤
Honestly this movie was so odd to me when I watched it a few years ago but there's something charming about. Its One of the few paranormal films I enjoy watching.
I remember this movie actually giving me a good scare good times and keep up the awesome work!
thank you for the likes! much appreciated!
Shannon Elizabeth tho 😩😩😩💕
On god bro I swear Shannon Elizabeth in the late 90s/early 2000s is one of the hottest girls I have ever seen in my life
I know right I married the wrong girl
I remember when this came out so scary back then good messages hidden inside now that I look back. Great video 💯
You're pretty!
what message?
One of the only problems I ever had with this movie was with Kalina and Damon's whole "spirit liberator" shtick. Jean is the only spirit I could totally call non-violent; even the ones that seem incapable of harming someone due to the way they appear (The Pilgrimess and The Bound Woman for instance); their appearances are still traumatizing and they still attempt to do harm. Hell I'm pretty sure it's the Bound Woman's voice who's doing most of the luring to get Bobby into the basement. The reason I bring this up is that in the sequence they're introduced; Damon accuses what Cyrus is doing as out and out slavery. I'm not saying Damon is wrong; but we see point blank with Juggernaut, Hammer, Jackal, Torn Prince and Angry Princess act with the intent of doing harm to the living whenever the opportunity is presented. What exactly is the downside to imprisoning them? Using them for the whole Eye of Hell thing= bad, makes sense; but it's the last thing Damon mentions and is instead chastising Cyrus for the imprisonment more than anything and only jumps on the plan when Cyrus and Dennis blow his primary concerns off.
Kalina doing the same thing later could easily just be part of her act to convince Arthur to trust her false interpretations of The Arcanum; as she has no issue with Arthur dying to give Cyrus what he wants. And at the end of the movie what do we have? Yes the family survives the ordeal... but there's 11 ghosts right outside with a pretty good reason to hate their entire family; who's to say they actually managed to get home safely at the end. Yeah we see them disappear but ghosts friggin' do that all the time, and, as Dennis himself states: "Oh GOD, I hate it when they do that!! They wait for you to stick your face right up in the glass, and then give you a big fat "BOO"!" Who can say that their disappearing isn't them just waiting for the family to come out of what little remains of the "Ecto-bar Glass" and protection spells making up what remains in the house's foundation to butcher them like cattle? At least 2 of them are freaking serial killers; such a tactic would be right up their alley!
You made me remember this movie, it was very long ago (maybe when I was either 7 or 8 years old) when me and my brother and sisters found it when going through channels but we only arrived at the lockdown part. Gotta be honest I thought it was a horror/comedy not a pure horror movie because of some moments especially when the babysitter starts playing around with the disktrack like a DJ and somehow survived at the end, it one of those moments where a black person doesn't die first in a horror film.
some guy from other universe 115935 very true but if u check out the Halloween movies the rappers like ll cool j and busta rhymes always survive and she is rah digga so my nerd ass knew she would survive lol
What a brilliant and uncomplicated plot summary - thank you so much for the additional information on how it came to be as well :)
I just binge watched a tonne of your videos! Thanks for producing quality content!
This scared me as a kid but i also loved it! Also the house design was beautiful!
Hey Mae me too, I used to be petrified :)
This film is high on my guilty pleasure list....the ghosts have more depth and character than the living ones do haha.
When this came out on DVD they had the Lore of all the ghosts on it.The guy with the cage on his head was the worse of them all.
The juggernaut was the worst. He was an actual serial killer
Yeah I remember that. Thats why I miss DVD because of all the extras. The torso was fascinating to and definitely the jackal aka Hells winter. Still gives me chills
This movie was so good! I love that they didn’t just go right to remaking the movie from the 50s, they did something new and interesting! The effects were also totally badass!
No wonder monk is so OCD I would be too after going through this.
Good to see someone recognized that was the same actor who was Adrian Monk from the show Monk 😂
A modern mind , It was hard for me to see him as someone else. Like "Monk vs ghosts" 😂
I liked this movie because of the backstory of each ghost. The DVD special features had a “file” on each one narrated by F. Murray Abraham. And as far as horror movies go it’s one of my favorites. Thanks for covering this one, Niyat!
One of the most underrated films ever for sure! It’s one of my sister, mom, and i’s favorites. It stuck with me over all this time. The lore behind it is fascinating and the cinematography plus the designs of the sets and ghosts are nothing short of a masterpiece. MAN I miss when movies were still good a majority of the time. When they were more often about the artistry of film and story. 😭😭
This is one of my favorite channels lately. I love your content!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS POST!!!!
Big fan of this movie
God, this movie used to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid
I just wanted to say I've been enjoying your Channel. Your explanations of movies bring to my attention things that I have missed. Thank you for all your hard work.
Love your videos and exploring movies and their lore!!
Not the type of shit I should be watching before bed...
My problem right now
I used to watch this film when I was 9 years old lol
Could you do the movie "Stay Alive" next?
Overlord I love that movie that's based on true story
Marcus Cherry
Really? The video game one?
yay! that was awesome
Oh my childhood
Love it
“Their is no such thing as ghosts”
Ghosts: try saying that again once your one of us
there and you're
1:49 look at the face. Pause it and look at the machine you see a face.
Wtf
What in the world is that image?¿?
I haven't seen that before
Would you please do a video explaining all the ghost in this movie
Sure I can do that! there is quite allot of backstory to each one :)
Yes please! I second that
Maria Almaraz for a second I though we had the same hat lol
Dont Worry Gandalf They Are Only Jealous
Lol Ya
The ghosts' backstories are covered on the extras of the DVD as well.
So it’s like that SCP that’s 3D glasses. Neat.
Or, like the Doctor's 3D glasses.
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I remember this movie all too well Haha I spent two weeks as a kid trying to draw the jackal. Ddnt want to sleep alone the night I watched it.😂
I love how you put a link to a purchase point instead of just a free place to see the films. It shows support for the things you explain while not feeling like a sell out move.
Cyrus is his uncle
This is the first time I’ve gotten a video notification within a minute of its uploading. Cool.
As a kid I thought the juggernaut was the coolest shit ever when his door opened up...he just had a look of “yea, I’M the one you should REALLY be scared of. I don’t need weapons” coolest ghost of them all
One of my favourite movies and one of my favourite channels, u rock bro 👍🏻👍🏻🌿🌿
The 13 ghosts of scooby doo?
Squidwards Anus 😂
This is the first Horror movie I saw with my first Girlfriend so this has a special place in my heart. Its also made me even more interested in Horror movies.
Just found out about your channel. Love it, the calm voice narration is good
I'd bet my soul that someone makes a remake of this sometime soon in the future
With Cardi B instead of Rah Digga?
I loved the back stories they had on the dvd special features
Man, I remember when this movie use to scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. Thank you for sharing this.
Great synopsis of a great horror movie. I remember watching it years ago and your video prompted me to get the blu ray. I think I'll watch it yet again over the weekend.
Found this channel this morning. Been bingewatching ever since 😂
Absolutely love this movie. It was the first horror I ever watched. Thank you and love the channel!
Hey thalia! yeh it was one of the first ones I ever saw too :)
You should do the horror movie The Cube is a weird movie series and i would love to know more about it
Cube Zero explains it
he should totally do the cube movies
the cude is the same one used in Hellraiser would say so Bing they almost look alike never saw movie so again just makeing a helpful guess
This movie is very special to me and my sister! Thank you for this video. Made my day :)
It would be great if a sequel to "Thirteen Ghosts" was made. This movie was very good and probably can be considered one of the scariest movies ever created. The characters were incredibly terrifying and if the story was more elaborated and the ghosts were re-created in same great detail as before, it would be a box office hit for this era.
This is a pretty trippy movie, very well done video by the way
Great channel ❤ also a horror movie w *Monk?* hell yes!
This movie is very underrated, not many people talk about it.
I thought Arthur inherited the house from Cyrus who was his uncle
I would love to see you cover the Daedric lords from the elderscrolls series!
Sure mate, will add it to the list now :)
Can we get 13 ghosts of a scooby doo explained?
This is movie I watched as a child but couldn’t remember the name for the longest time. Yes now I can rewatch this and relive my nightmare again.
I have see these vid 3 times... thNk you great explanation of ehe movie!!
I love that monk was in this movie hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaah 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Gotta love Shalhoub!
FilmComicsExplained fuck yeAh he did a awsome job in this great movie! 😀😀😀
I subbed immediately cause I love horror movies and film analysis.
Okay. On to watching the vid.
Oh my god. I saw this when I was very young. I could never figure out what the movie was because I had only a small memory of it. It pays off binge watching your videos lol.
Loved this explanation of the film! 13 ghosts was way ahead of its time. But I think you forgot to mention that Cyrus killed Arthur’s wife to make her one of the ghosts for his machine
Hey netflix released a new show called "the rain" I think you would enjoy it
I'll check it out, thanks :)
One of my all favs... seen it at least 10 times👏👏👏👏👏
“There’s no such thing as ghosts”
*immediately gets jumped*
This is one of my favorite horror movies. My grandfather and I used to always watch this during Halloween and we still do now even though I'm 27. I feel like a second one should be made maybe involving the freed ghosts or maybe a prequel to this as to how he made the machine and how he got the ghosts and their stories.
I used to love this movie. Maybe I'll make a video on it too soon.
This film was not well received back in the day, but I loved it. One sad point is that the description of the 13 ghosts (accompanied by graphic novel-style drawings) was not included in the actual movie (it was an extra feature in the DVD, and can still be found on CZcams).
Amazing video!!
Think you could ones on I,Frankenstein and Dracula Untold?
Yo I remember watching this movie and I forgot what the name of the movie was called so happy I ran into this
Ah good old Jackal! By far one of my favorite characters and one that I have actually dressed up and received the best scares as. Would love to own a copy of the original movie.
Thanks for putting the scene, that taumatized my childhood, in the first 10 secounds of the video
I was hoping this was a backstory for each of the 13 ghosts, kind of disappointed it wasn't. So we need someone to make a video that tells the tale for each ghost, and their zodiac significance.
There actually is a backstory on each ghost it was a extra on the Blu-ray when it first came out they have it on CZcams just type thirteen ghost back stories
Cyrus is not his brother, he is his uncle. His father's brother
Yip been explained to poster like 50 times now we get it
@@scottwild40 I don't read all the other comments people make but obviously you do, I'm curious if you felt the need to tell the other 49 people "you get it" considering the comment wasn't for u
Your beating a dead horse by commenting the same thing as 50 others . The guy made a decent video with 1 mistake amd oh my god its end of the world. So yea your bad everyone else good
@@scottwild40 pointing out a mistake is far from the end of the world and like I said before I don't read the other comments left by people. Only people with no lives read all the comments on someone else videos and comments on the comments. Get a life dude
that man getting sliced by the doors stuck with me since i saw this back in 2001/2002. now I see it again, and it scared me and brought it all back
thank you for this great video 😁
This movie fucked me up as a kid oh my lord.