Blu-ray Review – Thirteen Ghosts

After scoring a slight box office success with 1999's "House on Haunted Hill," Dark Castle Entertainment returned to the William Castle well for 2001's "Thirteen Ghosts." The original 1960 picture is best known for its gimmick, with "Illusion-O" offering moviegoers a chance to "choose" whether or not they wanted to see poltergeists through a special 3D "ghost viewer." "Thirteen Ghosts" isn't nearly that innocent, trying to pummel its audience with sustained graphic violence and aggressive sound and visual design achievements. It's an R-rated update of enjoyable nonsense, with Dark Castle trying to keep matters deadly serious as they present their take on Castle's creation, making something gruesome and noisy to reach demanding audiences of the era. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com