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The design of the mansion is a key element to the script and overall Black Zodiac narrative.A modern haunted house steals the spotlight in this William Castle remake.Castle was known for his gimmicks and clever marketing tactics.
He created Illusion-O glasses for those brave enough to see the ghosts on screen. Audiences were given glasses with red and blue cellophane filters requiring viewers to look through a single color with both eyes, setting the glasses apart from traditional 3D glasses with one blue lense and one red. Choosing to peer through the red filter intensified the images of the ghosts, while the blue filter removed them. Director Steve Becks remake pays homage to the glasses by incorporating chemistry-lab-like spectacles allowing his characters to view spirits otherwise hidden to the naked eye. However, overall there are minimal similarities between the two films. The 2001 remake is basically a haunted house story jacked up on steroids and drenched in blood. Neither of the films provide an in-depth look at the thirteen ghosts backstory. Although, there is a Ghost Files clip on the remakes DVD special features, which is pretty interesting if you want to dive deeper. Cyrus Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) is a wealthy ghost hunter in search of twelve uniquely sadistic spirits to complete the Black Zodiac, which will provide him the ability to see into the past, present, and future. Once the deadly dozen are enslaved, a thirteenth ghost of pure heart must sacrifice himself out of love in order to stop Cyrus plan and the subsequent Eye of Hell from opening. The first scene also introduces us to the loveable and jocular Matthew Lillard, who plays the psychic protagonist trying to stop Cyrus. Upon his death, Cyrus leaves his home to his estranged nephew Arthur (Tony Shalhoub), whose wife recently died in a house fire. Arthur, his daughter Kathy (Shannon Elizabeth), death-obsessed son Bobby (Alec Roberts), and sassy nanny Maggie (Rah Digga) all accompany him to their new, albeit hellish, abode. However, despite creating creepy characters, the movies narrative is not cohesive; and there is a lack of true terror due to the silly one-liners and repetitive poor judgment calls from the Kriticos family. The dialogue and mythos around the story are far from compelling, which makes the comic relief from the supporting characters serve as a crutch to get through the entire film. Statements like Come on, Glass Family Robinson and We have ten minutes until the ectoplasmic shit hits the fan are threaded throughout the films ninety minute runtime. There are tons of close-up shots and excessive flashes of light between kills or any sort of action when the ghosts are present, which instead of coming off as scary, just makes you feel like youre wasted and stuck in a loud Halloween-themed nightclub. While most haunted houses are depicted in a decrepit, gothic nature, Thirteen Ghosts challenges this stereotype by introducing audiences to a sleek, all-glass dwelling that looks like a futuristic marvel. Production designer, Sean Hargreaves, based the layout of the house off of the New York Science Museums architecture. It took three months to design the set which consisted of more than three miles of etched glass walls and a total of 8,500 square feet of glass. Welders were brought in to fuse the house together using five tons of steel, and the production crew had to wear all black because of reflection challenges during filming.
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