Thir13en Ghosts

By EWAN McDONALD

(Herald rating: * * )

Blame Se7en for the stupid spelling. Blame the Hollywood craze for reinventing old movies for everything else.

Inspired by a 1960 B-movie of the same name, the story involves Uncle Cyrus (F. Murray Abraham), who owned a manuscript allegedly dictated by the devil. When Uncle Cyrus dies he leaves his house to his nephew, Arthur (Tony Shalhoub).

Arthur moves in with his son, daughter, nanny, and a couple of house guests, a pair of ghostbusters who find Uncle Cyrus left much more than his memories behind ... as if we didn't suspect.

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• DVD features: movie (91min); commentary with director Steve Beck, production designer Steve Hargreaves, makeup artist Howard Berger; 13 Ghosts Revealed documentary; Ghost Files: A Haunted Houseful of Poltergeist Profiles feature; Tricky Excess Club reel; theatrical trailer; cast and crew profiles.