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WedNEsdAy, N ovemòer 7, 2001
’Thirteen Ghosts’ makes good on promise to scare
CHRISTINA MCFARLAND
Staff'Writer
It has been quite awhile since
I’ve been satisfied with a horror
film. “Thirteen Ghosts” more
than satisfied me: I truly enjoyed
it.
The story begins with Rafkin
(Matthew Lillard), an emotionally
distraught psychic who has the
power to relive other’s pains and
memories through touch. Because
of this gift, he is able to aid Cyrus
Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) in his
quest to hunt and capture ghosts.
Rafkin has been contracted to find
12 ghosts for Cyrus, but while at
tempting to capture the last ghost,
Rafkin encounters Ben Moss and
Kalina, both novice ghost hunters
with spell books and crosses. They
inform him that in actuality, 13
ghosts are “needed.” Rafkin has no
idea what they are talking about.
Suddenly, the twelfth entity ap
pears and begins a murderous ram
page, killing nearly the entire cap
ture crew, including Ben and Cyrus.
But what was it that Cyrus
wanted with these spirits? He keeps
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them locked up in glass “cell
blocks” in the basement of his
home, also made entirely of glass.
It is the Latin spells written on
the walls that actually contain
the spirits. After Cyrus’ death,
his distant nephew inherits the
infested house.
The nephew,Arthur Kriticos
(Tony Shalhoub), and his two
children (Sh-
a n n o n
Elizabeth
and Alec
Roberts)
have re-
c e n 11 y
suffered
the tragic
loss of his
wife
and their home in a fire. They now
live in an apartment with a hired
hand named Maggie. One day
they are informed of their new for
tune and decide to take a trip out
to have a look at
the
new haunt.
u pu
arriv
ing,
they bump into Rafkin dressed as
the cable man. He enters the home
despite the protests of Cyrus’ at
torney as Arthur and he enter the
library to discuss legal matters. The
rest of the family decides to tour
the house, each going in differ
ent direction. Rafkin finds
his way to the basement
in search of the
money Cyrus owed
him. While down in
the
basement,
Rafkin places spe
cial “ghost-view
ing
glasses”
over his eyes so
he can feel
the energy
of the spir
its. He dis
covers
what
Cyrus was
keeping in
his base
ment and
i nform s
the
Rafkin (Matthew Lillard) is accosted by a spirit in director Steve Beck's new horror film Kriticoses
"Thirteen Ghosts." The movie opened October 26 and is currently fifth at the box office, they must
leave immediately. Of course,
Arthur thinks Rafkin is crazy but
takes his word for it and begins to
search for his family. Cyrus’ attor
ney sneaks away to the basement.
He grabs a bag of money and pulls
a lever that begins to close off the
entire house. On his way back up,
one of the cell doors opens and a
mutilated young woman appears,
poised with a knife in hand.
As you can probably tell, one
by one the ghosts are released
and begin to attack the family.
Kalina returns to help save the
Kriticos family and explain
Cyrus’ evil scheme. I can’t say
any more without giving the end
away, so you’ll just have to go
see it.
I really enjoyed this film be
cause it is very different from
your typical serial killer flick. It
is full of suspense, but has some
gore. And best of all, it actually
scared me. The plot was intri
cate and well-developed, which
made it all the more enjoyable. I
would definitely recommend see
ing this film before it leaves the
aters.
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