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13 Ghosts is a 1960 horror film directed by William Castle. It was remade in 2001 under the title of Thir13en Ghosts, directed by Steve Beck.

Plot

Dr. Zorba is an occultist who has been hunting ghosts for years. He has succeeded in trapping 11 ghosts in the house, as well as himself, the twelfth ghost. After his death, Cyrus Zorba and his family find that they have inherited the house, as well as the ghosts within it. Dr. Zorba leaves sets of special goggles, the only way of seeing the ghosts. At the time of his death, Dr. Zorba had hidden in the house a large sum of money. Unfortunately, there is someone in the house who is also looking for the money and is willing to kill for it.

The ghosts

Most of the ghosts were not fully explained in the movie. The following list is from the IMDB message boards , with corrections made based on the way the ghosts are numbered in the movie.

#The Screaming Woman #The Shrouded Spirit #The Floating Head #The Burning Skeleton #Emilio - the ghostly cook with meat cleaver who killed his wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law #Emilio's Unfaithful Wife #The Wife's Lover #The Hanging Woman #The Executioner #The Lion #Shadrack the Headless Lion Tamer #Dr. Plato Zorba #Benjamen Rush, the Lawyer

Cast

Charles Herbert — Buck Zorba
Jo Morrow — Medea Zorba
Rosemary DeCamp
— Hilda Zorba
Martin Milner
— Ben Rush
Donald Woods — Cyrus Zorba
Margaret Hamilton
— Elaine Zacharides
John Van Dreelen — Van Allen

Trivia

As with most Castle movies, there was a gimmick to promote the movie. In this case, the ghosts were depicted using shades of red and blue such that they were difficult to see without the special glasses handed out at the film's showings. Later DVD versions have varied in their preservation of this effect, with the latest DVD release including versions with and without the ghost outlines and a set of the special glasses.

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Movies - 13 Ghosts

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