DVD Collectors Online

Thir13en Ghosts, a review by addicted2comics

Title: Thir13en Ghosts
Year: 2001
Director: Steve Beck
Rating: R
Length: 91 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Tony Shalhoub
Embeth Davidtz
Matthew Lillard
Shannon Elizabeth
Alec Roberts
JR Bourne

Plot:
What a house! It's all steel and glass and elegance - and it all belongs to Arthur Kriticos and his family as an unexpected inheritance. You could say it's their dream home. Especially if the dreams are nightmares.

Awesome ectoplasmic specters populate THIRTEEN GHOSTS, an effects-rampant remake of the 1960 William Castle haunted-house film from producers Gilbert Adler, Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis, who conjured up the equally terrorific HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1999). Tony Shalhoub as Arthur leads a cast that includes Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Rah Digga and F. Murray Abraham. The house itself is a design marvel and a mysterious puzzle-cube whose eerie corridors, sliding walls, spinning floors and phantasmic fiends may allow no escape.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Interactive Games
Music Videos
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:

I actually saw bits and pieces of this at my grandmother's house, so I was curious. It was a lot different than the William Castle "13 Ghosts"!! Very nicely made, may I say. The stories all tie in with each other. Pretty scary, got the chills a few times. Definitely something worth seeing!



(From Doing the ABC's Movie Style!! on July 27th, 2010)

Hairspray (1988), a review by addicted2dvd

Hairspray (1988/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | New Line Home Entertainment (United States) Director: John Waters (1946) Writing: John Waters (1946) (Writer) Length: 92 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English

---

Stars:
Sonny Bono as Franklin Von Tussle
Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybelle
Divine as Arvin Hodgepile / Edna Turnblad
Colleen Fitzpatrick as Amber Von Tussle
Deborah Harry [Debbie Harry] as Velma Von Tussle

Plot:
With huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one TV dance party. Also starring Divine (Pink Flamingos) and rock legends Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• DVD-ROM Content
• Closed Captioned

Wow! I just don't know how I made it through this entire movie! I didn't care for any of the cast. The acting was terrible. I didn't even like Jerry Stiller...who I normally enjoy. I recommend skipping this one. I am surprised this got an above average rating on IMDB!



(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 30th, 2016)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Marathon , a review by Critter

1.07
Angel

Plot:My Thoughts: This is an excellent episode. Darla is fantastic as the antagonist here and it's great to hear about Angels interesting backstory. I've always loved the idea that returning the soul to a vampire is the worst punishment anyone can do to them and this really shows in how tortured Angel is. I also like how the story of the Master and the boy that works with him was developed throughout this ep. In a way though I was almost sad to see Darla go, she was a very cool villian.

Rating: 4/5

(From Buffy The Vampire Slayer Marathon on May 24th, 2010)