Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
Tony Shalhoub
Arthur Kriticos
Embeth Davidtz
Kalina Oretzia
Matthew Lillard
Dennis Rafkin
Shannon Elizabeth
Kathy Kriticos
Rah Digga
Maggie Bess
Alec Roberts
Bobby Kriticos
JR Bourne
Benjamin Moss
F. Murray Abraham
Cyrus Kriticos
Matthew Harrison
Damon
Charles Andre
Team Member
Laura Mennell
Susan LeGrow, The Bound Woman
Kathryn Anderson
Jean Kriticos, The Withered Lover
Craig Olejnik
Royce Clayton, The Torn Prince
Shawna Loyer
Dana Newman, The Angry Princess
Xantha Radley
Isabella Smith, The Pilgrimess
C. Ernst Harth
Harold Shelburne, The Great Child
John DeSantis
Breaker Mahoney, The Juggernaut
Mikhael Speidel
Billy Michaels, The First Born Son
Mike Crestejo
Team Member
Jacob Rupp
Cyrus' Assistant
Ken Kirzinger
Team Member (uncredited)
Aubrey Lee Culp
Team Member
Daniel Wesley
The Torso
Director
Steve Beck
Screenplay
Neal Marshall Stevens
Screenplay
Todd Alcott
Screenplay
Richard D'Ovidio
Story
Robb White
July 6, 2020
6
This is a movie I could've sworn I had seen before, but remember little about it, which does say something. Still, some interesting elements, the ghosts' designs, when you can appreciate them, have an almost Hellraiser-like quality to them, and never a bad thing having Tony Shalhoub in the lead even when I didn't once buy into the family dynamic.
Has the hallmarks of a a film from that era, with the direction (and camera angles) plus the inclusions of Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie franchise) and Matthew Lillard (Scream franchise) in there. Also, the twist at the end didn't make a lick of sense. That said, can't say I was ever bored and honestly, if anyone actually remembered this movie, the setting would make for a fun scare house (and using special glasses to see the entities) somewhere like at the Universal Horror Nights or w/e it's called.
**2.75/5**
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$42,000,000.00
Revenue:
$68,467,960.00