I've read tons of reviews for this movie ever since it came out a year ago, and I have to say the movie is not as bad as everyone says it is. A lot of people went as far as saying this was one of the worst horror movies ever made. I didn't think that much. Every movie buff knows that this is a remake of the cult-classic directed by famous director William Castle. I found this to be a very good horror and ghost flick. The premise and concept of the movie is basically the same. The family is trapped in a big house with ghosts you can only see with special glasses.

There's different entities and personalities for each ghost, my favorite would have to be the Juggernaut. That is the ghost that stomps and breaks everything in half. I thought the scenery and mood of the film is excellent the entire flicks atmosphere is set up right from the beginning. The plot is a lot more intricate than you would think. It seems the house is not really a house, yet a machine that is powered by the 12 ghosts that are needed to open the "Eye of Hell", the only problem is, they need one more ghost to complete the opening and help power it. Which is the thirteenth ghost? You'll just have to watch and see.

The problem with this is that the makers of the movie speed through the story of the film and it doesn't give us enough time to establish the characters for us to like them. A lot of the movie has obvious horror movie clichés that never seem to impress me. A lot of the ghosts that are shown have different personalities and origins, yet they only show about two of their origins. I would have also liked to learn more about the machine and the story of the ghosts assembly. Otherwise an all around fun movie to watch with a bunch of people.

This is a pretty fun and creepy remake that, though, fails to even compare to the novelty, and sheer excitement of the original, is still entertaining in spite of its number of faults.

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