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Article: 'GHOSTS' TEDIOUS, BUT WITH GREAT SETS.(L.A. Life)(Review)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2001
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Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic
This remake of the cheesy William Castle shocker ``Thirteen Ghosts'' boasts a better-than-average cast that includes Tony Shalhoub, F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth and the rap artist Rah Digga.
But the star of the show is a baroque, etched-glass and retro-mechanical haunted house set designed by Sean Hargreaves. As integral to the story as it is ingenious, the sets are so cool to look at that you can almost forgive director Steve Beck for all of the redundant, time-marking shots of empty corridors, whirring/whirling thingamajigs and sliding, translucent walls with which he pads out the final cut.
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