F. Murry Abraham must have been desperate.

I watched the movie "Thir13en Ghosts" last night on the Sci-Fi channel. The movie stars Tony Shalhoub (of "Monk" fame, among other roles) as a math teacher who inherits a fortune and a weird mansion from his estranged uncle Cyrus (F. Murray Abraham). The trouble is that there are 12 ANGRY ghosts trapped in the glass house.

Much mayhem ensues, the most terrifying ghost being the Jackal (at least for me). This guy was creepy too. Here's a pic of all the ghosts together.

This could have been an interesting movie, kind of along the lines of "The Haunting of Hill House"; however, there was too much typical "scientist's dumb daughter" explanation while Shalhoub just looked confused during the telling. Not to mention it tried to be funny while still trying to be scary, which just made most of the funny dialogue seem stupid and out of place.

Of course, whatever nudity there was had been edited out for the tv audience, and the sounds and gore that people complained about in some of the comments at IMDB were not as harsh--although, there was plenty of gore for my taste. I say, thank the gods for commercials! It broke up the scariness for me.

Watch this movie only if you like these kinds of movies.