The mastermind behind the original feature film 13 Ghosts was famed filmmaker and terror impresario William Castle , who earned his reputation as a consummate showman for the innovative marketing campaigns he mounted for the low-budget horror films he directed, produced and zealously promoted from the late s until his death in Although Castle had been directing and acting in films since the early s, his best known and most respected production was Roman Polanski 's thriller Rosemary's Baby To heighten the fear factor for the release of 13 Ghosts , Castle unveiled an eerie new attraction: "Illusion-O! In , producer Joel Silver - who redefined the action genre with the revolutionary blockbuster Matrix, The and set box office records with the recent hits Exit Wounds and Romeo Must Die - teamed with Robert Zemeckis , the Academy Award-winning producer-director of the incomparable smash Forrest Gump and the provocative drama Cast Away , to create Dark Castle Entertainment, their company dedicated to the production of a diverse slate of horror films.
Question : How did the Jackal originally die? I can tell how the other ghosts died e. Answer: According to the special features on the DVD, after being committed due to his violence against women, The Jackal went completely insane in the asylum, crying out and attacking any thing and everyone until he was locked in solitary with his now signature cage on his head. When a fire broke out in the asylum, he chose to stay behind and meet his fate,.
Murray Abraham. Arthur Kriticos Shalhoub finds himself as a heir to a elaborate glass mansion after his uncle Cyrus dies. The mansion turns out to be harboring a sinister purpose, as the in-house machinery starts moving the glass walls that are inhabited by the eponymous ghosts, held in check by Latin phrases etched in the panels.
Murray Abraham. It was released to theaters on October 26, , shot entirely around Lower Mainland, British Columbia. Ghost hunter Cyrus Kriticos and his psychic assistant Dennis Rafkin lead a team on a mission to capture a spirit called the Juggernaut.