The writing etched in the glass walls "the containment spells" translates to the Lord's Prayer in Latin. In the "Ghost Files" menu selection screen, each ghost has an icon on display that is meant to represent who they were as a living person or how they died.
In a voice over from Cyrus Kriticos, each of these "artifacts" represent one of the "captured souls. Although Billy Michaels, aka the First Born Son ghost, lived and breathed cowboy movies when he was alive according to his "Ghost Files" backstory , in death, he dresses like the adversaries in the movies he watched, donning a Native American headdress and tomahawk. The original William Castle movie from was considered a "gimmick movie" that offered a feature called "Illusion-O," which provided the audience a chance to view the ghosts of the movie through a set of glasses "Ghost Viewers " with red and blue cellophane filters not unlike 3-D glasses of the time.
For the remake, the concept of the glasses was worked into the script and given to the characters rather than the audience. At the beginning of the film, the Warner Bros. The logo is also accompanied by sounds of the glass containment cubes opening. Duncan Macleod's katana from Highlander: The Series makes a brief appearance as a keepsake in Cyrus Kriticos's collection.
Photo: Warner Bros. Why Each Ghost Was Chosen. As explained by the "Ghost Files" bonus feature on the in-home release, each ghost was handpicked by Cyrus Kriticos due to their backstory and how they fit within the Black Zodiac: 1. The Torso is Jimmy Gambino - Mutilated by thugs after losing a high-stakes bet. The Writing On The Wall.
The Artifacts. The First Born Son - A toy gun 2. Wiki Content. Recent blog posts Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? The Angry Princess. View source. History Talk 0. Universal Conquest Wiki. Yes, 12, not 13, for reasons that make sense if one has actually seen the film. In life, The First Born Son was a boy named Billy Michaels, who had an unhealthy obsession with pop culture involving "cowboys and Indians.
Billy doesn't attack anyone directly in Thirteen Ghosts , but he does scare them into the way of more violent spirits. The Torso is exactly what it sounds like, a disembodied torso wrapped in cellophane. In life, the torso was part of a compulsive gambler named Jimmy Gambino.
Gambino was also a bookie, but his own gambling prevented him from being able to pay out the winnings of a "made man" in the mob, and the criminal didn't take it too kindly. Mob goons killed Jimmy and cut him up, dumping his remains into the ocean. She was a rich, popular cheerleader who dated the captain of the school football team. That was until said captain found her with another boy on prom night, and had a rather horrific reaction, to say the least.
He bludgeoned his romantic rival to death, then strangled Susan with his own tie. Like the First Born Son and the Torso, she's more scary than an actual threat. The Withered Lover is one ghost that's definitely not any kind of threat to the Kriticos family once they get trapped inside their presumed-dead relative Cyrus' house of horrors.
Of course, that's due to her particularly tragic backstory, as she was Jean Kriticos, wife of protagonist Arthur Tony Shalhoub and mother to his children Kathy and Bobby. Jean died in a house fire that the rest of her family made it out of alive. The Torn Prince was a high school baseball star in the lates, explaining the ever-present baseball bat weapon that he'll happily use to attack any of Thirteen Ghosts ' living characters.
Named Royce Clayton in life, The Torn Prince died during a drag race, after losing control of his car in a horrific accident. He shouldn't blame himself though, as his opponent had secretly tampered with his brakes.
Born Dana Newman, The Angry Princess was an incredibly beautiful woman, by all standards but her own. Sadly, she was unable to be happy with her looks, seeing imperfections others didn't, and constantly trying to improve her appearance via surgery.
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