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A very wealthy man dies and leaves his spectacular old
house to his nephew. When the nephew and his family arrive at the estate they are
overwhelmed by its beauty, but soon discover that it is haunted by some very unhappy and
violent ghosts. With F. Murray Abraham, Tony Shalhoub, Shannon Elizabeth, Kathryn Anderson
and J.R. Bourne. [1:28]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - We see a nude female ghost, in many scenes and from different
angles.
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - We see ghosts throughout the film. They are all decayed
and malformed: one has his head in a metal box, one has stakes all over his body, one
woman has a broken neck, half of one's face is burned, a boy ghost has an arrow through
his head, one is decapitated, one is severed at the waist, one is missing the side of his
head, one has many puncture holes all over him, one has what looks like vomit on his face,
one is a haggard old woman, and another is a nude woman with slashes all over her. A man
is sliced in half by glass doors closing quickly; we see his alarmed face as his front
half slides down the glass exposing his bloody insides (we see his remains again). A large
group of people are in a dark and eerie wrecking yard where trucks drive through spraying
blood, piles of cars tip over nearly crushing people as they flee, a man is cut in half by
a car, a man is dragged up and into a car and we see a spray of blood on the windshield, a
man is dragged into the trunk of a car by being broken in half backwards, and a man is
trapped in a glass cage with a ghost who tears him to pieces and we see blood spray and
smear on the glass. A group of ghosts grabs a man and throws him into some spinning rings
which slice him into small pieces. A ghost swings a hammer at a man several times and he
is hit on the back of the neck, another ghost approaches, picks him up and breaks his back
around a corner (we see him fall to the floor with blood pouring from his mouth). A woman
is squished between two glass walls as they close on her (we see blood pour from her eyes,
nose and mouth as she screams). A ghost lunges at a young woman with a knife, a ghost
drags a young woman down a hall while she screams, pushes her up a wall and slashes at her
(we see bloody scratches on her face) tearing open part of her shirt. A ghost jumps a man
and tears up his back leaving bloody slashes. A ghost beats a man with a bat and we see a
bloody head wound and hand. A young woman primps in a mirror and washes her face in a
bathtub; but what we actually see -- that she doesn't see -- is a dead woman in a tub of
blood, blood pouring from the faucet and blood splattered all over the room. A ghost
chases three people down a hall and slams into a glass wall. A man touches a glass wall
and a boy on the other side is thrown back. We see a man with a gaping neck wound and
blood streaming from his mouth; also a man has been sliced across the throat by a piece of
metal and we see a very bloody neck wound. A ghost pounds on glass with a baseball bat and
sparks fly (two men are on the other side of the glass). A boy walks through a hallway
alone where he hears voices and when he sees ghosts, he runs and hits a glass wall and
falls to the floor. We hear the sounds of a house fire and we discover that a woman
has died in the fire. A boy and young woman are trapped in the center of rotating rings,
surrounded by ghosts. A man runs toward another man and punches him, the man kicks and
hits him back with his walking stick, which is then unsheathed to reveal a sword. A man
punches another man in the face and they both fall to the ground, and a woman pounds a
woman on the head with a book. A man talks about a man having murdered nine people. We see
a book with sketches of gruesome ghosts. A man and woman are held by two men as they
struggle and yell at a man. A boy talks about death and the decapitation of a victim. A
man is frequently in agony: he sees scenes of death when he touches people; the scenes
come in flashes and seem to be very painful. A man breaks a chair while trying to break a
window, and a house breaks apart throwing shrapnel all over.
PROFANITY 6 - 3 F-words, 16 scatological terms, 1 obscene hand gesture, 5
anatomical terms, 26 mild obscenities, 8 religious profanities, 8 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Love, suicide, psychics, playing God, serial killing,
enslaved souls, the death of a parent and loved ones, human sacrifice, regrets, spells,
the devil.
MESSAGE - Knowledge is power. Love is the most powerful energy.
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