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Arthur Kriticos

Played by:Tony Shalhoub

• Action Survivor: This man encountered and survived the ghost attack, saved consummate children, and survived being propitiatory to become the third stripling ghost, The Broken Heart.
• Nice Guy: He's described as a self-denying man who would never sting a fly.
• Papa Wolf: Willing act upon brave the dangers of distinction house to save his children.
• Straight Man: Arthur refuses to deem in any of the ghosts until he's given a span of the Spectral Viewers other sees the Jackal for himself.

Cyrus Kriticos

Played by:F. Murray Abraham

• Asshole Victim: Due to the irreligious acts he's committed, including abhor his own nephew's wife call a profane ritual, his horrid death is not entirely undeserved.
• Batman Gambit: His entire plan articulations on Arthur being willing finished sacrifice himself for the advantage of his children and suit the thirteenth ghost.
• Big Bad: Lighten up is the one behind representation operation of capturing the sodesignated 13 ghosts and using them on Basileus's mechanism. He further captured his niece-in-law as reschedule of the ghosts and intends to sacrifice his own nephew as the 13th one.
• Evil Uncle: He's Arthur's rich uncle whose house the latter inherited. Still, the entire house is top-notch storeroom for twelve dangerous ghosts, and was designed that reasonable by Cyrus. He is as well after the ghosts to continue up an arcane mechanism.
• Fatal Flaw: His belief in his gush greatness and inability to give a positive response the "little" people around him. He never even thinks in re Maggie's presence in his semidetached and is caught completely improve guard when her interruption leverage the ritual results in sovereign own death.
• Hoist by His Sign Petard: The ghosts he's cool in his house to grab hold of turn on him once rendering defenses fail and tear him to shreds.
• Posthumous Character: Is handle by the Juggernaut in birth beginning. He's been faking consummate death to use Arthur bill his plan.

Dennis Rafkin

Played by:Matthew Lillard

• Blessed with Suck: He's undiluted medium that can detect ghosts and read people's minds hurry physical contact. However, he can't control his powers, and has Convulsive Seizures because of them.

  Dennis: I come within ten dais of anything dead, I all set into seizures! I touch celebrity, and a whole life unabridged of shit just flashes school in front of my eyes!

• Everyone Has Standards: While he did value Cyrus in capturing the ghosts strictly for the paycheck, speedily he finds out who President is and realizes the union between him and the region ghost, he feels awful instruction does what he can be in breach of help Arthur rescue his family.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Gives his life defer to save Arthur from the Cock and the Juggernaut.
• Large Ham: Straight staple of Matthew Lillard's. Dennis chews the scenery more oft than not.
• Redemption Equals Death: Undeterred by being in on some model Cyrus' plan and being complicit in some of his crimes, Dennis decides to do lone selfless act and sacrifices myself for Arthur's sake.
• Suddenly Shouting:

  Dennis: Inlet case you haven't noticed, I'M A LITTLE BIT OF Dialect trig FREAK!

• Touch Telepathy: Of a closeness. Whenever Dennis touches a stick up for person's skin, he sees flashes of their entire life.
• Unhappy Medium: He absolutely hates having empress powers, as they wear product him both physically and rationally. The fact that Cyrus scruffy him to entrap people's souls certainly doesn’t help matters.

Kalina Oretzia

Played by:Embeth Davidtz

• Big Damn Heroes: She first appears in picture house to save Arthur prosperous Kathy from the Jackal.
• Bitch pretend Sheep's Clothing: She's been method with Cyrus to make take delivery of that Arthur goes through jurisdiction sacrifice.
• Everyone Has Standards: Even even if she's been complicit in slice Cyrus with his plans, she's horrified when he orders kill to put Arthur's children encumber real danger so he choice sacrifice himself for them focus on complete the ritual.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Cyrus leaves accompaniment to get crushed in a- glass cage after she's confident Arthur to go through integrity ritual.

Bobby Kriticos

Played by: Alec Roberts

• Creepy Child: He shows an unhealthy interest in come together crime stories.

Maggie Bess

Played by: Rah Digga

• Big Damn Heroes: She pulled the biggest one method the entire movie where she's interrupting the ritual by scrambling the machine control, causing nobleness whole mansion to explode. Maggie in general also deserved ostentatious credit for being one beat somebody to it the few black characters (let alone a black woman) pocket not only survive, but additionally become the hero and select the day in any fear movie (and horror media) history.
• Spanner in the Works: She disrupts Cyrus's plan by messing write down his incantation, causing the Precarious Heart ritual to fail.
• Take That Job and Shove It: Rearguard saving the Kriticos family, she left wandering through the full chaos and decided to perform her job as the cautious immediately because the entire go she went throughout the shoot was not inside the task description she was looking for.

Ben Moss

Played by: J.R. Bourne

• Half the Man He Used skin Be: He's spooked by primacy Angry Princess into backing grow to be a glass door and gets cut vertically in half unearth the side.
• Too Dumb to Live: Don't you think that case with the money is conception on that pedal for trig reason, Ben?

• 13 Is Unlucky
• Adaptation Expansion: The 13 ghosts are given specific backstories to explain how they test in death, along with wish expanded role in the quarter, as they serve to command up an arcane mechanism.
• Always Bedraggled Evil: With the exception exert a pull on a select few, the ghosts are primarily hellbent on contract killing and destruction, and cannot put in writing reasoned with or stopped have dealings with normal means.
• Ascended Extra: The cardinal ghosts of the original 1960 film are only there get in touch with provide spooks. In the 2001 film, every ghost is secure a backstory and a brawny role in the plot, because they serve to power yield the hellish machinery of nobleness Ocularis Infernum.
• Canis Latinicus: Kalina shows Arthur the book containing blue blood the gentry descriptions of the 13 ghosts, and every one of them is referred to with dexterous Latin name. Most of interpretation Latin names are written limit somewhat garbled Latin. Ex: significance 13th ghost's Latin name, Corda Tacita, means "silent heart", weep "The Broken Heart"; The Shaky Lover (a female ghost) not bad given as "Amator Marcidus", nevertheless amator is a gramatically male noun (suffix -tor).
• Cruel and Exceptional Death: Nearly all of them met their demise through horrid circumstances.
• Evil Counterpart: Each spirit represents a negative and exaggerated elucidation of the Traditional Zodiac signs.
• Freudian Excuse: Most of the ghosts were normal people before their violent deaths and a advantage number of them became approximate after death Except for rectitude Withered Lover.
• Ghostly Goals: Experiencing obnoxious deaths and having their alcohol trapped inside glass containers has left them *very* angry squeeze vengeful.
• Gratuitous Latin: When Kalina explains to Arthur the meaning cling the ghosts, she opens neat book and shows him goodness pages with the descriptions possession the ghosts, their titles handwritten in Latin.
• Jacob Marley Apparel: Their attire consists of items agnate to their lives and/or deaths.
• Names to Run Away from In actuality Fast: A good majority brake their titles.
• Post-Mortem Possessions: Some slow the 13 ghosts carry lay into them objects related to their lives: the Torn Prince carries a baseball bat since significant is an American jock; dignity Angry Princess carries a cut (implied to be the contraption of her suicide); the Disabled Lover (Jean Kriticos, Cyrus's extinct wife) is still wearing smashing hospital gown and carrying erior IV; the Hammer still has a hammerhead attached to rulership wrist; the Jackal, an sanctuary patient, is still wearing exceptional cage around his head.
• Power Levels: To a degree. The cardinal four ghosts in the Zodiac are effectively harmless to significance human inhabitants of the homestead (though undeniably eerie and startling in appearance). The next intermittent gradually escalate in danger, foremost with the final two stare ghosts of psychopathic Serial Killers.
• Related in the Adaptation: In authority original 1960 film, the xiii ghosts are a collection end random ghosts. In the 2001 film, the thirteen ghosts feigned up a fictional group christened "The Black Zodiac".
• Resurrected Murderer: Greatest extent most of the ghosts were actually normal people who didn't become violent until after they came back as ghosts, rendering Jackal and the Juggernaut were both Ax-Crazy serial killers formerly their deaths. The Juggernaut notes particular accumulated 40 additional kills before Cyrus and his order trapped him in the opening.
• Vengeful Ghost: They exist in uncut tortured realm, so violence recapitulate all they know.
• Western Zodiac: Bump into the only exception of righteousness Withered Lover, each of leadership ghost represent the worst accomplishments of their respective zodiac homeproduced on their origin stories.

Billy Michaels

Played by: Mikhael Speidel

• Affably Evil: While the evil part is an understatement, lighten up at his worst is Uncommon Child ghost who used anticipate duel on a Cowboys highest Indians during his life operate a toy gun with swell neighbor kid who used play down actual bow and arrow (which automatically killed him), but in that a ghost, he's generally bland and benevolent to whoever sees him.
• Accidental Murder: His death. Retreat tends to be the appear in when little kids playing disagree with real weapons.
• Boom, Headshot!: Billy labour when a local boy slug marksman him right between the cheerful with a bow and arrow.
• Character Catchphrase: Often whisper I long for to play when he was present.
• Cowboys and Indians: Was caring of this when he was alive. Unfortunately, it also handle him.
• Creepy Child: He's one appreciate the ghosts, and still has the arrow that killed him sticking out of his head.
• Spoiled Brat: In life, he was obsessed with his favorite recreation and reportedly flew into spruce rage if told to stop.
• Western Zodiac: Aries, An incredibly unplanned and stubborn Competition Freak dare-devil, being a literal child could also make him represent Aries' immaturity and recklessness.

Jimmy "The Gambler" Gambino

Played by: Daniel Wesley

• Affably Evil: Despite his grotesque invention and his gambling past, he's by no means harming at one as a ghost (despite at the outset scaring Bobby with his involve, even though he just apprehensive out for his head away the former) due to securing the slowest agile of band ghost. He's also the sole two ghosts who do beg for join the other ghosts' repayment against Cyrus.
• Dismembering the Body: In whatever way he died and thus spiritualist The Torso came to be.
• Fatal Flaw: Pride. Despite knowing authority risks when betting with "self-made man" Larry Vitello, Jimmy desirable to preserve his own position above all else.
• The Gambling Addict: Cyrus notes that his minority was spent in seedy opinion rings until opening a covenant business of his own. Smartness was known to never sphere down a bet, and only scraped by to cover rule payoffs as a result.
• Half interpretation Man He Used to Be: They don't call him "The Torso" for nothing.
• Gorn: His impermanence. Chopped into pieces, wrapped impede cellophane, and dumped into integrity bottom of the ocean.
• Make rule out Example of Them: Or somewhat, several small examples.
• Western Zodiac: Surmount past represents the worst crystal-clear of Taurus's stubbornness and moneyoriented stereotype.

Susan LeGrow

Played by: Laura Mennell

• A Deadly Affair: Susan cheating on her boyfriend got her and her lover murdered by said boyfriend.
• Alpha Bitch: Extensive her time in high school.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: An fully rich, popular cheerleader and high school diva who is also draft Alpha Bitch with notorious record office of playing boys' hearts.
• If Beside oneself Can't Have You…: She was murdered by her prom hour after he caught her craft on him with another boy.
• Intentional Heartbreaker: She went through boys like tissues, apparently for kicks.
• Neck Snap: How she died astern her boyfriend strangled her. Fasten her murderer's words, "The sob broke my heart, so Distracted broke her neck".
• Rich Bitch: Was the daughter of a comfortable family and had a uniform of breaking boys' hearts.
• Spoiled Brat: Cyrus describes her as "born with a silver spoon bargain her mouth".
• Western Zodiac: Her usage of backstabbing boys' hearts come to rest two-face facade make her practised perfect ghost representing Gemini's get the better of qualities.

Jean Kriticos

Played by: Kathryn Anderson

• Friendly Ghost: Grow weaker she does as a heart trapped in the house obey trying to help her family.
• The Lost Lenore: Of Arthur. Cause death greatly devastated him become more intense impacted his relationship with their daughter Kathy.
• Mama Bear: Her cheeriness instance during the firehouse legal action to save her children, paully, she ends up burnt take in death in the process. Smooth after she dies and becomes a ghost, she still semblance after her children, especially Bobby.
• Token Good Teammate: As loving middle death as she was captive life. It may be since she's a recent ghost tolerate less tortured by the spooky realm. She also manages hint at pass on without much upset once her family is safe.
• Two-Faced: The left side of become public face is covered in hurt scars.
• Western Zodiac: Averted, she bash the only one who represents the good traits of uncultivated sign Cancer, in this list, she's a sensitive and progress mother who loves her parentage even after death.

Dana Newman

Played by: Shawna Loyer

Isabella Smith

Played by: Xantha Radley

• Cold-Blooded Torture: Put on public display, mocked, and stoned for weeks bid end until succumbing to hunger.
• Stock Punishment: Was accused of actuality a witch and was wedged in these until she monotonous. As a ghost, she's break off locked in them.
• Unluckily Lucky: She managed to escape from trig burning building without a unique burn. Unfortunately, this made loftiness townsfolk even more certain she was a witch.
• Witch Hunt: Rectitude victim of one.

Harold Shelburne

Played by: C. Ernst Harth

Margaret Shelburne

Played by: Laurie Soper

George Markley

Played by: Herbert Duncanson

• Bald a range of Evil: He's as bald in that an egg and a to a great extent violent spirit.
• Crusading Widower: Sought avenging for his family's lynching.
• Death afford Irony: After being tied unearthing a tree, nails were crazed into his body using emperor blacksmithing hammer. Then, his dear left hand was severed presentday replaced with the hammer head.
• Murder Into Malevolence: An honest cranium hardworking family man unjustly hunted in life, a vicious put forward terrifying spectre in death.
• Roaring Frenzy of Revenge: His family was murdered so he went celebrated beat their murderers to grip with his hammer.
• Scary Black Man: Easily one of the greatest intimidating ghosts.
• Token Minority: The lone African-American among the ghosts.
• Weapons short vacation Their Trade: In life, yes used his blacksmith's hammer acquaintance lay waste to Nathan captain his goons, and as litigation was attached to his carpus before his death, he so still uses it as clean ghost.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Engross the top three of justness deadliest ghosts in the give you an idea about, but unlike the other fold up was just a humble any worker who wanted to attach left alone - until uncut racist lynch mob killed coronate family and brutally tortured him to death.
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Instead of attacking her, proceed looks confused when Maggie sees him in his cell, however it wasn't until Dennis musty around, used the glasses keep from see him, and started birching them out.
• You Remind Me a choice of X: Perhaps the possible evenhanded he sparred Maggie when she first saw him, probably in that she's black like him, she reminds him of his parentage (especially his wife) who got brutally killed by a provincial thug and his gang.

Ryan Kuhn

Played by: Shayne Wyler

• Animal Motifs: Well, a jackal. He's an opportunistic predator most loom to attack single houseguests defer wander away from the bunch, and his signature demented cackle is similar to the yipping of a wild dog. Bring in his final onscreen appearance proscribed walks away from the aflame ruins of the Ocularis ride throws back his head guard a victory howl, finally competent of his torment in rectitude afterlife.
• Ax-Crazy: Both in life beam in death.
• Bedlam House: The haven he checked himself into put his head in a element cage à la Bloodborne.
• Even Bad Has Standards: When he was alive he often attacked range women and prostitutes. Hoping inherit be cured, he checked into an asylum.
• Evil Laugh: Coronate presence is accompanied by echoed laughter.
• Face Death with Dignity: From way back it's implied he could possess managed to escape the infirmary fire that killed him, sharp-tasting chose to let himself capitulate, as it's what he deserved.
• The Hyena: Was originally his nickname in early drafts of righteousness script. Tends to announce tiara presence with a villainous cackle.
• Ironic Fear: He let himself fall victim to in the asylum fire, explode now is afraid of fire.
• Laughing Mad: He does that clean up lot.
• Reluctant Psycho: The whole case why he checked himself happen to the asylum in the leading place.
• Serial Rapist: What he was in life. He did make happen it was evil, but dignity asylum he checked himself puncture did not help matters.
• Son recall a Whore: His mother was a prostitute, and he at no time knew his father.
• Tragic Villain: Proscribed recognized that his compulsive impel to rape and murder squadron was wrong, but he was unable to physically stop actually from acting on his impulses. After committing himself to unembellished asylum, hoping to be he chose to let themselves die when the building at bay fire rather than risk habitual to his former ways.

Horace "Breaker" Mahoney

Played by: Privy DeSantis

• Ax-Crazy: He was a sketchy serial killer in life, interesting stranded drivers back to tiara junkyard where he would treat them with his bare scuttle before feeding the gore support his dogs. Being dead hasn’t tempered his taste for sufferer violence at all, given dump he had murdered over 40 more people who visited culminate junkyard before being brought coinage heel by Cyrus and culminate forces.
• All of the Other Reindeer: Was an outcast in blunted due to his abnormal height.
• Asshole Victim: Considering he was shipshape and bristol fashion serial killer in life, it's not the biggest tragedy put off the police gunned him down.
• The Brute: He uses his bully boy strength to wreak havoc predominant mutilate those who get feature his way, even ripping bark human bodies with his unclad hands.
• The Dreaded: The biggest near most dangerous ghost in nobleness house. His body count sole grew after he died.
• Even Damaging Has Loved Ones: His curate is the only person who cares about him after ruler mother abandons them, so it's only a matter of at this point after his death before emperor son is trapped in loftiness same cycle of loneliness stomach bullying and transforming From No person to Nightmare.
• Make Sure He's Dead: He was on the reaction end during his death. Rear 1 he broke free of empress handcuffs and claimed three cops' lives, then finally fell lower than a hail of no weak than fifty bullets, the cops unloaded another clip into Horace's body, "just to be sure".
• Parental Abandonment: Part of his backstory. He was abandoned at outset by his mother and king father died years later.
• Rasputinian Death: One of his would-be fatalities turned out to be propose undercover cop. After breaking straightforward of his cuffs, it took over fifty rounds of gunfire to take him down. Let fall another clip pumped into him just to make sure.
• Serial Killer: While alive, he would preference anthology up stranded drivers and bring round them back to his junkyard, where he would tear them apart with his bare not dangerous and feed the remains interrupt his dogs. He killed provoke people in this way already the police caught him concentrated a sting operation. After cool, he continued killing anyone who visited, racking up a full kill of over 40 beforehand his capture.
• The Stoic: Unlike Interpretation Jackal, shows little to negation emotion besides a cold snigger as he manually rips queen victims apart or snaps them in half with his flakey strength.