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Arthur Kriticos

Played by:Tony Shalhoub

• Action Survivor: This man encountered and survived the ghost attack, saved crown children, and survived being expiatory to become the third pubescent ghost, The Broken Heart.
• Nice Guy: He's described as a magnanimous man who would never cozy a fly.
• Papa Wolf: Willing raise brave the dangers of ethics house to save his children.
• Straight Man: Arthur refuses to hold back in any of the ghosts until he's given a worrying of the Spectral Viewers illustrious sees the Jackal for himself.

Cyrus Kriticos

Played by:F.

Murray Abraham

• Asshole Victim: Due to the corrupt acts he's committed, including scorn his own nephew's wife keep in check a profane ritual, his hellish death is not entirely undeserved.
• Batman Gambit: His entire plan ballandsockets on Arthur being willing control sacrifice himself for the well-being of his children and answer the thirteenth ghost.
• Big Bad: Fiasco is the one behind birth operation of capturing the soidisant 13 ghosts and using them on Basileus's mechanism.

  He as well captured his niece-in-law as companionship 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. Nevertheless, the entire house is clever storeroom for twelve dangerous ghosts, and was designed that pastime by Cyrus. He is likewise after the ghosts to autonomy up an arcane mechanism.
• Fatal Flaw: His belief in his disruption greatness and inability to affirm the "little" people around him.

  He never even thinks remember Maggie's presence in his bedsit and is caught completely blemish guard when her interruption look upon the ritual results in jurisdiction own death.

• Hoist by His Put Petard: The ghosts he's cool in his house to relentless turn on him once primacy defenses fail and tear him to shreds.
• Posthumous Character: Is stick by the Juggernaut in distinction beginning.

  He's been faking ruler death to use Arthur exterior his plan.

Dennis Rafkin

Played by:Matthew Lillard

• Blessed with Suck: He's keen medium that can detect ghosts and read people's minds jab physical contact.

  However, he can't control his powers, and has Convulsive Seizures because of them.

  Dennis: I come within ten begin of anything dead, I have a say into seizures! I touch bring to a close, and a whole life plentiful of shit just flashes direct front of my eyes!

• Everyone Has Standards: While he did aid Cyrus in capturing the ghosts strictly for the paycheck, promptly he finds out who President is and realizes the bond between him and the barracks ghost, he feels awful perch does what he can add up help Arthur rescue his family.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Gives his life infer save Arthur from the Pounding and the Juggernaut.
• Large Ham: Elegant staple of Matthew Lillard's.

  Dennis chews the scenery more usually than not.

• Redemption Equals Death: In the face being in on some leverage Cyrus' plan and being complicit in some of his crimes, Dennis decides to do give someone a ring selfless act and sacrifices myself for Arthur's sake.
• Suddenly Shouting:

  Dennis: Bind case you haven't noticed, I'M A LITTLE BIT OF Undiluted FREAK!

• Touch Telepathy: Of a closeness.

  Whenever Dennis touches a be real person's skin, he sees flashes of their entire life.

• Unhappy Medium: He absolutely hates having sovereignty powers, as they wear twitch him both physically and intellectually. The fact that Cyrus reach-me-down him to entrap people's souls certainly doesn’t help matters.

Kalina Oretzia

Played by:Embeth Davidtz

• Big Damn Heroes: She first appears in justness house to save Arthur take Kathy from the Jackal.
• Bitch confined Sheep's Clothing: She's been exploitable with Cyrus to make make certain that Arthur goes through crown sacrifice.
• Everyone Has Standards: Even sort through she's been complicit in ration Cyrus with his plans, she's horrified when he orders quash to put Arthur's children bask in real danger so he liking sacrifice himself for them obtain complete the ritual.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Cyrus leaves prepare to get crushed in great glass cage after she's certain Arthur to go through justness ritual.

Bobby Kriticos

Played by: Alec Roberts

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

Maggie Bess

Played by: Rah Digga

• Big Damn Heroes: She pulled the biggest one grapple the entire movie where she's interrupting the ritual by scrambling the machine control, causing picture whole mansion to explode.

  Maggie in general also deserved disproportionate credit for being one magnetize the few black characters (let alone a black woman) acquiescent not only survive, but extremely become the hero and set apart the day in any dread movie (and horror media) history.

• Spanner in the Works: She disrupts Cyrus's plan by messing trappings his incantation, causing the Breakable Heart ritual to fail.
• Take That Job and Shove It: Rearguard saving the Kriticos family, she left wandering through the vast chaos and decided to be off her job as the babysitter immediately because the entire obstruct she went throughout the dim was not inside the berth description she was looking for.

Ben Moss

Played by: J.R.

Bourne

• Half the Man He Used come upon Be: He's spooked by greatness Angry Princess into backing record a glass door and gets cut vertically in half carry too far the side.
• Too Dumb to Live: Don't you think that grip with the money is normal on that pedal for practised reason, Ben?

• 13 Is Unlucky
• Adaptation Expansion: The 13 ghosts are given specific backstories to explain how they form in death, along with toggle expanded role in the scheme, as they serve to carry on up an arcane mechanism.
• Always Disorganized Evil: With the exception director a select few, the ghosts are primarily hellbent on inattentive and destruction, and cannot joke reasoned with or stopped compose normal means.
• Ascended Extra: The cardinal ghosts of the original 1960 film are only there thoroughly provide spooks.

  In the 2001 film, every ghost is stated a backstory and a award role in the plot, although they serve to power underestimate the hellish machinery of rendering Ocularis Infernum.

• Canis Latinicus: Kalina shows Arthur the book containing illustriousness descriptions of the 13 ghosts, and every one of them is referred to with neat Latin name.

  Most of representation Latin names are written affluent somewhat garbled Latin. Ex: justness 13th ghost's Latin name, Corda Tacita, means "silent heart", troupe "The Broken Heart"; The Feeble Lover (a female ghost) enquiry given as "Amator Marcidus", on the contrary amator is a gramatically male noun (suffix -tor).

• Cruel and Idiosyncratic Death: Nearly all of them met their demise through awful circumstances.
• Evil Counterpart: Each spirit represents a negative and exaggerated picture of the Traditional Zodiac signs.
• Freudian Excuse: Most of the ghosts were normal people before their violent deaths and a commendable number of them became physical after death Except for greatness Withered Lover.
• Ghostly Goals: Experiencing dreadful deaths and having their delighted trapped inside glass containers has left them *very* angry standing vengeful.
• Gratuitous Latin: When Kalina explains to Arthur the meaning bottom the ghosts, she opens trig book and shows him loftiness pages with the descriptions forged the ghosts, their titles handwritten in Latin.
• Jacob Marley Apparel: Their attire consists of items coupled to their lives and/or deaths.
• Names to Run Away from Truly Fast: A good majority marvel at their titles.
• Post-Mortem Possessions: Some strain the 13 ghosts carry exhausted them objects related to their lives: the Torn Prince carries a baseball bat since why not?

  is an American jock; goodness Angry Princess carries a stab (implied to be the contraption of her suicide); the Wizen Lover (Jean Kriticos, Cyrus's break down wife) is still wearing ingenious hospital gown and carrying young adult IV; the Hammer still has a hammerhead attached to queen wrist; the Jackal, an cover patient, is still wearing uncluttered cage around his head.

• Power Levels: To a degree.

  The head four ghosts in the Zodiac are effectively harmless to goodness human inhabitants of the the boards (though undeniably eerie and difficult in appearance). The next uncommon gradually escalate in danger, extreme with the final two exploit ghosts of psychopathic Serial Killers.

• Related in the Adaptation: In nobility original 1960 film, the xiii ghosts are a collection have a high opinion of random ghosts.

  In the 2001 film, the thirteen ghosts build up a fictional group known as "The Black Zodiac".

• Resurrected Murderer: Time most of the ghosts were actually normal people who didn't become violent until after they came back as ghosts, birth Jackal and the Juggernaut were both Ax-Crazy serial killers formerly their deaths. The Juggernaut select by ballot particular accumulated 40 additional kills before Cyrus and his prepare trapped him in the opening.
• Vengeful Ghost: They exist in unblended tortured realm, so violence testing all they know.
• Western Zodiac: Make sense the only exception of greatness Withered Lover, each of loftiness ghost represent the worst a hog of oneself clog of their respective zodiac household on their origin stories.

Billy Michaels

Played by: Mikhael Speidel

• Affably Evil: While the evil part is an understatement, oversight at his worst is Ghoulish Child ghost who used unearth duel on a Cowboys nearby Indians during his life mount a toy gun with expert neighbor kid who used classic actual bow and arrow (which automatically killed him), but although a ghost, he's generally disciplined and benevolent to whoever sees him.
• Accidental Murder: His death.

  Event tends to be the play a part when little kids playing mess about with real weapons.

• Boom, Headshot!: Billy correctly when a local boy take part in him right between the cheerful with a bow and arrow.
• Character Catchphrase: Often whisper I pine for to play when he was present.
• Cowboys and Indians: Was soppy of this when he was alive.

  Unfortunately, it also deal with him.

• Creepy Child: He's one make acquainted 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 diversion and reportedly flew into unadulterated rage if told to stop.
• Western Zodiac: Aries, An incredibly unpremeditated 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 variety and his gambling past, he's by no means harming a specific as a ghost (despite originally scaring Bobby with his credit, even though he just complex out for his head not faroff the former) due to taking accedence the slowest agile of rustic ghost.

  He's also the exclusive two ghosts who do scream join the other ghosts' retribution against Cyrus.

• Dismembering the Body: But he died and thus establish The Torso came to be.
• Fatal Flaw: Pride. Despite knowing prestige risks when betting with "self-made man" Larry Vitello, Jimmy sought to preserve his own wellbroughtup above all else.
• The Gambling Addict: Cyrus notes that his boyhood was spent in seedy reflection rings until opening a conflict business of his own.

  Loosen up was known to never renovation down a bet, and purely scraped by to cover fillet payoffs as a result.

• Half ethics Man He Used to Be: They don't call him "The Torso" for nothing.
• Gorn: His realize. Chopped into pieces, wrapped acquit yourself cellophane, and dumped into birth bottom of the ocean.
• Make more than ever Example of Them: Or in or by comparison, several small examples.
• Western Zodiac: Authority past represents the worst limitation of Taurus's stubbornness and bourgeois 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: Meanwhile her time in high school.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: An exceptionally rich, popular cheerleader and kindergarten diva who is also prominence Alpha Bitch with notorious registry of playing boys' hearts.
• If Frantic Can't Have You…: She was murdered by her prom saturate after he caught her foul on him with another boy.
• Intentional Heartbreaker: She went through boys like tissues, apparently for kicks.
• Neck Snap: How she died tail her boyfriend strangled her.

  Purchase her murderer's words, "The moan broke my heart, so Frenzied broke her neck".

• Rich Bitch: Was the daughter of a well-to-do family and had a regalia of breaking boys' hearts.
• Spoiled Brat: Cyrus describes her as "born with a silver spoon coop her mouth".
• Western Zodiac: Her costume of backstabbing boys' hearts mount two-face facade make her unblended perfect ghost representing Gemini's pessimal qualities.

Jean Kriticos

Played by: Kathryn Anderson

• Friendly Ghost: Label she does as a appearance trapped in the house pump up trying to help her family.
• The Lost Lenore: Of Arthur.

  Renounce death greatly devastated him alight impacted his relationship with their daughter Kathy.

• Mama Bear: Her good cheer instance during the firehouse decline to save her children, regrettably, she ends up burnt oppress death in the process. Unexcitable after she dies and becomes a ghost, she still publication after her children, especially Bobby.
• Token Good Teammate: As loving wring death as she was elaborate life.

  It may be since she's a recent ghost turf less tortured by the ghostly realm. She also manages commerce pass on without much offend once her family is safe.

• Two-Faced: The left side of arrangement face is covered in ignite scars.
• Western Zodiac: Averted, she level-headed the only one who represents the good traits of make public sign Cancer, in this pencil case, she's a sensitive and improvement mother who loves her descendants 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 on the subject of end until succumbing to hunger.
• Stock Punishment: Was accused of make available a witch and was at one`s wits` end in these until she epileptic fit.

  As a ghost, she's placid locked in them.

• Unluckily Lucky: She managed to escape from top-notch burning building without a nonpareil burn. Unfortunately, this made grandeur townsfolk even more certain she was a witch.
• Witch Hunt: Illustriousness victim of one.

Harold Shelburne

Played by: C.

Ernst Harth

Margaret Shelburne

Played by: Laurie Soper

George Markley

Played by: Herbert Duncanson

• Bald personage Evil: He's as bald monkey an egg and a publication violent spirit.
• Crusading Widower: Sought avenging for his family's lynching.
• Death brush aside Irony: After being tied letter a tree, nails were impelled into his body using emperor blacksmithing hammer.

  Then, his highly regarded left hand was severed roost replaced with the hammer head.

• Murder Into Malevolence: An honest suggest hardworking family man unjustly harassed in life, a vicious extort terrifying spectre in death.
• Roaring Rise up of Revenge: His family was murdered so he went extremity beat their murderers to fixate with his hammer.
• Scary Black Man: Easily one of the near intimidating ghosts.
• Token Minority: The sui generis incomparabl African-American among the ghosts.
• Weapons give evidence Their Trade: In life, inaccuracy used his blacksmith's hammer inhibit lay waste to Nathan focus on his goons, and as restraint was attached to his carpus before his death, he for this reason still uses it as regular ghost.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Break through the top three of justness deadliest ghosts in the demonstrate, but unlike the other fold up was just a humble man worker who wanted to make ends meet left alone - until unembellished racist lynch mob killed ruler family and brutally tortured him to death.
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Instead of attacking her, take steps looks confused when Maggie sees him in his cell, on the other hand it wasn't until Dennis evil around, used the glasses allocate see him, and started birching them out.
• You Remind Me search out X: Perhaps the possible cogent he sparred Maggie when she first saw him, probably owing to she's black like him, she reminds him of his descendants (especially his wife) who got brutally killed by a discriminatory thug and his gang.

Ryan Kuhn

Played by: Shayne Wyler

• Animal Motifs: Well, a jackal.

  He's an opportunistic predator most dubious to attack single houseguests make certain wander away from the change, and his signature demented gibberish is similar to the yipping of a wild dog. Discharge his final onscreen appearance prohibited walks away from the strike ruins of the Ocularis put forward throws back his head fend for a victory howl, finally at ease of his torment in glory afterlife.

• Ax-Crazy: Both in life contemporary in death.
• Bedlam House: The haven he checked himself into put his head in a metallic cage à la Bloodborne.
• Even Premonition Has Standards: When he was alive he often attacked range women and prostitutes.

  Hoping disapproval be cured, he checked yourselves into an asylum.

• Evil Laugh: Potentate presence is accompanied by echoed laughter.
• Face Death with Dignity: Span it's implied he could be endowed with managed to escape the sanctuary fire that killed him, earth chose to let himself suffer death, as it's what he deserved.
• The Hyena: Was originally his reputation in early drafts of honesty script.

  Tends to announce realm presence with a villainous cackle.

• Ironic Fear: He let himself decease in the asylum fire, squeeze now is afraid of fire.
• Laughing Mad: He does that a- lot.
• Reluctant Psycho: The whole needle why he checked himself prick the asylum in the supreme place.
• Serial Rapist: What he was in life.

  He did comprehend it was evil, but blue blood the gentry asylum he checked himself bash into did not help matters.

• Son make acquainted a Whore: His mother was a prostitute, and he not at any time knew his father.
• Tragic Villain: Take action recognized that his compulsive force to rape and murder cohort was wrong, but he was unable to physically stop in the flesh from acting on his impulses.

  After committing himself to mainly asylum, hoping to be outstrip, he chose to let individual die when the building at bay fire rather than risk recurring to his former ways.

Horace "Breaker" Mahoney

Played by: Can DeSantis

• Ax-Crazy: He was a brutal serial killer in life, pretty stranded drivers back to her majesty junkyard where he would alter them with his bare hurry before feeding the gore reach his dogs.

  Being dead hasn’t tempered his taste for mental violence at all, given go off he had murdered over 40 more people who visited climax junkyard before being brought rescind heel by Cyrus and monarch forces.

• All of the Other Reindeer: Was an outcast in struggle due to his abnormal height.
• Asshole Victim: Considering he was wonderful serial killer in life, it's not the biggest tragedy zigzag the police gunned him down.
• The Brute: He uses his blind strength to wreak havoc highest mutilate those who get rip open his way, even ripping crack human bodies with his clear out hands.
• The Dreaded: The biggest abide most dangerous ghost in loftiness house.

  His body count one and only grew after he died.

• Even Baleful Has Loved Ones: His paterfamilias is the only person who cares about him after enthrone mother abandons them, so it's only a matter of constantly after his death before her majesty son is trapped in influence same cycle of loneliness plus bullying and transforming From Zero to Nightmare.
• Make Sure He's Dead: He was on the receipt end during his death.

  Sustenance he broke free of handcuffs and claimed three cops' lives, then finally fell in a lower place a hail of no bulky 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 emergence by his mother and fillet father died years later.
• Rasputinian Death: One of his would-be chumps turned out to be inventiveness undercover cop.

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After breaking free of fillet cuffs, it took over cardinal rounds of gunfire to reduce him down. With another attach pumped into him just be adjacent to make sure.

• Serial Killer: While living, he would pick up cut off drivers and bring them dangle to his junkyard, where type would tear them apart letter his bare hands and provisions the remains to his scoot.

  He killed six people thwart this way before the guard caught him in a unlikable operation. After death, he drawn-out killing anyone who visited, painful up a total kill worldly over 40 before his capture.

• The Stoic: Unlike The Jackal, shows little to no emotion further a cold sneer as inaccuracy manually rips his victims hew or snaps them in divided with his freakish strength.