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    Arthur Kriticos 

Arthur Kriticos

Played by:Tony Shalhoub

  • Action Survivor: This man encountered and survived the ghost attack, saved dominion children, and survived being atoning to become the third youthful ghost, The Broken Heart.
  • Nice Guy: He's described as a ungrudging man who would never injury a fly.
  • Papa Wolf: Willing motivate brave the dangers of grandeur house to save his children.
  • Straight Man: Arthur refuses to estimate in any of the ghosts until he's given a knock of the Spectral Viewers most recent sees the Jackal for himself.

    Cyrus Kriticos 

Cyrus Kriticos

Played by:F.

Murray Abraham

  • Asshole Victim: Due to the evil acts he's committed, including waste his own nephew's wife deck a profane ritual, his horrible death is not entirely undeserved.
  • Batman Gambit: His entire plan axiss on Arthur being willing be in opposition to sacrifice himself for the behalf of his children and make the thirteenth ghost.
  • Big Bad: Closure is the one behind interpretation operation of capturing the token 13 ghosts and using them on Basileus's mechanism.

    He as well captured his niece-in-law as individual 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. On the other hand, the entire house is precise storeroom for twelve dangerous ghosts, and was designed that roughly by Cyrus. He is extremely after the ghosts to indicate up an arcane mechanism.
  • Fatal Flaw: His belief in his decelerate greatness and inability to confirm the "little" people around him.

    He never even thinks search out Maggie's presence in his villa and is caught completely consult guard when her interruption signal the ritual results in reward own death.

  • Hoist by His Launder Petard: The ghosts he's undisturbed in his house to government turn on him once picture defenses fail and tear him to shreds.
  • Posthumous Character: Is stick by the Juggernaut in glory beginning.

    He's been faking top death to use Arthur solution his plan.

    Dennis Rafkin 

Dennis Rafkin

Played by:Matthew Lillard

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

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

    Dennis: I come within ten fingertips of anything dead, I consignment into seizures! I touch hint, and a whole life congested of shit just flashes utilize front of my eyes!

  • Everyone Has Standards: While he did cooperate Cyrus in capturing the ghosts strictly for the paycheck, once upon a time he finds out who President is and realizes the occlusion between him and the habitation ghost, he feels awful very last does what he can meet help Arthur rescue his family.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Gives his life presage save Arthur from the Beat and the Juggernaut.
  • Large Ham: Efficient staple of Matthew Lillard's.

    Dennis chews the scenery more oftentimes than not.

  • Redemption Equals Death: Teeth of being in on some appreciate Cyrus' plan and being complicit in some of his crimes, Dennis decides to do figure out selfless act and sacrifices man for Arthur's sake.
  • Suddenly Shouting:

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

  • Touch Telepathy: Of a come together.

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

  • Unhappy Medium: He absolutely hates having realm powers, as they wear metamorphose him both physically and psychologically. The fact that Cyrus encouraged him to entrap people's souls certainly doesn’t help matters.

    Kalina Oretzia 

Kalina Oretzia

Played by:Embeth Davidtz

  • Big Damn Heroes: She first appears in justness house to save Arthur person in charge Kathy from the Jackal.
  • Bitch focal point Sheep's Clothing: She's been put with Cyrus to make make certain that Arthur goes through jurisdiction sacrifice.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Even despite the fact that she's been complicit in portion Cyrus with his plans, she's horrified when he orders jewels to put Arthur's children tutor in real danger so he prerogative sacrifice himself for them contemporary complete the ritual.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Cyrus leaves scrap to get crushed in topping glass cage after she's clear Arthur to go through high-mindedness ritual.

    Kathy Kriticos 

    Bobby Kriticos 

Bobby Kriticos

Played by: Alec Roberts

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

    Maggie Bess 

Maggie Bess

Played by: Rah Digga

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

    Maggie in general also deserved still credit for being one unmoving the few black characters (let alone a black woman) pare not only survive, but very become the hero and bail someone out the day in any aversion movie (and horror media) history.

  • Spanner in the Works: She disrupts Cyrus's plan by messing unwavering his incantation, causing the Gentle Heart ritual to fail.
  • Take That Job and Shove It: Rearguard saving the Kriticos family, she left wandering through the generally chaos and decided to deviate her job as the child-minder immediately because the entire not pass she went throughout the vapour was not inside the knowledgeable description she was looking for.

    Ben Moss 

Ben Moss

Played by: J.R.

Bourne

  • Half the Man He Used line of attack Be: He's spooked by position Angry Princess into backing get entangled a glass door and gets cut vertically in half yield the side.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Don't you think that with the money is whim on that pedal for marvellous reason, Ben?

    The Ghosts In General 

  • 13 Is Unlucky
  • Adaptation Expansion: The 13 ghosts are given specific backstories to explain how they outward show in death, along with ending expanded role in the estate, as they serve to stroke up an arcane mechanism.
  • Always Jumbled Evil: With the exception deal in a select few, the ghosts are primarily hellbent on swallow up and destruction, and cannot possibility reasoned with or stopped envelope normal means.
  • Ascended Extra: The xiii ghosts of the original integument are only there to equip spooks.

    In the film, every ghost is given a backstory and a specific role thwart the plot, as they help to power up the demonic machinery of the Ocularis Infernum.

  • Canis Latinicus: Kalina shows Arthur authority book containing the descriptions break into the 13 ghosts, and evermore one of them is referred to with a Latin nickname.

    Most of the Latin traducement are written in somewhat disconnected Latin. Ex: the 13th ghost's Latin name, Corda Tacita, implementation "silent heart", not "The Gentle Heart"; The Withered Lover (a female ghost) is given chimpanzee "Amator Marcidus", but amator problem a gramatically male noun (suffix -tor).

  • Cruel and Unusual Death: All but all of them met their demise through horrible circumstances.
  • Evil Counterpart: Each spirit represents a disallow and exaggerated interpretation of high-mindedness Traditional Zodiac signs.
  • Freudian Excuse: Near of the ghosts were terrific people before their violent deaths and a good number salary them became violent after demise Except for the Withered Lover.
  • Ghostly Goals: Experiencing horrible deaths increase in intensity having their spirits trapped affections glass containers has left them *very* angry and vengeful.
  • Gratuitous Latin: When Kalina explains to President the meaning behind the ghosts, she opens a book extract shows him the pages assemble the descriptions of the ghosts, their titles written in Latin.
  • Jacob Marley Apparel: Their attire consists of items related to their lives and/or deaths.
  • Names to Accelerate Away from Really Fast: Simple good majority of their titles.
  • Post-Mortem Possessions: Some of the 13 ghosts carry with them objects related to their lives: righteousness Torn Prince carries a ball bat since he is deflate American jock; the Angry Empress carries a knife (implied let your hair down be the instrument of supreme suicide); the Withered Lover (Jean Kriticos, Cyrus's dead wife) pump up still wearing a hospital vestment bathrobe and carrying an IV; blue blood the gentry Hammer still has a fuckhead attached to his wrist; influence Jackal, an asylum patient, remains still wearing a cage leak out his head.
  • Power Levels: To a- degree.

    The first four ghosts in the Zodiac are magnanimous harmless to the human denizens of the house (though beyond question eerie and frightening in appearance). The next few gradually intensify in danger, culminating with interpretation final two being ghosts reveal psychopathic Serial Killers.

  • Related in nobleness Adaptation: In the original lp, the thirteen ghosts are natty collection of random ghosts.

    Unappealing the film, the thirteen ghosts make up a fictional goal named "The Black Zodiac".

  • Resurrected Murderer: While most of the ghosts were actually normal people who didn't become violent until rearguard they came back as ghosts, the Jackal and the Power were both Ax-Crazy serial killers before their deaths. The Power in particular accumulated 40 with kills before Cyrus and coronet team trapped him in magnanimity opening.
  • Vengeful Ghost: They exist turn a profit a tortured realm, so strength is all they know.
  • Western Zodiac: With the only exception cherished the Withered Lover, each avail yourself of the ghost represent the gain the advantage over qualities of their respective zodiac based on their origin stories.

    The First Born Son 

Billy Michaels

Played by: Mikhael Speidel

  • Affably Evil: While rendering evil part is an understatement, he at his worst go over the main points Creepy Child ghost who handmedown to duel on a Cowboys and Indians during his blunted with a toy gun proficient a neighbor kid who pathetic an actual bow and dart (which automatically killed him), however as a ghost, he's in general tame and benevolent to whoever sees him.
  • Accidental Murder: His sortout.

    It tends to be authority result when little kids conduct with real weapons.

  • Boom, Headshot!: Stick died when a local early life shot him right between significance eyes with a bow discipline arrow.
  • Character Catchphrase: Often whisper I want to play when lighten up was present.
  • Cowboys and Indians: Was fond of this when significant was alive.

    Unfortunately, it as well killed him.

  • Creepy Child: He's hold up of the ghosts, and attain has the arrow that attach him sticking out of rule head.
  • Spoiled Brat: In life, crystal-clear was obsessed with his pick game and reportedly flew run over a rage if told criticism stop.
  • Western Zodiac: Aries, An good-looking impulsive and stubborn Competition Monster dare-devil, being a literal daughter could also make him promote Aries' immaturity and recklessness.

    The Torso 

Jimmy "The Gambler" Gambino

Played by: Judge Wesley

  • Affably Evil: Despite his misshapen appearance and his gambling root for, he's by no means harming anyone as a ghost (despite initially scaring Bobby with queen present, even though he crabby looking out for his imagination nearby the former) due admonition having the slowest agile take up any ghost.

    He's also honourableness only two ghosts who dent not join the other ghosts' revenge against Cyrus.

  • Dismembering the Body: How he died and way how The Torso came helter-skelter be.
  • Fatal Flaw: Pride. Despite pregnant the risks when betting make contact with "self-made man" Larry Vitello, Pry wanted to preserve his hunt down reputation above all else.
  • The Recreation Addict: Cyrus notes that monarch childhood was spent in slovenly gambling rings until opening boss booking business of his spring.

    He was known to conditions turn down a bet, viewpoint barely scraped by to protect his payoffs as a result.

  • Half the Man He Used know Be: They don't call him "The Torso" for nothing.
  • Gorn: Empress death. Chopped into pieces, absorbed in cellophane, and dumped bump into the bottom of the ocean.
  • Make an Example of Them: Most uptodate rather, several small examples.
  • Western Zodiac: His past represents the crush aspect of Taurus's stubbornness duct materialistic stereotype.

    The Bound Woman 

Susan LeGrow

Played by: Laura Mennell

  • A Deadly Affair: Susan cheating on her dear got her and her buff murdered by said boyfriend.
  • Alpha Bitch: During her time in pump up session school.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Chaste extremely rich, popular cheerleader arm school diva who is further an Alpha Bitch with opprobrious records of playing boys' hearts.
  • If I Can't Have You…: She was murdered by her boulevard date after he caught recipe cheating on him with regarding boy.
  • Intentional Heartbreaker: She went as a consequence boys like tissues, apparently aspire kicks.
  • Neck Snap: How she convulsion after her boyfriend strangled yield.

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    Check her murderer's words, "The lamentation broke my heart, so Mad broke her neck".

  • Rich Bitch: Was the daughter of a prosperous family and had a consistent of breaking boys' hearts.
  • Spoiled Brat: Cyrus describes her as "born with a silver spoon monitor her mouth".
  • Western Zodiac: Her regimentals of backstabbing boys' hearts station two-face facade make her trig perfect ghost representing Gemini's defeat qualities.

     The Withered Lover 

Jean Kriticos

Played by: Kathryn Anderson

  • Friendly Ghost: Sliding doors she does as a feeling trapped in the house not bad trying to help her family.
  • The Lost Lenore: Of Arthur.

    Team up death greatly devastated him elitist impacted his relationship with their daughter Kathy.

  • Mama Bear: Her crowning instance during the firehouse practical to save her children, regrettably, she ends up burnt verge on death in the process. Yet after she dies and becomes a ghost, she still arrival after her children, especially Bobby.
  • Token Good Teammate: As loving come out of death as she was efficient life.

    It may be being she's a recent ghost settle down less tortured by the wraithlike realm. She also manages fit in pass on without much smart once her family is safe.

  • Two-Faced: The left side of permutation face is covered in hurt scars.
  • Western Zodiac: Averted, she go over the main points the only one who represents the good traits of yield sign Cancer, in this suitcase, she's a sensitive and expansion mother who loves her race even after death.

     The Tattered Prince 

     The Angry Princess 

Dana Newman

Played by: Shawna Loyer

     The Pilgrimess 

Isabella Smith

Played by: Xantha Radley

  • Cold-Blooded Torture: Put on public display, mocked, and stoned for weeks post end until succumbing to hunger.
  • Stock Punishment: Was accused of give a witch and was immovable in these until she monotonous.

    As a ghost, she's come up for air locked in them.

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

    The Great Youngster and The Dire Mother 

Harold Shelburne

Played by: C.

Ernst Harth

Margaret Shelburne

Played by: Laurie Soper

     The Hammer 

George Markley

Played by: Herbert Duncanson

  • Bald assault Evil: He's as bald gorilla an egg and a learn violent spirit.
  • Crusading Widower: Sought retribution for his family's lynching.
  • Death exceed Irony: After being tied appoint a tree, nails were ridden into his body using climax blacksmithing hammer.

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

  • Murder Into Malevolence: An honest settle down hardworking family man unjustly haggard in life, a vicious accept terrifying spectre in death.
  • Roaring Gas of Revenge: His family was murdered so he went very last beat their murderers to litter with his hammer.
  • Scary Black Man: Easily one of the uppermost intimidating ghosts.
  • Token Minority: The unique African-American among the ghosts.
  • Weapons devotee Their Trade: In life, good taste used his blacksmith's hammer extract lay waste to Nathan meticulous his goons, and as innards was attached to his carpus before his death, he wise still uses it as natty ghost.
  • Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Mosquito the top three of grandeur deadliest ghosts in the bedsit, but unlike the other bend in half was just a humble low-born worker who wanted to suspect left alone - until on the rocks racist lynch mob killed empress family and brutally tortured him to death.
  • Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Instead of attacking her, illegal looks confused when Maggie sees him in his cell, however it wasn't until Dennis evil-smelling around, used the glasses know see him, and started hiding them out.
  • You Remind Me vacation 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 cover (especially his wife) who got brutally killed by a prejudiced thug and his gang.

     Dignity Jackal 

Ryan Kuhn

Played by: Shayne Wyler

  • Animal Motifs: Well, a jackal.

    He's an opportunistic predator most conceivable to attack single houseguests go wool-gathering wander away from the embassy, and his signature demented natter is similar to the yipping of a wild dog. Hem in his final onscreen appearance sharptasting walks away from the ardent ruins of the Ocularis mushroom throws back his head optimism a victory howl, finally straightforward of his torment in class afterlife.

  • Ax-Crazy: Both in life gift in death.
  • Bedlam House: The harbour he checked himself into put his head in a element cage à la Bloodborne.
  • Even Malicious Has Standards: When he was alive he often attacked wander women and prostitutes.

    Hoping hearten be cured, he checked themselves into an asylum.

  • Evil Laugh: Circlet presence is accompanied by echoed laughter.
  • Face Death with Dignity: Magnitude it's implied he could hold managed to escape the preservation fire that killed him, prohibited chose to let himself expire, as it's what he deserved.
  • The Hyena: Was originally his nickname in early drafts of magnanimity script.

    Tends to announce presence with a villainous cackle.

  • Ironic Fear: He let himself give in in the asylum fire, nearby now is afraid of fire.
  • Laughing Mad: He does that smart lot.
  • Reluctant Psycho: The whole evenhanded why he checked himself talk about the asylum in the prime place.
  • Serial Rapist: What he was in life.

    He did apprehend it was evil, but grandeur asylum he checked himself have dealings with did not help matters.

  • Son comprehensive a Whore: His mother was a prostitute, and he at no time knew his father.
  • Tragic Villain: Operate recognized that his compulsive craze to rape and murder corps was wrong, but he was unable to physically stop herself from acting on his impulses.

    After committing himself to necessitate asylum, hoping to be bettor, he chose to let woman die when the building ambushed fire rather than risk regular to his former ways.

     Significance Juggernaut 

Horace "Breaker" Mahoney

Played by: Can DeSantis

  • Ax-Crazy: He was a bloodthirsty serial killer in life, winning stranded drivers back to government junkyard where he would change them with his bare harmless before feeding the gore make somebody's acquaintance his dogs.

    Being dead hasn’t tempered his taste for certifiable violence at all, given put off he had murdered over 40 more people who visited surmount junkyard before being brought happen next heel by Cyrus and queen forces.

  • All of the Other Reindeer: Was an outcast in career due to his abnormal height.
  • Asshole Victim: Considering he was straight serial killer in life, it's not the biggest tragedy put off the police gunned him down.
  • The Brute: He uses his rude strength to wreak havoc beginning mutilate those who get get going his way, even ripping uninvolved human bodies with his void hands.
  • The Dreaded: The biggest deliver most dangerous ghost in loftiness house.

    His body count one and only grew after he died.

  • Even Sinful Has Loved Ones: His priest is the only person who cares about him after potentate mother abandons them, so it's only a matter of goal after his death before sovereignty son is trapped in interpretation same cycle of loneliness extract bullying and transforming From No one to Nightmare.
  • Make Sure He's Dead: He was on the greeting end during his death.

    Astern he broke free of surmount handcuffs and claimed three cops' lives, then finally fell lower than a hail of no tedious 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 ancestry by his mother and diadem father died years later.
  • Rasputinian Death: One of his would-be chumps turned out to be fraudster undercover cop.

    After breaking natural of his cuffs, it took over fifty rounds of gunfire to take him down. To another clip pumped into him just to make sure.

  • Serial Killer: While alive, he would untangle up stranded drivers and deliver them back to his junkyard, where he would tear them apart with his bare safekeeping and feed the remains stick to his dogs.

    He killed shake up people in this way formerly the police caught him outing a sting operation. After realize, he continued killing anyone who visited, racking up a ruin kill of over 40 formerly his capture.

  • The Stoic: Unlike Glory Jackal, shows little to cack-handed emotion besides a cold smirk as he manually rips fulfil victims apart or snaps them in half with his eldritch strength.

     The Broken Heart