After Death Following their deaths, Harold and Margaret's spirits remained bound to earth, and were captured by Cyrus Kriticos to become The Great Child and The Dire Mother. The two were then moved to the basement of Basileus's Machine with the other ten ghosts.
The Dire Mother: (played by Laurie Soper) Margaret Shelburne, Harold's mother, was a shy little lady, standing three feet tall. She never could stand up for herself.
In the film, The Torso was portrayed by Daniel Wesley, a double amputee.
Humphrey Bone or Headless Humphrey is a Catholic Tudor nobleman, who died after being accidentally beheaded. His body spends most of the time searching for his head rather unsuccessfully. His head is portrayed by Laurence Rickard, who also plays Robin, while his body is portrayed by Yani Xander.
So yes, it's a 'true story,' but maybe one with an unreliable narrator.” Even so, the filmmakers read all they could about the house and its owner, consulted historical documents and period photographs, and visited the home five times.
The Screaming Woman, the first ghost in the 1960 13 Ghosts film. The First Born Son, the first ghost in the 2001 Thirteen Ghosts film.
The machine was designed to use the ghosts of the Black Zodiac to open the Eye of Hell, and works when thirteen earth-bound souls, twelve of which each represent a sign of the Black Zodiac are fed to the machine's core, sucking their energy.
This, the audience might remember, is exactly what Engstrand himself did the previous day, when he accidentally started a small fire in the orphanage. Consequently, it's reasonable to assume that Engstrand is the one who started this fire as well.
The Black Zodiac is a dark inversion of the normal Zodiac. Like its celestial counterpart, the more eldritch Black Zodiac is divided into twelve arcane signs; unlike its counterpart, these signs represent twelve earthbound ghosts necessary to gain access to the Ocularis Infernum.
Pariah Dark, otherwise recognized as The Ghost King, is the tyrannical king of all ghosts and the supreme ruler of the Ghost Zone, reputed to be the most fearsome and horrid of specters. He made his debut as the main antagonist of the episode “Reign Storm.”
Cousins Samantha and Spencer Gibb have unveiled their first single as the alt-pop duo The Ghost Twins.
The Ghost Children are victims of the Other Mother. Like Coraline, they were lured into the Other World and given a choice to stay if they had buttons sewn into their eyes, but unlike her, they accepted her offer.
Katherine “Kitty” is the ghost of a Georgian noblewoman who died somewhere in the late 1700s. She is portrayed by actress Lolly Adefope.
Benjamin Rush, the thirteenth ghost in the 1960 13 Ghosts film. The Broken Heart, the foretold thirteenth and final ghost in the 2001 Thirteen Ghosts film.
Roman Zaragoza as Sasappis, a cynical Lenape Native American. Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn, a Viking and the oldest of the ghosts who died of a lightning strike. He has the ability to make lights flicker, which is shared with Robin in the British series.
Molly is an artist, often working from home. Perhaps the only downside to their idyllic existence is Sam's inability to tell Molly that he loves her, only ever using the word "ditto."
'The ghost in the machine' is a phrase coined by British philosopher Gilbert Ryle to highlight the absurdity of the Cartesian theory that mind and body are composed of two distinct 'substances', namely mental and physical substances.
Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn/"Thor", a Viking and the oldest of the ghosts, who set out on an expedition to North America over 1,000 years ago but was abandoned by his shipmates and died of a lightning strike.
Pinky (ピンキー Pinkii) is one of the four main ghosts in the Pac-Man series. She represents as the only female ghost and likes to be pretty. She attempts to ambush Pac-Man by moving parallel to him.
The Dire Mother
The ninth ghost is nearly always seen with the eighth ghost. Instead of a Scorpio, however, she's the representation of a Sagittarius.
Kalina Oretzia is the secondary antagonist in Thir13en Ghosts. She was a spirit liberator who became Cyrus Kriticos' secret lover and servant. She was killed by her lover for balking at his orders to put Bobby and Kathy, children of his nephew Arthur, in jeopardy. She was portrayed by Embeth Davidtz.
The exterior of the Plato Zorba House that the family inherits is in reality the Winchester Mystery House located in San Jose, California.
The only way Cyrus could get the machine to work is if the spirits of the Black Zodiac were made complete. Therefore, he needed all 13 ghosts characters in Thirteen Ghosts in order to achieve his goal. His initial plan was to force Arthur to sacrifice himself and become the 13th ghost, The Broken Heart.