Thir13een Ghosts (2001) Movie Review

Thir13een Ghosts (2001) IMDB

Thir13en Ghosts (2001) movie poster

Let’s start this review with the premise of the movie - Your rich uncle dies and he leaves you his house. Who wouldn’t be excited to see your new mansion !! Oh, by the way it has glass walls on the inside. That is a bit weird. Hmmm. Glass walls sound a bit like a mirror maze, and as the story unfolds the walls shift in the house, making it an actual maze for the occupants to move through. Did I mention the house has been sealed and they are trapped inside? I didn’t. Oh, well they are trapped inside with 12 ghosts who can only be seen by wearing special glasses. So, if 12 ghosts are chasing them around a glass walled mazelike house why is the movie called Thir13een ghosts ? And that is the story. Can the group escape the locked house and what do the ghosts want ?

The good of the movie is an interesting story concept and an unfolding mystery. The bad is the cartoonlike visuals of the 12 ghosts. I would prefer a more menacing group than one that kids could watch (with exceptions for The Jackal and the Juggernaut which are both excellent baddies). Despite that, this film is still rated R for violence and gore, and a bit more.

This is actually remake of the 1960 film 13 Ghosts by William Castle and starring Charles Herbert. That version had much different special effects. I think I prefer the 1960 version which can be found for free streaming typically.

There was a lot of potential in the modern version, but it didn’t deliver. The reviews were poor for it when it was released and I have to agree. I give it a 5/10.

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Wrath of the Titans (2012) Movie Review

Wrath of the Titans (2012) IMDB

Wrath of the Titans 2012 movie poster

How do you feel about watching a big budget adventure fantasy movie that did over $300M in worldwide box office ? What if it was also the sequel to Clash of the Titans which did almost $500M ? Lets see how this big budget sequel, Wrath of the Titans stacks up. We get the return of Liam Neeson as Zeus and Ralph Fiennes as Hades from Clash, but this story focuses on the main character Perseus, played by Sam Worthington.

Tens years after the close of our first film, the gods have a problem because mankind has stopped worshipping the gods like they had in the past and they are losing their power as a result. Part of that power they gain is used to hold together the walls of the underworld prison Tartarus. Eventually, as the power wains, we have a large prison break and monsters (titans) are released on the world. Zeus is betrayed and imprisoned in the Underworld. Now we have some action taking place, with Perseus needing to defeat a series of monsters. We get fights with some fun mythical features like a Chimera and a Cyclopes (see the video thumbnail blow for a glimpse).

The story eventually becomes a fantasy quest to defeat the “final boss” (Kronos) and save Zeus from the Underworld. Perseus needs to make his way through a shifting labyrinth in Tartarus and eventually encounters the mythical Minotaur. The story unfolds in a typical big budget fashion. The monsters are good and the special effects are also. I didn’t expect much from this film and that is what it delivered.

I would say 6/10. Worth seeing if you like this kind of film. Unfortunately this film did not do well enough at the box office to greenlight the last part of the trilogy, Revenge of the Titans.

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2025 Maze of the Week Review

I wanted to give everyone an overview of all the mazes of the week that were featured on the site this year (#’s 158-209). If you want to see all of the mazes of the week, I have made an archive that includes all of them in order (with links to downloads). This will allow me to delete most of the Monday blog posts that announce them and clean up the website. It sits in the free downloadable section of the website for now.

Other related year end content:

My Favorite Mazes from 2025

Some statistics about the 52 mazes I featured this year:

  • The first half of the year featured previous mazes that I redid to hopefully improve them. #158-182.

  • The middle section featured mazes I hadn’t previously published for one reason or another (wanted to improve them or they were previous commission mazes) #183-189. They are all types of scenes, from skylines to beaches to mountains.

  • And finally I finished the year with my Land, Air, Sea and Space Collection that featured mazes of vehicles. Each of those mazes can be found in the Vehicle Maze Section of the site. There are 13 Land, 2 Air, 2 Sea and 3 Space Mazes.

The Maze List

Maze of the Week 10 Redux - The Alamo Mission (MOTW #158)

Maze of the Week 42 Redux - Sydney Opera House - (MOTW #159)

Maze of the Week 3 Redux - Museum of the North (MOTW#160)

Maze of the Week 45 Redux - Air Force Cadet Chapel (MOTW#161)

Maze of the Week 38 Redux - Hoover Dam (MOTW #162)

Maze of the Week 27 Redux - Lincoln Memorial (MOTW #163)

Maze of the Week 8 Redux - Abraham Lincoln Maze (MOTW#164)

Maze of the Week 99 Redux - Berlin Planetarium (MOTW#165)

Maze of the Week 94 Redux - BMW Welt (MOTW# 166)

Maze of the Week 39 Redux - Spaceship Earth at Epcot Center (MOTW#167)

Maze of the Week 13 Redux - Clayton Theatre (MOTW #168)

MOTW# 25 Redux - National Center for Human and Civil Rights (MOTW#169)

Maze of the Week 23 Redux - Wrigley Field Sign (MOTW#170)

Maze of the Week 59 Redux - QRO Walking Street (MOTW #171)

Maze of the Week 49 Redux - Chich'en Itza (MOTW #172)

Maze of the Week 64 Redux - Leeds Castle (MOTW#173)

Maze Redux - Darth Vader (MOTW#174)

Maze of the Week 77 Redux - Giraffe (MOTW #175)

Maze of the Week 79 Redux - Severance Hall (MOTW#176)

Maze of the Week 46 Redux - The Free Stamp (MOTW#177)

Maze of the Week 75 Redux - Peter B Lewis Building (MOTW#178)

Maze of the Week 92 Redux - Kresge Auditorium (MOTW #179)

Maze of the Week 91 Redux - Monte Alban (MOTW#180)

Maze of the Week Re-Dux #56 - Matrimandir at Auroville Maze (MOTW#181)

Maze of the Week Re-Dux #36 - Key West Buoy (MOTW#182)

And here are some new mazes:

Maze of the Week #183 - The Gateway Arch

Maze of the Week #184 - San Antonio Skyline Maze

Maze of the Week #185 - Grande anse du diamant maze

Maze of the Week #186 - Catalina Island Shore Maze

Maze of the Week #187 - Beach Scene Maze

Maze of the Week #188 - Matterhorn Maze

Maze of the Week #189 - Dragon Tree Maze

And here begins the new kids Vehicle Mazes:

Maze of the Week #190 - School bus Maze

Maze of the Week #191 - Locomotive Maze

Maze of the Week #192 - Camper Maze

Maze of the Week #193 - Double Decker Bus Maze

Maze of the Week #194 - Volkswagen Beetle Maze

Maze of the Week #195 - Tractor Maze

Maze of the Week #196 - 18 Wheeler Maze

Maze of the Week #197 - Front Loader Maze

Maze of the Week #198 - Bulldozer Maze

Maze of the Week #199 - Motorcycle Maze

Maze of the Week #200 - Taxi Cab Maze

Maze of the Week #201 - Monster Truck Maze

Maze of the Week #202 - Submarine Maze

Maze of the Week #203 - Wooden Sailing Ship Maze

Maze of the Week #204 - Aircraft Maze

Maze of the Week #205 - Space Shuttle Maze

Maze of the Week #206 - Space Station Maze

Maze of the Week #207 - Snow Cruiser Maze

Maze of the Week #208 - Santa's Sleigh Maze

Maze of the Week #209 - Lunar Lander Maze

Barbarella (1968) Movie Review

It is time again to review a movie that contains a maze or labyrinth. Today we look athe the cult calssic fantasy movie from 1968, Barbarella starring Jane Fonda.

Barbarella (1968) (IMDB)

Barbarella movie poster

Describing a movie like this can be difficult. It takes place in the year 40,000 and since I do not have a time machine (but would not admit if I did), I cannot say for sure that this is how people will dress in the future, but this looks like a fashion show gone wrong. But, someone would say the same thing about today from 1920, 1820, 1720, 1620…so what do I know.

I know that this is a bad movie. The kind of movie that if you are forced to watch it you do yourself a favor and watch it at a minimum of 1.5X speed. Jane Fonda looks great in 1968. You see a lot of her because she doesn’t seem to have enough clothing most of the time. Not to interrupt myself, but shouldn’t I mention the maze/labyrinth in the movie ?

When Barberella crash lands on a planet during her mission, she must find Durand Durand in the evil city of Sogo. Surrounding Sogo is a labyrinth that contains all the good people who have been expelled from the city because they are not evil. Barb needs to find a way out of the labyrinth and into Sogo. Some of the walls are made of people. Like Soylent Green. Did I ruin it ? It came out in 1973. Deal with it.

The music is terrible. The fashion is questionable. The acting is frightful. The special effects are horrid even adjusting for time, but the poster is kind of awesome !

I give this a 5/10. It is a fun watch if you don’t expect to see anything great.

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