13 is normally unlucky for most people, but 13 Hrs is a passable way of spending almost 90 minutes.
Sarah (Isabella Calthorpe, right) is is home from the U.S. on holiday for two weeks. After moving out there for
work, she yearned of a return so she could see her father, Duncan (Simon MacCorkindale), brothers Charlie
(Gabriel Thomson), Luke (Antony De Liseo), Stephen (Peter Gadiot), his girlfriend and Sarah's
half-sister Emily (Gemma Atkinson, below-right with Isabella in a promotional shot) and friends Doug (Joshua Bowman) and Gary (Tom Felton).
So, there's the cast introduced and it's nice to see the late Simon McCorkindale pop up in what, sadly, was to be
his last film. However, it's a brief appearance. Before too long, the kids get drunk kids, they're in a big abode
that looks like a haunted house and there's a power cut. As they faff about, there's tons of blood dripping on
the stair carpet, but where's it coming from?
Corky's body has been eviscerated and so has Stoner the dog, but what is it that's killing them? It's snarling
away and is forcing the kids into the loft, leaving Gary behind, who got cut off from the others as he
went looking for fuses in the kitchen. One of them causes a distraction to the animal while another goes for
a phone to try and call the police, but will it work? And will they, too, get eaten?
Well, what you need to know most of all is that Isabella Calthorpe is nicely toned and that Gemma Atkinson often
has her breasts jiggling about with the other attraction being her very short skirt.
Yes, it's one of those films where the cast get picked off one by one. It's nicely directed and paced in order
to move the film along and not show too much of the animal early on, thus giving undertones of
The Thing, but it's definitely not on that level.
And when one character died around 50 minutes in, I didn't actually realise straight away that they had!
It's difficult to describe without giving any spoilers but when you see it, you'll know.
That said, it all moved towards an ending I wasn't expecting and so it's worth a rental if nothing else.
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DVD: 
Presented in the original 1.85:1 anamorphic theatrical ratio, the picture is sharp, nicely detailed and
Well framed with no major problems whatsoever.
For the record, I'm watching on a Panasonic 37" Plasma screen upscaled via a Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray player.
