Joel Silver must be out of his mind. The once-great producer of movies such as “Predator,” “Die Hard” and “Lethal Weapon” has in recent times lost his grasp on what a good movie is. His latest projects have been lethargic and stale. If you have seen “Conspiracy Theory,” “Romeo Must Die” or the 1999 remake of “House on Haunted Hill,” then I’m truly sorry.

His latest endeavor, “13 Ghosts,” is also a remake of an old horror movie. The film shares something else with “House on Haunted Hill,” in that it sucks. Sometimes we just go to the movies for cheap thrills, so it’s a damn shame when we end up paying the price for a bore.

In “13 Ghosts,” Tony Shalhoub plays Arthur, a single father of two who inherits a house from his estranged Uncle Cyrus (F. Murray Abraham). Without hesitation, Arthur takes his family on a tour of the multimillion-dollar glass house. There he comes across Rafkin (Matthew Lillard), a psychic who has broken into the house to collect a money debt from Cyrus. When Rafkin discovers ghosts in the basement, he confronts Arthur and they agree that they need to find an escape from the house. The problems are that Arthur’s son is missing, and there is no way to escape.

I could try to express why this movie is so bad, but I wouldn’t know where to start. However, the screen debut of hip-hoptress Rah Digga, who plays the family nanny, provides a little life on screen. Even though the dialogue and story are bad, she finds a way to play off it and at least tries to have fun. As for Joel Silver, I hope he pushes the follow-ups to the already overrated “Matrix” so at least we can have something cool to look at.