Stephen King's Rose Red [DVD] [2002]

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Product Description Haunted-house chiller mini-series based on an original teleplay by Stephen King. Steeped in legend, 'Rose Red' is a beautiful but decrepit mansion that never appears to be completed, and appears to change its shape and structure at will. Professor Joyce Reardon (Nancy Travis) decides to find out once and for all whether the notorious buiding really is haunted, and invites six people - each with a distinct paranormal skill - to join her on a psychic field trip to reawaken the estate's supposedly dormant supernatural powers. Once there, the team's efforts unleash the spirit of former owner Ellen Rimbauer (Julia Campbell), and uncover the horrifying secrets of those who lived and died there... .co.uk Review The leisurely pace of the horror miniseries Rose Red is like settling into a long book full of detail--a book not unlike those of Stephen King, who wrote the script. The story (about a researcher into the paranormal who takes a team of psychics into a haunted house) recycles themes that King has used before--a telekinetic girl, a house with its own consciousness--but for his fans, the familiarity is probably comfortable and even enjoyable. The cast (including Nancy Travis, Julian Sands, and Melanie Lynsky from Heavenly Creatures) gives committed performances, and the special effects are television-grade but used pretty well. Most of it doesn't make much sense, but at its best Rose Red is absurd and creepy at the same time. --Bret Fetzer