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4.0 out of 5 stars
"Every House Has a Story to tell...This One Will Kill You",
By Tyler Antoine (Houston, DE USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rose Red (DVD)
Rose Red, a spectacular miniseries written by horror-master Stephen King and directed by Craig Baxley (Storm of the Century), was shown on ABC in late January 2002. Many reviewers in the media were not exactly excited about this film. I did not see it when it first aired, though I deeply wished to. Eventually, I bought the DVD; I was ready to watch it. I enjoyed it throughly.I think Nancy Travis' role as Joyce Reardon was a little overdone, however. (Maybe Ms. Travis should just stick to Comedy.) I was hypnotized by Kimberly J. Brown's performance as Annie Wheaton, a autistic telepath. I also could not help but love Julian Sands' portrayal as the incredibly witty, incredibly psychic Nick Hardaway. The score is haunting and beautiful, and it makes me wish there was a CD available that had that on it (10 points go to Gary Chang!). As for the movie, I think that the beginning characterization is something that was necessary, and it was a nice switch from the usuaul gore fest you in Horrors today. Bravo, Stephen. The special effects are superb. Flying stones, building houses, close-ups that get your heart going, ghosts that make you afraid of what may be sleeping on the other side of your bed. Not to mention the stunning animatronics made for the role of Ellen Rimbauer. Some people have found it chillingly scary, but I didn't find it all that frightening (And I'm only 13!). Now for the plot. The basic story is much like Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE. (Or was it Hell House?) "Some Houses Are Born Bad". You betcha. This house, which was built in the late 1800s/early 1900s, builds on to itself (To understand more about the history of Rose Red, I highly suggest the page-turner THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER: MY LIFE AT ROSE RED). So, crazy Joyce Reardon, obsessed with Rose Red, leads a team of psychics into Rose Red to wake up the supposed "dead cell". Soon, the house's dead spirits, who were never really gone, start to reek havoc and people start disappearing. Everything leads up to dark secrets revealed and a climatic ending that is predictable. The reason why I say FOUR STARS, and not five, is that by the time you arrive to Disk Two of the DVD, after the "statue incident" (You'll know what I mean when you get there), you begin wondering when this movie will end. Though every single part is necessary in my view, I believe it does get slightly long-winded. The Special Effects are quite amazing, however. As for the Special Features of the DVD, there isn't a whole lot. There's original storyboard designs, a 50 minute long documentary on the making of ROSE RED, a fake documentary on Ellen's diary (I think that was supremely creative), artwork, a trailer and Commentary. It does give a in-depth look at everything, but it didn't get me exicted or anything. All in all, I believe it is a great movie to watch when you have an open four hours (insert snicker here). Kudos to King and Baxley for a job well done.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Smudges on dvd caused problem at first,
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This review is from: Rose Red (DVD)
When starting the DVD it skipped then stopped, restarted, stopped etc. I took the DVD out and saw 'marks' on it and gave it a clean. Restarted the movie and it did stop for a brief moment and then continued uninterupted for 56 minutes which is all I have seen so far. Keeping my fingers crossed that the rest of the DVD is OK. The quality of DVD is excellent apart from the stopping.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Well done Ghost Story,
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This review is from: Rose Red (DVD)
This will be my all time favorite Horror flick. All though most may stay away thinking this is another Stephen King Movie gone astray from his writtings as has with some of his other movies where the book is far superior to the movie. This movie in fact is Really well made. One of the best Ghost story movies I have ever seen. In fact other than he has his usual cameo apperance as he usually does, you would never know he had anything to do with this film. A great prouction and a well directed movie (actually it was a made for T.V. mini series, you do see where the places for the commercial inserts were to be, about the only draw back to the suspence). It is long for a horror movie over 250 minutes, but it certainly doesn't feel drawn out. Definately a good movie. I even went and puchased the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, not as long as Rose Red, only about 90 minutes.It gives a back ground description of Ellen through her diary, and a better understanding of the house and Ellen, but still a good ghost story on it's own.
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