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Stephen King's Rose Red
2001
A group of people spend a night in a haunted house - but these people all have psychic powers... The unparalled master of horror scares up another fright-filled ectoplasmic encounter in Stephen King's Red Rose - spread over two discs. Read more
| Starring | Nancy Travis, Robert Blanche, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly Brown |
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| Director | Craig R. Baxley |
| Genres | Horror |
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Stephen King's Rose Red
A group of people spend a night in a haunted house - but these people all have psychic powers... The unparalled master of horror scares up another fright-filled ectoplasmic encounter in Stephen King's Red Rose - spread over two discs.
| Starring | Nancy Travis, Robert Blanche, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly Brown, David Dukes |
|---|---|
| Director | Craig R. Baxley |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 4 hrs 5 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 10 Feb 2003 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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24 out of 27 people found this review helpful
Creepy Plot + Great Performances = One of the best thriller/horrors I've seen
From reading 'Stephen King's Danse Macabre' I saw what a passion Stephen King had for the haunted house premise in horror fiction. If one watches 'The Shining' you may think he already did his haunted house story (after all what is a hotel?), however, this movie is a much different creature that goes beyond cabin fever, telepathy and dives stright into insanity.
In the first chapter of the tale, dread sets while we learn the histories of all our participants and invariably side with Dr. Joyce Reardon, superbly played by Nancy Travis. The second chapter is two hours of gut wrenching taut tension and the end neatly closes up King's tale in one of the finest climaxes he's ever written either in prose or for the screen.
This film also boasts some of the best and most convincing CGI i've seen to date. It was supernatural only when need be other than that it looked utterly convincing and frightening. Another thing that resonates after watching 'Rose Red' is that this is indeed one of his nastiest collection of characters not since 'The Stand' did he even come close to having a contingent of nasty characters such as this but even still they are all likeable in at least one way or another. The undertones of religion and evil hit home harder than ever before. I'm not going to give anything away but if you analyze it you won't find clear cut good guys and clear cut bad guys.
Stephen King has delivered one of the most bone-chilling suspenseful mini-series of all time. The format seems truly to have been created for his work. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Worth a look on a cold winters night
Rose Red - a rather odd and for some reason annoying title for a house - is quite an entertaining three hours of viewing.
Its Stephen King at his most uninspired and cliched, but its still Stephen King and so holds a few novelty scenes that will set the hair standing on your neck. It had my girlfriend hiding behind her hands and she loves this kind of stuff, so dont be put off by all the negative reviews.
The characters are hit and miss - terribly wooden acting from some, and more convincing performances from others, but at the end of the day you just want to see how each of them will die. Its a horror story after all!
Special effects are at time a joke, but this film was made in 2001 and I suppose todays CGI wasnt available. Some of the puppets though - I think I could have done better myself. Perhaps the most terrifying bit is when we get to see how old Stephen King has become; his cameo role taking a thankfully brief 30 seconds or so.
Once the film was over you will want to own Rose Red - ghosts and all. What a piece of real estate! -
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