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My Favorite Mini Series since Stephen King's IT!!
I love Stephen King's mini series, I would make sure and set my VCR every time one would come on. This was no exception I had to sit and watch. Yes its long but very detailed and enthrawlling masterpiece. Stephen King captures this Haunted House tale of "Rose Red." If you love good old haunted houses and scary stories you'll love this. It has the sense of reality, maybe perhapes because some haunted houses are real or we would like to think so. Every house has a story, and this one is certainly has it's tale to tell.
It's about a mansion of a house thats been built by John Rimbauer who built it for his wife as a wedding gift. Some gift I have to say. His wife then gets the idea about ghosts, and her having to build the house until it's done. It's a spectacular house with mysteries to every room. And every room having a story to tell. But that's not where the story ends. Dr. Joyce Reardon played by a very great Nancy Travis, loves the story of Rose Red...who wouldn't? She embarkes on getting a group of psychics with their own specialties to awaken the house of Rose Red. The one with the key to open the house is an amazing teenage girl who's Autistic girl named Annie Wheaton who has a special gift. I think that's why I love most of Stephen King's stories he seems to use children as the key to the unseen world. Such as in Stephen King's IT. Not to mention he's a fantastic story teller bringing together a remarkable cast and crew together to tell this haunted tale of which originally aired on ABC. It has a wonderful haunted tale, amazing characters that you'll love and love to hate.
The DVD is a great buy! I was really impressed with it. It has a fantasic The Making of Rose Red. Which is very detailed and I think longer than a half an hour. It goes through the special effects, and how Stephen King got his idea to tell the tale, which is in fact based on the Winchester House in San Jose, California. It also goes through make up, and the cast tells their story of the making of the film. It's Stephen King's first I think since his accident. At least his television story mini series. And not to worry, Stephen King makes an appearance in his movie of course. The making of it is great I loved it. If you like the behind the scene's stuff that goes into the movie. It also pays tribute to David Dukes who sadly passed away in the movie. It also goes into detail of the book, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, with Dr. Joyce Reardon. But they leave that part up to you whether to believe or not any way it's fun and detailed of the story before the team enters Rose Red. It also has production commentary which I have yet to view and other languages to select. I give the movie and DVD an A+!!! Just remember, "Every house has a story to tell...this one will kill you."

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That Was Then...This Is Now
When Rose Red first found its way on T.V. as a six hour mini series for ABC, in 2002, I have to say I was initially underwhelmed. When author Stephen King does a mini series, I usually came away with being solidly entertained, this time it was different. I thought it could have been better...

Dr. Joyce Reardon, (Nancy Travis) is an expert in the field of the paranormal, who has obsessed over the Seattle legend of the Rose Red mansion and the wealthy family who built it, for years. The house has been at the center of many disappearances and deaths over the decades. Now dormant, she enlists the help of a group of psychics-and a 15 year old autistic girl named Annie (Kimberly J. Brown)-to go inside the mysterious mansion, with the hope of "waking" it up and learning its secrets. Joyce also asks a descendant (Matthew Keeslar) of the original owners (who is also her lover) to join them.

Writer Stephen King and director Craig R. Baxley have produced a prequel of sorts that goes into more detail about the history of the Rimbauer family and Rose Red. With that in mind, I decided to give the mini series another crack, and because my favorite aspect of it in the first place, was the "history" stuff King came up with. I thought with the prequel airing soon--I should refresh myself. I must admit, upon my second viewing and without those pesky commercials, I enjoyed the film a bit more. I remember thinking the special effects overtook the story. I didn't see it the same way this time. The acting was pretty solid as well. The best work came from Brown, who doesn't say much, and yet still manages to shine Keeslar, Julian Sands, and Judith Ivey make it work as well. For her part, Travis is OK, but I still had trouble with how she played it at the end. And yes the "history" flashbacks were still the best part-very well done Not as good as King's Storm Of The Century, but not as bad as I first thought, Rose Red has enough to keep you watching

The 2 disc set, has the three part story spread over both DVDs, with part 3 on the second disc. The "production" commentary has a handfull of behind the camera paricipants, all edited together, for a fairly interesting track The best extra though is the 50 minute making of documentary, well made, and it gives the actors and King a chance to opine about Rose Red. The 22 minute "mock-u-mentary" tries to take a cue from The Blair Witch, and assumes the legend of Rose Red is real-with mixed results. This extra aired as a special, before the first part came on, and spoils some plot details. It can be fun, if you watch it after you've seen the film though. Production artwork, storyboards, and the television trailer tops it all off. As a bonus, trailers for some other films are present on disc 2

I am glad I decided to pay a second visit to the mansion. Fans of King's should be as well. Not quite the "ultimate haunted house" story, Rose Red still gets my vote with three and a half stars

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was expecting MUCH better
If you're looking for a good haunted house movie, pass this one up. Its overly long and totally disjointed. The obvious places for commercial breaks don't help. None of the characters are sympathetic in any way. And the ending is neither satisfying nor cathartic. It just ends.

Again, if you want a GOOD haunted house movie, watch 'The Haunting' (1963) with Julie Harris or 'The Legend of Hell House' with Roddy McDowall.