Rose Red 

A group of people with psychic powers are invited to spend the night in a haunted house.

Stars:

Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Nancy Travis	...	Prof. Joyce Reardon 3 episodes, 2002
Matt Keeslar	...	Steve Rimbauer 3 episodes, 2002
Kimberly J. Brown	...	Annie Wheaton 3 episodes, 2002
David Dukes	...	Professor Carl Miller 3 episodes, 2002
Judith Ivey	...	Cathy Kramer 3 episodes, 2002
Melanie Lynskey	...	Rachel Wheaton 3 episodes, 2002
Matt Ross	...	Emery Waterman 3 episodes, 2002
Julian Sands	...	Nick Hardaway 3 episodes, 2002
Kevin Tighe	...	Victor Kandinsky 3 episodes, 2002
Julia Campbell	...	Ellen Rimbauer 3 episodes, 2002
Emily Deschanel	...	Pam Asbury 3 episodes, 2002
Laura Kenny	...	Mrs. Kay Waterman 3 episodes, 2002
Tsidii Leloka	...	Sukeena 3 episodes, 2002
Yvonne Sciò	...	Actress Deanna Petrie / ... 3 episodes, 2002
Jimmi Simpson	...	Kevin Bollinger 3 episodes, 2002
John Procaccino	...	John P. Rimbauer 3 episodes, 2002
Robert Thomas Preston	...	Young Steven Rimbauer 3 episodes, 2002
Kristen Fischer	...	Annie / ... 3 episodes, 2002
Paige Gordon	...	April Rimbauer 3 episodes, 2002
Robert Blanche	...	Mr. George Wheaton 2 episodes, 2002
Mary Jo Dugaw	...	Mrs. Wheaton 2 episodes, 2002
Don Alder	...	Douglas Posey 2 episodes, 2002
Zoaunne LeRoy	...	Mrs. Stanton 2 episodes, 2002
Richard Sanders	...	Mr. Stanton 2 episodes, 2002

Storyline

Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, leads a team of psychics into the decrepit mansion known as Rose Red. Her efforts unleash the spirit of former owner Ellen Rimbauer and uncover the horrifying secrets of those who lived and died there.

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Plot Keywords:

psychic power | haunted house | psychokinesis | precognition | extrasensory perception | 

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Taglines:

This one was created in Hell.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for terror/violence and some sexual references

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Rose Red

Filming Locations:

Building 27, Sand Point Magnuson Park - 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, Washington, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greengrass Productions,Victor Television Productions,Mark Carliner Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

254 min (3 parts)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stephen King loves the mini-series because it allows him to tell novels in a different format than film, and it reaches a bigger audience.

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Goofs

Though the house is protected by a gate that only seems to be operable using a remote control (as in a later scene there is no signs of an intercom), a pizza delivery man seems to have no problem getting to the front door of the house.

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Quotes

Annie: Bad house! BAD PLACE!

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Crazy Credits

It takes 8 minutes and 30 seconds for the opening credits to play out.

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Connections

References The Haunting (1963)

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Soundtracks

THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE"
Written by Max Steiner
Performed by Percy Faith and His Orchestra
1960 Courtesy of Columbia Records

User Reviews

Junk of the highest order

Stephen King screen adaptations have a well known history of being hit-or-miss (mostly miss). However I was prepared to give this a try, especially since I've regarded his made-for-tv stuff quite highly since "The Stand" (which I regard as one of the best mini-series ever).

However this sad affair I'm sorry to say, is junk. Lord knows I persevered. I persevered thru the uneventful exposition (taking a whole episode to do what a motion-picture would do in 20 minutes, thereby betraying it's tv origins - I watched this on dvd, it not having been screened by any of the networks in Australia). I persevered thru the lame attempts at frightening the audience (unless they're aiming this at 10 year olds on a sleepover, give up) via incredibly bad cgi & puppetry. I persevered thru the illogicalities that infected the script.

The biggest problem was that none of these characters had my sympathy. I didn't care about any of them. The only real half interesting character was Julian Sands but then they kill him off. By the final part I was sincerely wishing that the "ghosts" would finish the lot of them off (ESPECIALLY the little girl!!!). I understand the conventions of the ghost-horror genre. Put a bunch of stupid people in a spooky setting (i.e house, closed summer camp etc etc...) then watch them consistently make bad decisions until only 1 or 2 of them are left. But these people are beyond stupid.

"I'm just going into the haunted kitchen by myself to get some milk from the refridgerator that I noticed where we saw the headless woman this afternoon even though we have no power, it's the middle of the night, and the house is dark"

"Well remember that the house is prone to change shape and you may never find your way back and god knows 5 people are already dead or missing, so take a torch."

"Ok"

These people are dumb to the 'nth' extreme. Hard to give a crap about them really.

Nancy Travis' attempts at acting insane would make Jack Nicholson spin in his grave.

While this certainly isn't the worst ghost movie I've ever seen ('The Haunted' would probably win that award), the fact is it takes too long to get anywhere, and then when it finally does, the emotional payoff to reward ones perseverence fails miserably. It's neither scary, spooky, darkly funny or entertaining. It's boring.