Winchester (2018)

Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.

Directors:

Michael Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers), Peter Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers)

Writers:

Tom Vaughan, Michael Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers)

Stars:

Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O'Prey

6 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Helen Mirren	...	Sarah Winchester
Sarah Snook	...	Marion Marriott
Finn Scicluna-O'Prey	...	Henry Marriott
Jason Clarke	...	Dr. Eric Price
Emm Wiseman	...	Nancy
Alana Fagan	...	Partially Dressed Lady #1
Rebecca Makar	...	Partially Dressed Lady #2
Tyler Coppin	...	Arthur Gates
Michael Carman	...	Frank
Angus Sampson	...	John Hansen
Alice Chaston	...	Clara
Eamon Farren	...	Ben Block
Laura Brent	...	Ruby Price
Adam Bowes	...	Farmer Amputee
Bruce Spence	...	Augustine

Storyline

Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land fifty miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To an outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman's madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece Marion (Sarah Snook), nor for the brilliant Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clarke), who she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying amongst them have a score to settle with the Winchesters.

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Plot Keywords:

ghost | winchester house | widower | gothic horror | haunted house | 

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Taglines:

Terror is Building.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, drug content, some sexual material and thematic elements

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clarke) states he is three hundred dollars in debt, and the company attorney offers him six hundred dollars. Currency Inflation in 2018 equals, in 1916, $6936.00 and $13,872.00, respectively. The 1916 inflation rate was 7.92 percent. One dollar in 1916 is equivalent in purchasing power to $23.12 in 2018, a difference of $22.12 over one hundred two years (an increase of over two thousand percent).

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Goofs

When the front of the mansion is shown, CGI is used to depict the 7-story tower that existed on the mansion in 1906, and the colors of the mansion are changed from their current (2018) colors, yet the final (1922) configuration of the mansion's main facade is shown. In 1906, the facade was quite different, as construction between 1906 and 1922 changed the mansion drastically. When overhead shots of the mansion rooftops are shown, the current (2018) colors are visible, and there is no sign of the 7-story tower (it was torn down after the 1906 earthquake) even though the spot where it should protrude is shown several times.

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Quotes

Dr. Eric Price: I do not believe in anything I cannot see or study.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Winchester (2018)

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Soundtracks

My Wild Irish Rose
Written by Chauncey Olcott (as C. Olcott)
Performed by John McCormack
Courtesy of Essential Media Group LLC

User Reviews

Pretty standard chiller

I saw this during matinee it was worth the $8... Some of the spooky parts were indeed spooky. Not amazing, but not horrendous

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Japan]

Country:

Australia USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

The 13th Hour

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,307,626, 4 February 2018

Gross USA:

$25,091,816

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$44,019,588

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Films, Blacklab Entertainment, Imagination Design Works

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1