Winchester (2018)

Ensconced in her sprawling California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester 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

5 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 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner 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 the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman's madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or for the brilliant Doctor Eric Price (Jason Clarke) whom she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters.

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Plot Keywords:

ghost | winchester house | garden house | widower | nailing door shut | 

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Taglines:

Inspired by True Events at the Most Haunted House in History.

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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

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$25,091,816, 29 March 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blacklab Entertainment, Imagination Design Works

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dr. Eric Price states he is $300.00 in debt and the company attorney offers him $600.00. Currency Inflation in 2018 equals, in 1916, $6936.00 and $13,872.00, respectively. The 1916 inflation rate was 7.92%. $1 in 1916 is equivalent in purchasing power to $23.12 in 2018, a difference of $22.12 over 102 years (an increase of over 2000%).

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Goofs

In 1906 Dr. Price presents his "house guest" with a 1917 two dollar bill.

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Quotes

Arthur Gates: We're worried about her sanity, Dr. Price.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Worst Movies of 2018 (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

Brilliant

Best Ghost film in a long time, ignore the critics and moaners, unless films are about me too, or racial divesity or left wing the critics are panning everything, it was scary non stop mirren & finn the 2 lead actors went toe to toe throughout with there acting skills, mirren made a mistake of speaking up about people should get a oscar for acting skills not based on racial colours, hence the reason the critics hate her now, these left wing critics really are out of control, there like a lynch mob with tunnel vision.