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Summary: Rose Dead
Review: A failed feature film idea that was turned into a min-series, Rose Red is a horrid paint-by-numbers haunted house tale that begs and borrows from better books......and better films. I can handle a lack of originality, if the film is generally well made, but this dull parade of cliches doesn't even grant that. The plot? Oh, you know the story already: A team of psychic investigators explore a haunted house....YAWN. Apparently inspired by the famous Winchester House in San Jose, California, Rose Red is also cursed (no pun intended) by a lame cast, terrible dialogue, and not one single unpredictable element. And what was up with the location? What's so scary about a house next to a freeway in the middle of the city? Aren't haunted houses supposed to be isolated? In the end, Rose Red is just one more reminder of how the mighty have fallen.
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Summary: scary
Review: rose red is the greatest king movie ever its very scary and the only other movie thats scared is halloween other than that no horror movie has scared me special effects are great exept for those fake computer genarated bees.
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Summary: This may be the best Stephen King movie of them all
Review: This could be the best thing Stephen King has done yet. I wish it were a book and not just a movie, but as a movie it is gripping, entertaining, terrifying, and satisfying. The cast of characters is pure King, with his taste for unlikely heroes and his understanding of human foibles.The house itself is utterly magnificent in its creative malevolence. This movie had us putting the kids to bed early and sitting riveted on the edge of the couch. Perhaps my favorite horror movie ever.
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Summary: That house is whacked out!
Review: Rose Red is a familiar story. People go into huanted house because they are paid alot of money. People get picked off 1 by 1. Survivors flee house mentally truamatized. This time the group is made up of psychic's and so forth and lead by a parasychologist. They are going to reawaken Rose Red, a house that has "eaten" countless people and has been "growing" on its own for many years. The group enters and the usual happens. What made this movie better than many in my opinion is the fact that the characters are very well developed and they are killed off in a totaly unexpected order. While there are better "house" movies out there (House on Huanted Hill, Amityville Horror) for a made for tv movie this one is good. Decent acting, decent special effects, slight jump factor, and a nice take on an old story make this movie a worth while watch. The only drawbacks are the 4+ hr length and [boring] ending. I recommend you rent before you buy.
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Summary: A good but too long movie
Review: Even if you take into account the fact that it is a mini series it could be edited. Four hours are just too long to keep up the suspence. In the house, various scenes are just repetitive. Although I watched it at night, I was not scared at all! So much for all those creepy creatures that show up. The para-psychologist also gets a little lost in her "research" in the house. In fact, her figure is just pathetic. It is not a bad but far too long and, at times, repetitive movie. There are better ones out there.
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Summary: Rose Red was GREAT!
Review: I loved this movie. I watched it when it was on tv, and i was just glued to my televison for 3 nights! Sometimes made for tv movies aren't the best, but i am totally in love with horror movies and this is one of the greatest/scariest ones i have ever seen. I can't say i'm a big fan of Stephen King because i haven't read anything by him, and other movies by him i just thought were kind of weird. But i am deffinetly a fan now. I loved this movie so much i went out and bought the book that his movie was based on 'The diary of Ellen Rimbauer my life at Rose Red' I read the book and loved that too, come to find out through time that the book is fiction, when all along i thought i was this womans real diary, but i still love it all the same. Anyone who loves horror movies will surely love this movie, and if you like the movie give the book a chance as well!
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Summary: We Have Lived In The Crapsle
Review: This is just rehashed Shirley Jackson. It is absurd how much Stephen King borrows from other sources and basically re-writes old material, full of less interesting characters that are slightly modernized and then everyone acts like it's manna from heaven. It's ridiculous! The man basically just rehashes old TWILIGHT ZONE episodes and then expands them into novels. He has ripped off every single more credible author in the speculative fiction genre. H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson...etc. I mean he is wealth of stolen and at best cliche ideas. This ROSE RED nonsense which copies Shirley Jackson's style to the point where she would probably sue him were she actually still living. Hackneyed and only vaguely scary. The best thing about this TV movie is that it ends.
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Summary: Stephen King, A Master of Suspense, but is he scary enough?
Review: I love stephen kings movies and novels. So many of his books have become great movies, and as this was originally just a screenplay into a movie, it lacked what all his other books have accomplished.... SCARY! It wasn't very scary, and the ended was very much a disappointment. I spent HOW MANY HOURS watching this thing? Ugh.. would more interesting things could I have done? If you are a Stephen King fan, you'll enjoy this. I prefer his books, to his movies, they just aren't as scary. There is just something more interesting about your own perception of the book, when Stephen King writes it. When you read, you make the story come to life to yourself, in your own imagination, and STEPHEN FEEDS ON THAT!
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Summary: wonderful
Review: wonderful movie with enough creeps to scare for a while. Quite enjoyable
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Summary: A good ghost story with a weak ending.
Review: I've noticed that most of Stephen King's made for television movies start out strong but lack finishing power in the end. Rose Red is no exception. Don't get me wrong. Even with the weak ending, I still love this movie. I managed to catch the series when it originally aired and later rented the DVD which does have some nice features on it. It's a good DVD to own. You won't prize over it as one of the top DVD's in your collection but you won't use it as a doorstop or coaster either. My suggestion... rent it before you buy it. It's not for everyone.
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