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Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

TheBlueHairedLawyer Rose Red often gets laughed at among horror fans for downplaying the gore, sex and profanity of many other Stephen King works, but if you love a good, clean and slow-burning supernatural ghost tour with plenty of mystery, friendship and psychic powers, you'll love this three-part exploration of a giant haunted house. Upon my first viewing, I was a little put-off by the character of Annie Wheaton, an autistic fifteen-year-old portrayed as having the mental capacity of a four-year-old at best. Contrary to popular belief, even non-verbal people on the autism spectrum are just as intelligent as anybody else. It's not a mental deficiency. That being said, considering that this miniseries was created in 2002, the fact that it even acknowledges autism at all was quite a big step, as the topic was largely taboo. The overweight mama's-boy character Emery also breaks the politically correct mold of television by insulting Annie, calling her a retard and a burden, giving viewers a taste of what a lot of autistic teenagers begin facing once they pass the age of childhood. Stephen King might be a horror writer, but he knows how to tackle controversial issues with a lot of common sense.All that aside, Rose Red is, much like Stephen King's It and Kingdom Hospital, a very quirky tale of friendship (not to get too sappy but it's true), as well as a supernatural spook-hunt. However I was a little disappointed that many of its most admirable characters like Nick and Pam were killed off as the show progressed, something that seemed somewhat bizarre for King's usual material. Rose Red also gives a bit of a history lesson, including the shameless racism and violence the police of the early 1900's display towards Sukeena, the misogyny of Ellen Rimbaur's husband and of course, the unsafe work standards at the time. This allows for a lot of deep plot development, however it begins to get a little redundant as time goes by. Scenes and stories get repeated frequently. We also get a lot of recycled Stephen King plot devices, such as Annie making a rain of stones fall upon her neighbour's house (his novel Carrie), which might annoy some longtime fans of his work. One of the things that makes Rose Red so worthwhile is of course the amount of striking detail that went into its set. The house itself is incredibly detailed, with everything from a tiny dollhouse embedded in the wall to decrepit stone fountains. The Seattle scenery offers a nice change from King's typical Maine location, and characters like Mrs. Waterman (Emery's humiliating, obese mother) and Professor Carl Miller offer a dose of comic relief at the same time. The dialogue can be a bit corny at times like something akin to a cheesy sitcom, but overall it's very well-done.All in all, I'd definitely recommend Rose Red. It also features actors like Julian Sands from "The Killing Fields" and Kimberly Brown from "Bringing Down the House", who you'll definitely not want to miss.

mauro volvox Stephen King has produced pages and more pages of the purest crap. Rose Red is proof of that. A psychologist/researcher wants to prove that the paranormal is real. She is risking everything even her career to accomplish it.So she assembles a team of people who have every type of ESP power to investigate a haunted house.The funny thing is that one of the members of her team is an autistic girl with extremely powerful telekinetic powers... and every other member of the team has some sort of ESP power too.Wouldn't it be smarter, safer, less expensive to take the autistic girl (and/or the other members of her team) and examine such girl and her powers instead of risking the lives of a bunch of ESP people in a ghost hunt inside a evil and malignant house?This is a pretty dumb way to start a story. Everything after that falls apart.This is for low IQ people only, or those folks who do not care about plots holes the size of Texas.

armandiana1106 "Rose Red" to me, is certainly one of The best horror/mystery kind of movie that I have ever had a chance to see. I have watched it and I'm going to say with sure that this haunting film has everything that every horro lover search for. It has excitement, it will keep you questioning what will happen next ALL the time, it has a point and I definitely vote for it as excellent and something that is worth of time to watch.Yes, I have read the book, which is also great and I can't say that really for some other movies that have been made after the book. Well done, worth of watching every minute!!! Before I took this DVD to watch, I have to admit that I was a bit skeptic. I was thinking; "How will the book fit within the movie?.." It was something that bothered me, but I took it no matter what because the cast is amazing and something gave me the hunch that I am going to enjoy in it. And I did! Who ever wants to look up or watch Rose Red, be it full movie or Mini series will not be disappointed so if you look for the real haunting scenes and beautiful mysterious features, have a great watching!!!!

Mobius Ridaeon I do not understand how Rose Red can have received any positive reviews at all, and yet there seem to be many. ROSE RED IS A TERRIBLE FILM. IT WILL WASTE SEVERAL HOURS OF YOUR LIFE. If you are a person who liked it, you need to have your head examined. I suggest you go to a neurologist without delay.This film is a travesty. A long and dull tale of the most terrible team of psychic investigators ever spending the weekend in a haunted house. Wow, how original. I wonder what will happen... will there be ghosts? Will they scare and even kill people? Maybe if there was a bit less plot exposition and continual pointless detractors ( such as academic rivalry, overbearing mothers, romance between people with no chemistry, etc. ) we might have a chance to get involved in the drama or tension of knowing whats about to happen. However, the characters, which are totally shallow and act in a completely retarded fashion throughout the film, are even worse than the lame plot. THe acting takes the cake as the most excremental aspect of this 4 hour waste of time. Nancy Travis makes every scene she is in unwatchable by constantly grinning and showing off her ugly teeth, not to mention acting like a bitch for 4 entire hours of torture. The other actors are pretty awful as well, giving empty performances, though who can blame them when the script is so unintelligent it seems like King wrote it while he was either drunk or operating heavy machinery. Wow. So bad I can hardly believe it and I could not bring myself to continue watching it, but had to stop half way through after getting a pain in my neck from too much cringing.I can stand a lot of crap when I watch a film and I hate not seeing the end, but this was unbearable. Rose Red has no redeeming value, even as material for mockery.