Rose Red

[aopirose]

Over the weekend, I replied to a thread with the above name. I went to check on it today and it is gone. I thought that maybe I imagined it but I had an e-mail that said JAM had replied to it too. I clicked on the link and a "does not exist" message came up. What happened to it?

[KillarneyRose]

Hi! I started that thread and then I deleted it like a day later when I found out that it wasn't really a haunted house! After I posted, I did a little research because I thought the whole thing was really interesting and discovered that not only is Ellen Rimbauer's diary just a work of fiction meant as a companion to the mini series "Rose Red", but poor Ellen Rimbauer doesn't exist! lol To further compound my embarassment, I also found that the "documentary" I watched regarding the house wasn't a documentary at all, just a fictionalized account of a paranormal psychologist's plans to explore the house. Everyone in the damn thing was an actor!!!

I sincerely think this is payback for a few summers ago when I laughed smugly at the people who thought "The Blair Witch Project" was real!

[aopirose]

Oh Tracy, don't feel bad! I was one of those people who thought that the Blair Witch was real. We were having a conference with some Maryland people in attendance that I have known for years. The BW web site was awesome and it even had a map. I went up to one of attendees and began asking some questions because I knew she was from the area. Boy was my face red!!!! She was very polite and tried not to laugh in my face but you could tell it was hard.

Anyway, I liked the Rose Red miniseries. Stephen King is one of my favorite authors.

[carnation]

I had to work and missed the miniseries. Can you guys please tell me what it was about?

[aopirose]

Rose Red is a book (and miniseries - http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/movies/rosered/) about a possessed house. Rose Red is the name of the house. Here is the truncated story. There is this paranormal psychology professor who is trying to prove herself. Her department head thinks that paranormal psychology is a bunch of hogwash and is trying to get her kicked off of the faculty. The professor is obsessed with Rose Red and its stories.

Rimbauer built Rose Red at the turn of the 20th century as a wedding present for his new wife. There were "accidents" that claimed the lives of several workers during construction. After it was complete, the house began to "like" the women but hate men. The women disappeared but the men always seemed to die. Mrs. Rimbauer held a séance. The medium told her that she would live only as long as the house was under construction. Work continued on the house Mrs. Rimbauer's death but the continued to grow. Then one day it all stopped.

The professor thought that the house had become a dead cell and wanted to conduct experiments. She gathered an assortment of extra-sensory people to spend the weekend and wake up the house.

Overall it was pretty good. I found that it was a combination of the Amityville Horror (www.amityvillemurders.com) and the Winchester house legend (www.winchestermysteryhouse.com). It was filmed at Thornewood Castle (www.thornewoodcastle.com).