Friday, February 2, 2018

MOVIE REVIEW: Winchester


I often see the Winchester Mansion in which this movie was based on, every time I was assigned to work in Santa Clara, California. I'd never been inside but I researched on it's colorful, infamous history and the people in it. After the success of The Conjuring films, it's no surprise that someone will make a movie about one of the most popular haunted house in the United States.

The great Helen Mirren stars as Sarah Winchester, heiress of the family fortune. The Winchester family made it big in the sales of firearms and after her husband and child died, Sarah purchased a land in San Jose, California to build a mansion whose history still fascinates people up to this day. The heiress believes that the restless souls of those killed by the rifles still haunt her and her family. Her beliefs resulted in building a house that is continuously being built and having a complicated architecture and interiors.
The film directed by The Spierig Brothers gives a very basic history of the family and the house. The movie is "inspired" by the events. It took the horror route. There are some genuine scares and a beautiful twist inspired by 2001's The Others.
Co starring Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) and Sara Snook, Winchester could have been a better movie but it's still commendable for showing the history of the mansion in basic detail. Now, Il make an effort to tour the mansion once I'm back in the Bay Area.

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