# Rose Red (2002)

> A psychology professor assembles psychics and a gifted autistic girl to uncover the truth behind a supposedly haunted mansion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/18153

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 90 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: horror, mystery
- Created by: Stephen King
- Network: ABC
- Cast: Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes, Judith Ivey, Melanie Lynskey, Matt Ross, Julian Sands
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259153/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: eerie, campy, playful, suspenseful, melodramatic

## What critics say

Viewers find it a fun, B-movie style haunted house miniseries with an atmospheric build-up, though its ending is seen as weak.

## Synopsis

Rose Red (2002) is an American miniseries created by Stephen King for ABC, a three-episode, ninety-minute horror-mystery told as a single continuous story. Psychology professor Joyce Reardon (Nancy Travis) assembles a team of psychics and a gifted young autistic girl, Annie Wheaton (Kimberly J. Brown), to probe the truth behind an old, supposedly haunted mansion called Rose Red. Steve Rimbauer (Matt Keeslar) and the wealthy family whose history is tied to the house are drawn into the investigation as the group tests each room and the strange events grow more personal. The engine is a classic haunted-house question: what the building wants, what the investigators can endure, and whether anyone can leave with the answer. The mood is eerie and campy at once, with the drive-in B-movie energy that King fans often describe, and the atmosphere leans on creaking corridors and paranormal set pieces rather than prestige dread. Fans of The Haunting of Hill House, The Shining and Ghostwatch will find familiar pleasures in its haunted-house mystery and psychic investigation, though its melodrama is broader and more earnest than those touchstones. Viewed as a single sitting, it suits a Halloween night of spooky television.

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