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Winchester

  • 20182018
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
34K
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Helen Mirren in Winchester (2018)
On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester,  heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman's madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece or for the brilliant Doctor Eric Price whom she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters...
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Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Wincheste... Read allEnsconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
34K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Michael Spierig
    • Peter Spierig
  • Writers
    • Tom Vaughan
    • Michael Spierig
    • Peter Spierig
  • Stars
    • Helen Mirren
    • Sarah Snook
    • Finn Scicluna-O'Prey
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Michael Spierig
    • Peter Spierig
  • Writers
    • Tom Vaughan
    • Michael Spierig
    • Peter Spierig
  • Stars
    • Helen Mirren
    • Sarah Snook
    • Finn Scicluna-O'Prey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 249User reviews
    • 213Critic reviews
    • 28Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 10 nominations

    Videos3

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    Trailer 1:48
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    Trailer 2:05
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    Scary Movie Memories With Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke
    Video 1:52
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    Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke in Winchester (2018)
    Sarah Snook and Finn Scicluna-O'Prey in Winchester (2018)
    Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke in Winchester (2018)
    Helen Mirren in Winchester (2018)

    Top cast

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    Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren
    • Sarah Winchester
    Sarah Snook
    Sarah Snook
    • Marion Marriott
    Finn Scicluna-O'Prey
    • Henry Marriott
    Jason Clarke
    Jason Clarke
    • Dr. Eric Price
    Emily Wiseman
    Emily Wiseman
    • Nancy
    Alana Fagan
    • Partially Dressed Lady #1
    Rebecca Makar
    • Partially Dressed Lady #2
    Tyler Coppin
    Tyler Coppin
    • Arthur Gates
    Michael Carman
    Michael Carman
    • Frank
    Angus Sampson
    Angus Sampson
    • John Hansen
    Alice Chaston
    • Clara
    Eamon Farren
    Eamon Farren
    • Ben Block
    Laura Brent
    Laura Brent
    • Ruby Price
    Adam Bowes
    • Farmer Amputee
    Bruce Spence
    Bruce Spence
    • Augustine
    Phoenix Suhrou-Dimarco
    • Native American Child
    Jayden 'Mozzie' Irving
    Jayden 'Mozzie' Irving
    • Carpenter #1
    • (as Jayden Irving)
    Rosco Campbell
    • Carpenter #2
    • Directors
      • Michael Spierig
      • Peter Spierig
    • Writers
      • Tom Vaughan
      • Michael Spierig
      • Peter Spierig
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Very little of the filming took place in the actual mansion. The mansion's design in reality is extremely cramped, making filming very difficult. As such, most of the mansion's interior needed to be re-created on soundstages.
    • Goofs
      A large portion of the movie has to deal with the famous Winchester lever-action rifle being used during the American Civil War. This is factually wrong. The first Winchester lever-action model did not appear until after the war, in 1866. The similar-looking Henry rifle and the Spencer rifle were the main repeaters used during the war, and even then repeating rifles were themselves rare on the average Civil War battlefield. Most troops used then-traditional single-shot weapons, primarily "rifle-muskets."
    • Quotes

      Marion Marriott: [to the ghost] I'm a mother. A fighter. A protector. And I am not afraid.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Dame Helen Mirren/Liam Neeson/Jamie Dornan/Sigrid (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      My Wild Irish Rose
      Written by Chauncey Olcott (as C. Olcott)

      Performed by John McCormack

      Courtesy of Essential Media Group LLC

    User reviews249

    Review
    Top review
    4/10
    Winchester has an interesting story, but it's told in the dullest possible way.
    There's a decent story here about an alcoholic living in the Winchester house who can't tell if he's experiencing withdrawals or something supernatural. Jason Clarke plays Dr. Price, who is invited to live in the Winchester house to give Ms. Winchester an ongoing psychological evaluation. Thing is, he's an alcoholic and Ms. Winchester won't allow him to be intoxicated as long as he's living in her house. So when he starts seeing apparitions, are they hallucinations? Are they ghosts? Dr. Price doesn't know and neither do we. Great setup.

    But the movie chooses to go the boring route instead. It sidelines the interesting character study for a contrived ghost plot filled with every horror cliché in the book. What would a horror movie be without predictable, lame jump scares. There's not a single decent scare in the entire movie.

    Winchester was a frustrating watch. The potential is right there, but it clutches onto these tired horror tropes for dear life - as if a mainstream audience wouldn't appreciate a deeper, more psychological approach to the material over a haphazardly-constructed, derivative, haunted house flick. It's the studio mentality - make it for a million bucks, we make 20 times that. They don't care about the integrity of the script or the material itself, and neither should you. By the way, this is a true story where 98% of the story is made up. Contradiction? No, marketing.

    Again, Winchester is not terrible so much as it is frustrating. And boring. Don't bother with this one.
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    • Mar 11, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 2, 2018 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Australia
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Site
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built
    • Filming locations
      • Winchester Mystery House - 525 S. Winchester Boulevard, San Jose, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • CBS Films
      • Blacklab Entertainment
      • Imagination Design Works
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $25,091,816
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,307,626
      • Feb 4, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $44,019,588
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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