Steven King's Rose Red miniseries is about a sleeping house, the Rimbauer estate, based upon the popular Winchester mansion. Professor Joyce Reardon, Nancy Travis, is funding a project where a group of people with psychic powers gather together at the Rimbauer estate for a chance to gather data to prove paranormal activity exists. Reardon’s co-worker Professor Miller, David Dukes, is out to shut her down no matter what the cost. The collaboration of psychic energy, a houses hunger, and a professor’s desire for proof may be too much for this arrogant professor to handle.

I really enjoyed this four hour long mini-series. Although lengthy it allowed you to get to know each character a bit personally so you could make your own determination of what you thought and felt for each one. I loved Nick and Annie but, I didn’t care so much for Emery or Bollinger right off. I never had a gasping moment in the entire show but, there were a couple of parts where it disturbed a nerve or two, the thing under the carpet. The puppetry was not the most impressive but the setting was amazing.

I laughed a few times even; Emery’s mother getting dragged away killed me I had to watch it twice. Karma is such a bitch but, I love her. Annie was very charming; Kimberly J. Brown did an excellent job playing her character. Her innocent doe eyed appearance made you forget how dangerous she really could be. Each of Kings’ characters had a distinct personality which brought diversity to the movie which made it more enjoyable.

David Duke's untimely death before the mini-series was finished I think may have played a big part in the soft ending of this movie. The story line was creative but, seemed rushed to be finished. A lot of computer graphics were done of Duke’s appearance just so the movie could be released. It makes me wonder what kind of ending it would have had if he had not passed away so suddenly.

7/10