8.584 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestAs Annie Wheaton falls and is knocked unconscious Rose Red's windows and doors mysteriously open again, prompting Emery to suggests that Annie be killed in order to allow everyone to escape the haunted house.
Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, commissions a team of psychics and a gifted autistic girl to find out the truth about an old, supposedly haunted mansion called Rose Red.
Production
Actual mansion built for filming—King's architectural fever dream
Acting
Nancy Travis going full unhinged professor is delicious
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI ghost effects hit different, creepier
Creator
Stephen King
Nancy Travis
Joyce Reardon
Matt Keeslar
Steve Rimbauer
Kimberly J. Brown
Annie Wheaton
David Dukes
Carl Miller
Judith Ivey
Cathy Kramer
Melanie Lynskey
Rachel Wheaton
Matt Ross
Emery Waterman
Julian Sands
Nick Hardaway
Kevin Tighe
Victor Kandinsky
Julia Campbell
Ellen Rimbauer
Emily Deschanel
Pam Asbury
Laura Kenny
Kay Waterman
Tsidii Leloka
Sukeena
Yvonne Sciò
Deanna Petrie
Jimmi Simpson
Kevin Bollinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
King loosely based Rose Red on the real Winchester Mystery House, but made his version actively malevolent rather than just eccentric.
This miniseries aired during reality TV's ghost-hunter boom—King was literally mocking the genre while cashing in on it, iconic behavior.
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