by John Z.
Spooky? Scary? Entertaining? Suprisingly, the answer is yes to all 3 as far as it relates to the latest Helen Mirren film “Winchester.” While it is not the greatest horror flick ever made, I have to admit it was interesting from a historical perspective (I knew the film was based on the true home out in California but did not know a lot of detail) and did have a good story line.
The story is based on the widow Winchester, whose husband was the founder of the Winchester company, rifle maker, who is deemed eccentric because of the number of rooms she keeps adding on to her house (over 100). She is supposedly keeping in spirits of people who have died as a result of being shot by a Winchester rifle and have not been able to ‘cross over.’ Jason Clarke is hired to come and evaluate her mental state so they can try and deem her unwilling to keep the majority share of the company.
The acting in the film is solid and there are a few scares. Some of the bumps and things are standard in most horror flicks but the one thing I did like is that there was not an over abundance of gore or use of torture porn. Overall, a pretty good film.
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