Rose Red

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 27, 2002
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11

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  1. Malasawas
    Jan 18, 2011
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well... maybe a lot of you didn't see this movie. Well the script was done by the perfectly known Steve King =) and... what are you expecting of him? Horror? yes Thriller? yes... supernatural stuff? YES, a really great work... could be kinda looooong but... it's really interesting how these supernatural people use their different ways to see things (supernatural of course) once they gent into this... hounted mansion... yep it problably resembles The Shining (by the same author). But with... some differences... here the horror is more evindent, not just psyco. Well... what could I tell? The photos in movement... the vintage sensation... some chlling parts also misterious like Ellen Rimbauer (when she was old) walking like a dead body with her white dress (looked like wedding dress to me or maybe just an old pijama) thru the long hallway of the mansion God-knows-where... and you lose her image into darkess... what do you think? not chillin' enough? well... the two kids... one is the boys (looks like a sailor), the girl has a really weird hand... not yet developed because of a pregnancy problem. And... dunnot even forget the moving statues... the different rooms (in fact there's one upsided down), one with mirrors all over the place... all of this weird stuff, madness everywhere... of course some ghosts... and two important things I cannot take out of my mind: one scene: the most powerful girl in the group of ''tourists'' (you can compare her to The Shining's Danny Torrance) is a little retarded or she just look like... but she can (here comes the scene) push the walls and create hallways... discovering different rooms all over the place... the house is like a jigsaw... it has been literally growing itself for years and years... more and more rooms, some of them chillin, some of them hidden... I just don't know... is like a puzzle, a mad puzzle... and the 2nd scene, well, is not just a scene... is a character... if she appears, go down on your knees and pray... you'd better pray... is Zukenna... like the baby sitter... but... a really scaring character, just the way she looks like, is kinda... well, just see it. I said too much. Masterpiece, of course, from this great talented writer, Stephen King.… Expand
  2. Rox22
    Apr 16, 2013
    9
    Pretty much the best haunted house movie/series ever. Excellent story, well written characters and fantastic atmosphere. My only real gripe would have to be that the acting is a bit hammy at times, particularly in the first half of the movie. Julian Sands really feels out of place in this movie, not sure why.

    Overall: Even with hammy acting, it's still a good movie that is worthy of    Pretty much the best haunted house movie/series ever. Excellent story, well written characters and fantastic atmosphere. My only real gripe would have to be that the acting is a bit hammy at times, particularly in the first half of the movie. Julian Sands really feels out of place in this movie, not sure why.

    Overall:
    Even with hammy acting, it's still a good movie that is worthy of the Stephen King name. Great cameo from him, by the way.    … Expand
  3. Neflite
    May 10, 2015
    1
    Beyond horrible.

    I have seen a lot of bad movies and series in my day but this one takes the cake. Drawn out story, shallow characters, senseless plot and absolutely no payoff. Four hours that you will never get back. If you want to watch a King mini-series watch "The Langoliers" instead. That also has its flaws but is a masterpiece in comparison. Save yourself. Do not watch    Beyond horrible.

    I have seen a lot of bad movies and series in my day but this one takes the cake.

    Drawn out story, shallow characters, senseless plot and absolutely no payoff.

    Four hours that you will never get back. If you want to watch a King mini-series watch "The Langoliers" instead. That also has its flaws but is a masterpiece in comparison.

    Save yourself. Do not watch this under any circumstances.    … Expand
  4. JLuis_001
    Sep 13, 2017
    5
    Not bad, but being honest I wasn't really impressed and taking into account the time invested makes it clear for me that only King fans and completists like me will have a higher esteem for it.

Awards & Rankings

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#22 Best TV Season of 2002
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#12 Most Discussed TV Season of 2002
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#22 Most Shared TV Season of 2002

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Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21
  1. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    May 12, 2021
    50
    But the payoff is too long in coming. Much of the third night involves - what else? - wandering around the ever-growing mansion. You get the feeling the characters are biding their time between commercials. King should have been advised to cut the miniseries by a night. Instead, watching "Rose Red" is like hanging out in a Halloween haunted house too long. After a while, you know somebody - or something - is going to pop out to try and scare you. By then, though, you've reached your fright limit and you're just too numb to jump. [27 Jan 2002, p.L7]
  2. Dallas Morning News
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    May 12, 2021
    58
    It's not enough to justify a six-hour investment, but the climactic special effects at least are first-rate and fun to watch. "Rose Red" otherwise is just too hilarious at times. Not entirely horrid, it's way short on horror. For shame, Stephen King. Larry King is sometimes scarier than this. [27 Jan 2002]
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Liz Matson
    May 12, 2021
    50
    Two nights might have worked better for this series, but if noises at night make you jump, "Stephen King's Rose Red" will give you a decent dose of the heebie-jeebies. [27 Jan 2002]
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