Movie Spotlight: Winchester

Winchester is a 2018 movie starring Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, and Finn Scicluna-O'Prey. Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), widow of firearm magnate William Wirt Winchester, has spent two decades building a seven-story mansion in San Jose, California, when the Winchester Repeating Arms Company hires Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clarke) to assess her mental state. This mansion, eventually known as the Winchester Mystery House, contains more than one hundred rooms, as well as doors and staircases that lead nowhere, and Sarah is building it to appease the ghosts of people killed by Winchester rifles. Sarah's niece (Sarah Snook) and great-nephew (Finn Scicluna-O'Prey) are staying at the house, and when a vengeful spirit possesses the young boy, it's up to Sarah and Eric to save him.

Winchester is the perfect movie to watch in the dark, so that's how I watched it, and it really added to the spooky atmosphere of the film. The Winchester Mystery House is said to be the most haunted house in the world, and the gorgeous sets used in the movie really made me want to go check out the real thing. Sarah Winchester was a fascinating person, and Helen Mirren did an incredible job of playing a brilliant woman who's mourning the deaths of her husband and daughter while dealing with guilt over the bloodshed caused by Winchester rifles. Winchester is an entertaining movie full of terrific performances and creepy (yet realistic) ghosts, and now is a great time to watch it since Halloween is coming up. 😊👻

My rating: 7.5/10



If you'd like to find out more about the Winchester Mystery House, check out the episode my favorite podcast did about it:

Hollyweird Paranormal: The Winchester Mystery House/Sarah Winchester

Signs Your House Might Be Haunted

Have you had some strange experiences in your home and are worried your house might be haunted? Well, Destination America wants to help you figure it out, so here are seven signs that your house might be haunted:


http://www.destinationamerica.com/thehauntist/7-signs-your-house-might-be-haunted/

The Bradford Exchange: America's Most Haunted

Courtesy of Haunt Jaunts (I sure do get a lot of ideas for blog posts because of them), here's something you guys might be interested in...collectible haunted houses! The Bradford Exchange (who sells an awesome Muppet Show clock that I love but can't afford:  http://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/119436001_the-muppet-show-cuckoo-clock.html) is planning to release a series of America's most haunted houses...there will be five houses, including the Amityville House, and they'll cost around $60. For more information, check out this post on the Haunt Jaunts website:

http://www.hauntjaunts.net/the-bradford-exchange-making-a-most-haunted-collection/

Movie Spotlight: The Selling

The Selling is a 2011 movie starring Gabriel Diani (who also wrote the movie), Janet Varney (who you know from Burning Love if you're a cool person who watches awesome shows), Jonathan Klein, Etta Devine, Barry Bostwick, and Nancy Lenehan.  Real estate agent Richard Scarry (Gabriel Diani), who always tries to be honest with potential buyers, must try to sell a house that is haunted and used to belong to a serial killer.  He does a fairly good job of reluctantly keeping the truth hidden until the walls of the house start bleeding during a showing when Richard is confronted by Ginger Sparks (Etta Devine), who runs "Ghost Blog, a website that's devoted to protecting the rights of the non-living."

Often when I watch a paranormal movie that I randomly find on Netflix or the Chiller network, it turns out to be...not very good.  Luckily, I didn't have this problem with The Selling...it was much better than I expected, and of course I liked the fact that one of the characters is a paranormal blogger.  It's a funny movie with a great cast and script and interesting characters, so if you want to watch an entertaining paranormal movie that won't give you nightmares, check out The Selling. : )

My rating: 7.5/10