Winchester (2018)

5.5PG-1399 minDirector: Michael Spierig

2018 film by Michael and Peter Spierig

Winchester (also known as Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built) is a 2018 biographical supernatural horror film directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, and written by the Spierigs and Tom Vaughan. The film stars Helen Mirren as heiress Sarah Winchester, with Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook, and follows Winchester as she is haunted by spirits inside her San Jose mansion in 1906.

An American-Australian co-production, the film was released in the United States on February 2, 2018, and in Australia on February 22, 2018. The film received negative reviews from critics, who called it "dull" and "pointless”, but was a box office success, grossing $44 million worldwide against a $3.5 million budget. At the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards, the film was nominated in four categories, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Mirren, but did not win any of them.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Winchester about?
Winchester (2018) — Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land fifty miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twe
Is Winchester based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Winchester scary?
Content rating: PG-13. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.