Winchester (2018)

A jaded doctor is in charge of diagnosing the head of the company that produces the Winchester weapon, a necessary act to make it possible for her associates to take over. The pretext they use is the strange custom of the said lady of building new rooms in her house, rooms that do not follow the architecture rules of the times.

Interesting up to a point, and that's because Sarah Winchester really existed, and she seems to have been passionate about architecture in such a way that she used her own home for architectural experiments, experiments she abandoned without demolishing as soon as a new idea obsessed her and  a new change was needed.

In the meantime, her heirs have changed the narrative in order to make money of her story by transforming the resulting house into a so-called haunted house. It was a ridiculous an idea as this movie is.

Helen Mirren appears in a weak and unbecoming role, something that's very uncharacteristic to her. The only person who feels at home is Sarah Snook, already a veteran of the genre, here in the role of the frail (or not?) mother-niece.

It's weak, unconvincing, and it tries to scare through many horror clichés.

It may be suitable for horror marathons with a group of friends who love to laugh together.
Sarah Snook has been in Jesabelle, Predestination and Black Mirror.

You might have seen Sarah Snook in Jesabelle, Predestination and Black Mirror.

Directed by: Michael and Peter Spierig

With: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke

Rating: 5/10