"The House that Spirits Built"

This is a movie that I would definitely see again. I was unsure of what to expect going into the theater, but I was pleasantly surprised. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits one of the country's most beautiful mansions. Built by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman's madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece or for the brilliant Doctor Eric Price whom she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters. 

From scene one of this film the creepiness is immediately prominent. You follow a little boy that is awoken in the middle of the night, then is trapped in almost like trance. Just that isn't anywhere near the level of suspense we see in this movie. It goes far beyond possession of little boys, which is good for the review this film will receive. 

I would not fully label this a horror movie, but it is definitely a mysterious thriller with elements of horror. The concept of ghosts gives it that title, but does nothing to emphasize it. It being based on true events doesn't allow it to really go anywhere, but this being the most haunted house in the country the ability to expand the story is there. One cool thing was that the movie was filmed in and at the actual house. Some true story films only shoot the exterior then use a set for the interior.

Today the Winchester mansion is still standing, and is used to give people tours of the home. According to tour reviews people do get an eerie feeling being in the house. It is even said you can see people in the windows, they are apparently ghosts that never left their rooms.