Based on the novel by Ridley Pearson, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer is a prequel to the goose-pimply 2002 TV miniseries Stephen King's Rose Red. In its efforts to "explain" the supernatural events in the earlier project, this made-for-TV chiller is set at the turn of the century, when the stately, sinister Rose Red mansion is constructed by powerful Seattle oil magnate John Rimbauer (Steven Brand) as a wedding present for his timid, submissive young bride, Ellen (Lisa Brenner). At first impressed by her husband's extravagance ...
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Based on the novel by Ridley Pearson, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer is a prequel to the goose-pimply 2002 TV miniseries Stephen King's Rose Red. In its efforts to "explain" the supernatural events in the earlier project, this made-for-TV chiller is set at the turn of the century, when the stately, sinister Rose Red mansion is constructed by powerful Seattle oil magnate John Rimbauer (Steven Brand) as a wedding present for his timid, submissive young bride, Ellen (Lisa Brenner). At first impressed by her husband's extravagance, Ellen eventually comes to hate and fear John, especially when learning a few unsavory facts about his past. Meanwhile, the mansion seems to be festooned with ghosts, possibly those of the many people close to John Rimbauer who have mysteriously vanished. Can the eerie moanings and manifestations be interpreted as a warning to Ellen that she, too, may some day disappear without a trace? This is the sort of film in which, after someone exclaims "I'll be damned!," someone else replies, "You already are." The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer originally aired May 12, 2003, on ABC. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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This chilling TV movie is a prequel to Rose Red, a 2002 horror miniseries for ABC-TV written by Stephen King. Based on a book by Ridley Pearson, who used Joyce Reardon, a character from the miniseries, as a pen name for the book, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer tells the tragic, frightening tale of Ellen, a woman who married a wealthy industrialist named John Rimbauer. Even on their long honeymoon, Ellen soon realizes that John is not who she thought he was. When they return home, she is delighted to find that he built a beautiful mansion, Rose Red, just for her. Over the years, as their marriage deteriorates, Ellen has the house as solace for the fact that her husband is selfish, controlling, and unfaithful. But she soon realizes that the house is also home to something else, terrifying presences that might be evil. And she welcomes it when a medium conducts a seance and convinces her that she should continue to build onto the house. Since The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer was broadcast a year after Rose Red, it is obviously a sequel, but this creepy period peace is also a prequel that explains the hauntings and some of the secrets that plagued Rose Red for decades after its construction. Directed by the same director who did a superb job of directing Rose Red and an earlier Stephen King miniseries, Storm of the Century, it is a powerful, frightful nightmare that will keep you enthralled and spooked till the very end! And if you like the movie, I also recommend the book!
