My life at rose red is a 2001 novel by ridley pearson focusing on the life of the fictional john and ellen rimbauer and the construction of their mansion, rose red, in the early 20th century. Stephen king s rose red abc filmed the original stephen king television miniseries rose red here at thornewood castle. After watching this movie, i became obsessed with this house, ellen and the. This diary entry book tells the story of ellen rimbauer and her life at the mansion rose red. Joyce reardon 3 episodes, 2002 steve rimbauer 3 episodes, 2002 annie wheaton 3 episodes, 2002 storyline. Rose red was thought to be born bad, as even before it was fully completed, severel workmen on the area died during the long construction under strange and bizzare circumstances. Stephen kings rose red is an underrated haunted house classic. Stephen king initially set the action for rose red in california, but as the team settled on thornewood castle as a filming location, he switched the setting to seattle. The maleficent manor from rose red is known as thornewood castle, and its located in lakewood, wa. No rose red mansion exists or has ever existed in seattle. Joyce reardon, a psychology professor, leads a team of psychics into the.
Abc filmed the original stephen king television miniseries rose red here at thornewood castle. Trying to recall the movie i had watched depicted after stephen kings version i. My life at rose red is a comingofage novel framed in horror. The novel tiein idea was repeated on stephen kings next project, the miniseries kingdom hospital. Also interesting is watching the house rose red herself grow with ellen. For horror fans, this quarantine is a great excuse to revisit old classics and favorites, be they in book form or tvmovie format. Built on an old indian burial ground, rose red is considered haunted and mysterious tragedies occur throughout the mansion s history. Kevs stephen king house of rose red charnel house tripod. Stephen kings real rose red house thornewood castle. Restoration, construction, and filming for the project took place over the course of six months here at thornewood during the last half of 2000. Lets cut to the chase, lest any confusion remains in this book s potential readershipthe diary of ellen rimbauer is not a true story though elements were inspired by historical events but a brief novel written by a close friend and associate of stephen king s designed to operate as a leadin to his 2002 television miniseries, rose red. The diary of ellen rimbauer, based on the book by ridley pearson, was also filmed on the estate in 2003, as a prequel to rose red. Built by john rimbauer as a wedding gift to his wife ellen, the house was constructed on cursed land, in the middle of an ancient indian burial site. Stephen king recently identified ridley pearson as the books actual author.
Life at rose red ellen rimbauer, joyce reardon, stephen king on amazon. Stephen kings 2002 miniseries rose red is an underrated haunted. A group of people with psychic powers are invited to spend the night in a haunted house. Rose red is the main antagonist in stephen kings 2002 tv miniseries of the same name and the bestsellig tiein novel the diary of ellen rimbauer, which was a detailed prequel to the miniseries. Historylink has no connection with stephen king, the rose red production. Marketing of the film presented the movie as based on actual events.