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the audience applauded

How sad is this?

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This movie was certainly interesting to say the least. Although I have not seen Rose Red, i thought it was an okay movie. To clarify some of the comments that were made about this movie, The film DOES explain the disappearances of the characters indirectly. The characters that disappeared had either a close relationship to Ellen, or had something to do with her husband (who had a very large sexual appetite). Rose Red is more or less a spirit controlling the house that was quite fond of Ellen. The house grew to love Ellen. The mysterious happenings occurred so that Rose Red could get her to see that her husband was really a shaky and unfaithful character. They also occurred because the house wanted Ellen to remain fond of only Rose Red, which is why April disappeared as well. Basically, Rose Red grew jealous of Ellen's and April's relationship. Sukeena never disappeared, Ellen's husband just had her put in jail after April disappeared thinking that she was the cause.With certain horror movies, every detail, every word should be payed attention to, otherwise you will have questions afterwards.

There is nothing in this film that isn't covered in Rose Red. Almost every scene in this film is an extended cut of the flashbacks from the first film.Rose Red was just shy of a masterpiece but unless you really really want to see for yourself, the 90 minutes spent watching this film could be used to watch something else...anything else really.Performance and visual style are excellent, but does that matter when we've seen it all before?(I am writing this to meet with IMDb's quota of lines for an individual review... 10 lines at least per comment)

Ellen Rimbauer's Diary clearly explains that there were Native American workers, an accident, a subsequent curse, and so the ground is soured as in the Mic Mac burial grounds in Stephen King's Pet Sematary. It also pointedly states that because of John Rimbauer's "sins," atonement had to be made."Build me to the heavens" was the house's price for that atonement. That the deaths started before the house was ever completed further substantiates the sour ground theory. The subsequent disappearances were a direct result of Ellen's bargain with the house (and the ground upon which it lay), as these victims were taken and used as builders from "the other side." The house had two distinct sides; one that was here and one which was on the other side of the veil. Those victims built from that side, as Ellen's contractors built on this side, thereby giving the house the ability to morph itself by changing hallways, floor levels, etc. by manipulating the lay of the Veil. That idea was further explained in the actual movie, "Rose Red" when you see Emory's mother coming at him through the mirror. Mirrors are oftentimes used as portals; gateways through the Veil.I did, however, have issues with this supplemental in that the movie goes out of its way to plainly document the passing of Rimbauer's partner, Posey. He passed Adam the Tom Nix hat and threw a rose to April who caught it before he hangs himself. In this work, however, those poignant details are forgotten, as if the actual body of work which this supplements was negatable. I realize that for some critics, that is true, but for a work which supports another, that is unforgivable. Of all the discrepancies and continuity errors to be found between the two works, those two details stand out the most, and pretty much kill the atmosphere built by the work. Otherwise, I found this quite informative, beautifully done, and praise-worthy considering what it attempts to do.Unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to its own expectations and thereby disappointed the fans who needed this necessary back-story to feel a kinship with the house and the story that is "Rose Red."It rates a 6.4/10 from...the Fiend :.

The Diary of Eleen Rimbauer is creepy by all means,but an alright film to add at that.The Diary of Ellen did what (The Others) did, make a scary ghost story without any gore.The problem is that this is a prequel and it dosen't answer a lot of qustion to led to the first one, Stephen King's Rose Red. Rose Red was scary and had you on the edge of your,but the acting was alright(in which this one improves on).It made us wonder what the hell is wrong with the house.This calls for a prequel=the origin of a film or television show. The Diary showed Ellen,the original owner of the house and controler.And how the house became evil.It dosen't really show how the house got evil,but the evilfulness and sex addition of Ellen's husband and the events the house does to them. The acting was surperb,I mean all actors was excellent.Steven Brand who played Ellen's husband stole the role and film,with his wicked sideburns. So you want to be creep out,buy it,but it's still alright.