Please say it’s good. Please say it’s good.

“Hauntings, in their essence, have folded neatly into the traditions of American folklore. They’re outlets for storytelling, and no haunting comes with a story quite as rich as that of California’s Winchester Mystery House, as conceived by one Sarah Winchester.

“A tale of violence, grief, madness, guilt – it’s as if her life was torn straight from the pages of a Gothic novel, which makes it no surprise to see Academy Award-winner Dame Helen Mirren step into such tortured shoes for her new horror film Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built.

“Sarah Winchester was a woman possessed with brilliance, a child prodigy whose portfolio of talents stretched from literature, music, to languages. In Connecticut high society, she swiftly earned the title of “Belle of New Haven”.”

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