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Dir: Michael and Peter Speirig (12A, 99 mins)
The eccentric heiress of the Winchester firearms company believed she was haunted by the souls of those who had been killed by the Winchester repeating rifle. To that end her seven storey house in San Francisco was constantly under construction with rooms, staircases that went nowhere and dead ends created around the clock, as she believed her house was a prison for these troubled spirits. This intriguing premise forms the basis for Winchester, with Helen Mirren playing the heiress Sarah Winchester. Is she the owner of the world’s most haunted house, or is she merely delusional? Jason Clarke’s doctor assesses her, finding a woman riddled with guilt regarding her blood-soaked fortune, with doors nailed shut to keep the ghosts in amongst walls that run with blood. Spooky in a 12A way, but nevertheless sporadically effective and given extra depth by its factual roots, Winchester is a solid scarer.
Opens February 2