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Winchester is no Poltergeist, but it has enough chills to keep thriller fans engaged. Helen Mirren stars as Sarah Winchester, the heiress to the Winchester Firearms millions. She lives in a creepy mansion that’s being torn down and rebuilt 24 hours a day. Sarah believes she’s also inherited the ghost of every person killed by a Winchester rifle. Jason Clarke stars as Eric Price, the doctor despatched to find out if she’s simply paranoid, or under paranormal attack. Winchester is a fright film that’s not for the faint hearted – speaking of which, it claims the worst monsters are the ones you invite into your own home. 

This is a good fright film if you like jumps. Helen Mirren is definitely compelling as the chaotic and haunted widow Sarah Winchester. 

 

There are a few major logic leaps and it is hard to believe some of the storyline. The CGI is a little below par compared to what we are use to seeing. 

 

If you’ve profited from evil – yours, or someone else’s – and don’t show repentance, you’ve got a reckoning ahead. The Bible calls that ‘shadow’ that follows us about, ‘sin’. And saying sorry is the key to getting rid of it – but that’s where the similarities end. 

 

Winchester is rated M and is now showing in cinemas.