The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

Liked everything about this movie

Can't find the movie this rental is great.

One of the best movies out there. Love how its like a 2 part type movie. Must watch

I've loved "Rose Red" since I first saw it, so when I saw "The Diary" on TV one night, I just had to watch it. I knew what to expect in the plot (obviously), but they DID make some changes. The biggest changes, in my opinion, were to the psychic and the way they handled Posey's suicide. In this version, Madame Lu (not Stravinsky/Cora Fry) was an actual Chinese mystic with actual paranormal senses. I liked that much better than the "mystic" in the other film, who was a fake. Madame Lu and Sukeena became good friends, which is another thing I really enjoyed. As for Douglas Posey...in "Rose Red" he had Adam and April watch while he hung himself in front of them, after giving them his hat and a rose. The kids watched impassively, not caring that the man they considered to be an "uncle" had just killed himself in front of their eyes. I always hated that part. But in "The Diary", Posey hugs them and tells them that they are going to play hide and seek--just to get them away from the room so they won't watch him suicide. I MUCH prefer that version. It really showed how much he loved them, and I got really attached to his character. It also made the kids seem more real too.The special effects were pretty much non-existent in this film. At times the dialogue was a little stilted, but I am of the opinion that this is due more to their attempts to stay with the perceived time period. I like this version of Ellen much better too. Thankfully they didn't change Sukeena much at all, and what they added to her story only made me love her more. The plot was handled superbly and everything pretty much matched up to the sequel. We also heard portions of Ellen's diary read aloud through parts of the movie. On a whole, it came across as a drama, not a horror, but a GOOD drama.I enjoyed this, and I hope you will too.

It's not quite Rose Red but still made well and I'm glad I purchased it.

One of my all-time favorite movies wish she had more than 48 hours to watch after you started watching it it's one of those movies you could sit and rewatch and rewatch and every time you watch it you pick up something you missed

Tells the story of Rose Red from Ellen's perspective. Not all the same actors and actresses from Rose Red, but the house is the same and the stories more or less match. Nice little back story.

This seemed like half a movie to me. I don't mean that the seller didn't send the whole product. He (or she) did. But the movie ended in a weird, abrupt manner so that it felt like there should have been much more to it. It seemed to me that there were many loose threads that were never tied together. It felt like a movie that stopped halfway through even though it was supposedly finished. Additionally, it doesn't seem to me to shed any additional light on what happens in the movie Rose Red, either. I had expected to have the Rose Red story enriched by the introduction a lot of supplementary content. It didn't happen. Anything you can learn in the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer you also learn in Red Rose where it's introduced as backround informaion. The acting is good. The story is good as far it goes. I just wish they'd finish it. But in the end I say don't waste your money. Buy Red Rose, forget the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer and leave it at that.

As a huge fan of Stephen King's Rose Red and based on the high reviews I ordered this which is a prequel to Rose Red by the way... I found this particularly unimpressive so much makes sense and unravels the mystery and disturbances of Rose Red but as for it being better than Rose Red I can't say I agree with that....there's almost zero paranormal phenomena which is a massive let down and that gets the adrenaline fuelled audiences going 😁🤔 The diary of Ellen Rimbauer is nothing more than a Victorian tale of lies, deceit and womanizing. I paid a considerable amount of money for this film and it's a shame it's not exceeded my expectations but I'll be doing more research next time. Off to the charity shop it goes 🙄🙄🙄

fantastic prequel to Rose Red movie which was spooky as heck - this movie The Diary of Ellen Rimbaur was fascinating, loved it and a definite must see for all Rose Red fans

Not a bad flim if you don't know the flim of rose red very well as in this flim there are some blatant mistakes. As this film was made after rose red I would have thought someone would have watched to make sure the stories matched up.

Absolutely great film....keep watching it that often I'm going to wear it out before it's time !.....not a boring moment in it, great from beginning with some ghosties in. Do buy....you won't regret it !!!

I enjoyed this, the follow up story to Rose Red by Stephen King, I think it was probably better than Rose Red in my opinion. Nothing like a good ghost story on a rainy evening.