It’s always a little funny seeing a movie that says “Inspired by true events” when it’s a ghost story, as the fact it deals with paranormal happenings calls into question everything about it almost immediately. WINCHESTER: THE HOUSE THAT GHOSTS BUILT is based on a real location, though a little digging will tell you the movie is stretching the ghost story aspects quite a bit for moviegoers. Either way, it looks like a fun scary movie to take in, and when you’ve got Helen Mirren in the lead that’s always a good thing. She’s joined by Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Laura Brent, and Tyler Coppin, and the film is directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (aka The Spierig Brothers, who helmed DAYBREAKERS). Check out the newest trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece, or for the brilliant Doctor Eric Price whom she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters…
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
