I'm surprised by how many lived. I'm also puzzled over the choices of who died. This movie goes through its hauntings without explaining enough.Why on Earth was Joyce Reardon so psychotically OBSESSED with Rose Red? It's never explained...nor is it explained how she came to know all these people that she would pay for their appearances at the house.Apparently the good doctor needed proof that the house was alive and kickin'. When she got her proof, she wanted more. Why, I don't know. I guess she wanted to unlock more secrets of the place, and folks dying kind of took a back seat to that hunger. But WHY? Why was she so obsessed?We'll never know, I suppose. Her acting was miserable. The acting of David Dukes (rest his soul) was miserable. Julian Sands was the best thing that happened to this movie that apparently strove to hire as many over-actors as possible.Average rating for an average movie.