The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

TV-14

2003

1h 36m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Dark forces invade a Seattle mansion where an industrialist (Steven Brand) lives with his submissive wife (Lisa Brenner).

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Ron Wertheimer

New York Times

While the special effects in the three-part ''Rose Red'' made the house seem a cavernous enigma, the two-hour ''Diary'' (with little in the way of visual effects, special or otherwise) makes the place feel about as interesting as a suburban colonial.

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Melanie McFarland

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer" managed to stun this critic by being substantially more dreadful that the original, and offensive to boot.

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Michael Speier

Variety

The project is an elegantly staged and crisp haunted house primer that could have easily popped up as an A&E production or, minus a few gimmicks, even on PBS.

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Scott D. Pierce

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

"Diary" isn't really scary or even creepy. And what's the use of a horror movie that isn't horrifying?

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Tom Jicha

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Everything about The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer screams low rent.

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M M

The acting is stiff and unnatural.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/18/25

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steve d

Slightly better than Rose Red but not by much.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I loved it. Can't believe all the bad reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

I found the movie to be a good introduction to the miniseries Rose Red. In many ways, I prefer it to the first part of the miniseries. I just wish I had watched it prior to Rose Red.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

As good as Rose Red was.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Loved it, great movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Craig R. Baxley

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Lisa Brenner

Ellen Gilcrest Rimbauer

Steven Brand

John Rimbauer

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Connie Posey

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Synopsis

Dark forces invade a Seattle mansion where an industrialist (Steven Brand) lives with his submissive wife (Lisa Brenner).

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Producer: Thomas H. Brodek
Screenwriter: Ridley Pearson
Production Co: Columbia
Rating: TV-14 (S|V), R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2017
Runtime: 1h 36m

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