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Sneak Peek footage from the upcoming supernatural horror feature "Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built", directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, starring Helen Mirren ("Excalibur"):

"...after the sudden death of her family, firearms heiress 'Sarah Winchester' becomes convinced that she's haunted by the souls of those killed by guns. 

"Winchester then decides to build an enormous mansion that's designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. 

"When skeptical psychiatrist 'Eric Price' visits the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he soon discovers that her obsession may not be so far-fetched after all..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built"...

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Fans of haunted house movies – get ready for more of your favorite genre!

Opening in cinemas on February 2nd, 2018 is CBS Films’ upcoming Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built. Inspired by true events, this supernatural thriller will take audiences inside California’s infamous Winchester House.

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Check out the spooky filled trailer below.

On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) 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 (Sarah Snook) or...

I've had a fascination with the Winchester Mystery House since I first learned about it when I was a kid. The thought of ghosts instructing a woman to keep building on to her house to appease the spirits of those people who were killed by the Winchester rifle is a mysterious one.

I've been to visit the Winchester Mystery House a few times up in San Jose, California and it's pretty freakin' cool! I was really excited to hear that a movie was being made inspired by these stories that I grew up with and today we have the first trailer for you to watch! It looks like it's going to be a great horror flick!

The film is called Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built and it has a fantastic cast that includes Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook and Angus Sampson. Here's the synopsis:

Inspired by true events.

Several months after The Spierig brothers help Billy the Puppet take back Halloween with the October 27th release of Jigsaw, they'll take viewers into the labyrinthine confines of the Winchester Mystery House in a supernatural thriller based on the real-life location, and you can now get an idea of what to expect by watching the first teaser trailer for Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built.

Synopsis: "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, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) 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.

Lionsgate and CBS Films have released the teaser trailer for “Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built,” an upcoming horror film starring Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke. Inspired by true events, as so many of these movies seem to be, it purports to tell the story of the most haunted house in history. Watch the trailer below.

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Here’s the synopsis: “On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) 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...

CBS Films has released a first poster for the upcoming movie Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built. Inspired by true events, this supernatural thriller will take audiences inside California’s infamous Winchester House. The first teaser trailer debuts on Tuesday.

Directed by The Spierig Brothers (Jigsaw, Predestinaition) and starring Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren & Jason Clarke, this story of a woman building an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts will be haunting theaters nationwide on February 2nd, 2018.

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, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) 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...

After the Spierig brothers bring Billy the Puppet and torturous traps back to the big screen with the release of Jigsaw, they'll take viewers into the labyrinthine confines of the Winchester Mystery House in a supernatural movie based on the real-life location. Originally titled Winchester, the film now has a new title and release date.

According to Variety, Winchester is now titled Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built, and is slated for a February 2nd, 2018 release from CBS Films, who have bumped it up slightly from its previous February 23rd spot on the calendar.

In the film, Helen Mirren stars as Sarah Winchester, who believed she was haunted by the spirits of people slain by Winchester rifles. Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (Jigsaw, Predestination, Daybreakers), Winchester also stars Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-o’Prey, and Angus Sampson.

Filming on the movie took place partly in the real-life Winchester Mystery House,...

CBS Films announced on Tuesday that their upcoming supernatural thriller Winchester will be released on Friday, February 23rd, 2018.

Above is this first look at Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren in the role of real life heiress and owner of the Winchester House: Sarah Winchester. Inspired by true events, this is the story of an impossibly wealthy recluse who obsessively kept her 160+ room home under construction twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for thirty-eight years straight.

Inspired by true events, Winchester follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester Repeating Rifle.

After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24-hours a day, seven days a week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist...

We now know when we'll be able to enter the labyrinthine confines of the Winchester Mystery House on the big screen, as CBS Films has set a release date for Winchester.

Deadline reports that Winchester is slated to come out on February 23rd, 2018, the same day Pacific Rim: Uprising stomps into theaters.

In the film, Helen Mirren stars as Sarah Winchester, who believed she was haunted by the spirits of people slain by Winchester rifles.

Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (Saw: Legacy, Predestination, Daybreakers), Winchester also stars Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, and Angus Sampson.

Filming on the movie takes place partly in the real-life Winchester Mystery House, and we have more official details below:

"Coming soon from CBS Films is the supernatural thriller Winchester. The film stars Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen, Eye in the Sky) and Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,...

CBS Films has released the first photo of Helen Mirren in the upcoming supernatural thriller based on the story behind the legendary Winchester Mystery House. Mirren plays Sarah Winchester in the film.

Winchester follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Mirren), "who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester repeating rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24-hour a day, seven days a week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all. Winchester will take audiences inside the labyrinth like house that is believed to be one of the most haunted places in the world."

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Ahead of its 2018 release, the haunted house movie Winchester is teased in a new image (revealed by People.com) that shows Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester, who believed she was haunted by the spirits of people slain by Winchester rifles.

Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (Saw: Legacy, Predestination, Daybreakers), Winchester also stars Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, and Angus Sampson. Filming on the movie will take place partly in the real-life Winchester Mystery House. The film is expected to be released by CBS Films sometime in early 2018, and we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information is revealed.

From the Press Release: "The film follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester repeating rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24 hour a day,...

CBS Films has your first look at Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren in the upcoming supernatural thriller Winchester. Inspired by true events, this is the story of the impossibly wealthy recluse Sarah Winchester, who obsessively kept her 160+ room home under construction twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for thirty-eight years straight.

Inspired by true events, Winchester follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester Repeating Rifle.

After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24-hours a day, seven days a week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all.

Helen Mirren is taking on a haunting new role.

In a People exclusive first look at the upcoming supernatural thriller Winchester, the actress bears a striking resemblance to real-life rifle heiress Sarah Winchester, whose spooky, 160-plus-room mansion has long fascinated tourists visiting San Jose, Calif.

“I don’t believe in ghosts, but I do believe people can be haunted, and Sarah Winchester is a haunted person,” Mirren, 71, tells People. “That was the appeal in the role.”

Though audiences will get an inside look at Winchester’s labyrinthine home, the film’s directors, Michael and Peter Spierig, want to prove that...

Jason Clarke.

Jason Clarke (Everest, Zero Dark Thirty) is set to join the cast of Michael and Peter Spierig.s supernatural thriller Winchester, acting opposite Helen Mirren.

.Jason Clarke is an extremely talented actor and we look forward to seeing him face off against Dame Helen Mirren as well as any vengeful spirits that might be lurking about the Winchester house,. said the Spierigs.

Production of the film is set to begin in early 2017, following confirmation of Screen Australia Production Investment earlier this month.

The film is also being financed by Bullitt Entertainment, Diamond Pictures and Blacklab Entertainment with further assistance from Film Victoria.s Production Incentive Attraction Fund and production investment from Screen Queensland.

Winchester follows firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Mirren) who, after the sudden deaths of her husband and child, believed she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester repeating rifle.

But when...

Company is coming to visit Helen Mirren's character in the upcoming haunted house movie Winchester, as CBS Films announced that Jason Clarke has joined the cast as a psychiatrist who gets a lot more than he bargained for when he's sent to the haunted Winchester mansion to check on Sarah Winchester's (Helen Mirren) mental well-being.

Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (Predestination, Daybreakers), Winchester will begin filming early next year in Melbourne, Australia, before coming stateside to shoot in the real-life Winchester Mystery House. For more information, we have the official press release with full details:

Press Release: Los Angeles – September 13, 2016 – CBS Films announced today that Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Zero Dark Thirty) is joining Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen, Eye in the Sky) in the supernatural thriller Winchester. Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (Predestination) are directing the film based on their screenplay with Tom Vaughan.

Variety is reporting that Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty and Dawn of the Plant of the Apes) is in talks to join Helen Mirren in Winchester, the next from The Spierig Brothers. The film follows firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Mirren), who’s convinced that she’s haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester repeating rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she throws herself into the construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price (Clarke) is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all. Technically proficient directors, The Spierig Brothers have...

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Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig (who are expected to helm the new Saw movie), starring Helen Mirren, and taking place in the real-life—and quite possibly haunted—Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, the horror movie Winchester doesn’t begin filming until next March, but it has already been acquired for Us distribution by CBS films:

Press Release: Los Angeles – August 8, 2016 – CBS Films announced today that it has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Winchester from Bullitt Entertainment and Diamond Pictures.

The film is being directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (Predestination) who wrote the screenplay for Winchester with Tom Vaughan. Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) will star, with Imagination Design Works’ Brett Tomberlin and Blacklab Entertainment’s Tim McGahan producing.

The film follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at...

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