Rose Red with Julia Max
Episode 274, May 07, 10:17 AM
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Director Julia Max (whose upcoming horror film, The Surrender, is released May 23rd) joins Vespe and Breznican to talk about one of King's less-talked about forays into the world of the TV mini-series: 2002's Rose Red.
We talk about severed fingers, creepy mirrored ballrooms, and a surprising amount about what exactly happens when we die. Things go from goofy to philosophical and then back to silliness in this one.
Rose Red is the rare mini-series that Stephen King wrote directly for the screen and is essentially his stab at playing in Shirley Jackson's Hill House sandbox. With a wild cast that includes both Nancy Travis and Julian Sands and Melanie Lynskey and a story that feels like a Greatest Stephen King Hits compilation, Rose Red is a fascinating one to look back on.