Winchester draws on a fascinating true story but then simplifies and sensationalizes it to fit creaky, clunky horror conventions..not scary enough for hardcore genre fans but not original enough to pull in a general audience
it's an empty grab bag of a spook show in which the Spierig brothers never do figure out a way to turn the Winchester Mystery House into an exhilarating movie set. It's more like a hardwood maze that traps us
a disappointing movie from directors, and a cast, who are capable of far better. A first draft script and pedestrian director leave us with the biggest mystery of them all: how did this go so badly wrong...
by Peter Hartlaub [San Fransisco Chronicle ]
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
by Rafes Guzman [Newsday ]
