The famous haunted San Jose mansion
Andrew Trapani can’t get enough of creepy abodes. The producer behind Lionsgate’s spring release The Haunting in Connecticut has his eyes fixed on a film based on San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House.
Now a tourist attraction, the home once belonged to Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Winchester, and is reportedly haunted. Sarah Winchester had the house under construction for 38 years, believing that the additions would appease the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles.
The house served as inspiration for the Stephen King telefilm Rose Red.
Trapani tells Mercury News: “I must have toured the house a dozen times. The question isn’t what is fascinating about the Winchester but what’s not fascinating about it? As a kid, it was a big scary place that terrified me. As an adult, it’s something I want to research and investigate.”
The producer is currently hatching a modern plot which would include “flashes into the past.” No writer or stars have been attached yet.
Source: Mercury News
