Rose Red
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Rose Red (also known as Stephen King's Rose Red) The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red (novel) The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (prequel) |
| Abbreviation(s): | RR |
| Creator: | Stephen King (writer) Craig R. Baxley (director) Ridley Pearson (Diary of Ellen author) |
| Date(s): | 2001 (tie-in novel) January 27, 2002 (miniseries) May 12, 2003 (prequel) |
| Medium: | Television miniseries, novel |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | Wikipedia |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Rose Red is a 2002 ABC miniseries scripted by horror novelist Stephen King. A prequel miniseries The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer aired the following year.
The tie-in novel, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red, was written by Ridley Pearson - it was released in 2001.
Canon
The story centers on a mysteriously haunted Seattle mansion named Rose Red that was built over ancient Indian burial ground, thus cursing the estate. Due to its long history of supernatural events and unexplained tragedies, the house is investigated by parapsychologist Dr. Joyce Reardon and a team of gifted psychics.
Main Characters
Present
- Dr. Joyce Reardon - Parapsychology Professor
- Steven Rimbauer - the last descendent of Ellen and John Rimbauer
- Annie Wheaton - Telekinetic & Telepathic
- Rachel "Sister" Wheaton - Annie's older sister
- Cathy Kramer - Automatic Writing
- Emery Waterman - Retrocognition
- Nick Hardaway - Psychologist, Telepathic/Remote Viewing
- Pam Asbury - Psychometry
- Victor "Vic" Kandinsky - Precognitive
- Dr. Carl Miller - Psychology Department Head
- Kay Waterman - Emery's mother
- Kevin Bollinger - College Student and newspaper reporter
Past
- John P. Rimbauer - Oil tycoon, married to Ellen
- Ellen Gilchrist-Rimbauer - Wife of John P. Rimbauer
- Sukeena - Ellen's friend from Africa
- Adam Rimbauer - Son of John and Ellen, Steve's grandfather
- April Rimbauer - daughter of John and Ellen, is born with a withered arm
- Deanna Petrie - Actress and friend of Ellen Rimbauer
- Douglas Posey - John's former business partner
Fandom
The fandom for the miniseries is a small, however it has a handful of fanworks at FanFiction.Net, Adult-Fanfiction.org, Archive Of Our Own, Tumblr and YouTube. A LiveJournal community, rose-red-, was created for the series in May 2003 and was last active in 2006.
Due to the small fandom, there is not a lot of shipping, most fanfiction and vids focus on gen works. The ships Nick/Steve and Annie/Nick have appeared more than once. There are handful of OCs fics, sometimes pairing them with Nick or Steve. Surprisingly there has been little femslash created for the series despite the implied canon (as seen in the miniseries)/confirmed canon (as in the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer novel) Sukeena/Ellen.
Connections with Other Fandoms
Many compare it with The Haunting of Hill House/The Haunting, which has a similar plot about a group going to a haunted house. References to the Ghostbusters and A Christmas Carol, plus many more from Stephen King's own novels.
Kimberly J. Brown (Annie) is known for her role as Marnie Piper of Halloweentown. Emily Deschanel (Pam) would go on to star as Temperance Brennan of Bones. Matt Keeslar (Steve) would go on to star in The Middleman. Jimmi Simpson (Kevin) would go on to star in Breakout Kings. Stephen King portrayed the pizza delivery man.
Fanworks
FanFiction
- Sawdust and Bone by koanju, Like Hamlet/The smell of sawdust tickles his nose. He wonders if the others, like Nick, smell it too. (Written for YuleTide New Year Resolutions 2005)
Fanvids
- Rose Red Sweet Sacrifice and Taking Me Over by Cindy Deitz
- Rose Red(Moonlight sonata) by abstractmistique
- Stephen King´s Rose Red by MrsSvenson
Archives & Fannish Links
- Rose Red at Adult-Fanfiction.org
- Rose Red at FanFiction.net
- Rose Red works at AO3
- rose-red-, a LiveJournal community
- Stephen King's Rose Red tag at Tumblr.
- The Rose Red Tumblr tag is too much of a mixture of other fandoms and other items to be completely helpful in trying to find Rose Red related posts.