![]() ![]() It’s not surprising Benjamin turned into the malevolent spirit he did, but he targeted the wrong person, Henry, to take out his anger on. When you look at his final act while still alive, you can see Benjamin is too far gone to be saved. However, sympathy ends there, as Benjamin chose to see the guns, not the killers, as the enemy and stormed into a Winchester office, shooting innocent employees before being shot and killed by police. ![]() Angered at the deaths of his two brothers from Winchester firearms, we can sympathize with his grief. In a way, Benjamin Block had let his grief erase his humanity. It’s the kind of spirit that has lost its humanity altogether. Possession alone is awful, but doing this to a child makes the spirit seem that much colder, that much more cynical, evil, selfish, relentless, dangerous, and definitely inhuman. What if he had been successful? He would have forever been burdened with the guilt of murdering a family member, and certainly not of his own volition. While possessed, Henry was being forced to kill his beloved Aunt Sarah. Even though Henry survives, who’s to say he’s not scarred for life in some form? Would he be that much more vulnerable to further possession after an evil spirit like Benjamin? Possession tends to leave scarring in some form, even if you can’t remember what happened while possessed. It’s the ultimate violation, infringing the life of a young boy and trying to murder him. Benjamin tries to kill Henry by jumping off a roof while possessing him, but Henry is saved by the doctor, Eric (Jason Clarke), who is there to assess Sarah’s well-being. His only crime is being in the house, or in the wrong place at the wrong time. Henry is young, still oblivious to most of life’s woes, and completely innocent. Benjamin possesses Henry more than once, which is possibly one of the worst things he could do in his afterlife. Henry is an innocent party, having nothing to do with the deaths caused by Winchester firearms.Ī ghost as evil as Benjamin Block (Eamon Farren) fails to see past his own fury to spare an innocent child, however. Henry is a young boy, living in the famous Winchester Mystery House (before it was known as such) with his mother Marion and great-aunt Sarah. Her great-nephew Henry (Finn Scicluna O’Prey) is possessed by a particularly violent ghost on more than one occasion, they experience the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and Sarah, the doctor, her niece Marion (Sarah Snook) and Henry are left to their own devices to discover the identity of the evil spirit, fight him off, come out alive, and heal some hurts along the way. Sarah is eccentric, but certainly not crazy, as the film depicts. ![]() In the film, Sarah is haunted by the ghosts of people whose lives were taken as a result of Winchester firearms. The film takes place in 1906, as a doctor hired by the Winchester company is sent to Sarah’s home to evaluate her mental health and determine whether she is fit enough to continue running her late husband’s company. The film follows the unconventional and somewhat disturbing life led by Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who lives in a mansion that is always under construction in San Jose, California. ![]() Winchester, also known as Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built, is a supernatural horror film that came out in 2018. To sign up visit the 25YL Media Patreon page. For just $3 a month you will have access to our full library of Audio content, plus three new uploads every week. This article is now available on Audio exclusively for our Patreon supporters. ![]()
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