Rosewood Lane

2011 American film

Rose McGowan
Lauren Vélez
Lesley-Anne Down
Ray Wise

CinematographyDon E. FauntLeRoyEdited byEd MarxMusic byBennett Salvay

Production
company

Hollywood Media Bridge

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release date

October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)

Running time

91 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$600,000

Rosewood Lane is a 2011 American thriller-horror film written and directed by Victor Salva, and stars Rose McGowan.^[1] The film's story revolves around a radio talk show psychiatrist who moves back to her hometown and notices her neighborhood paper boy's unusual behavior. The official trailer of the film was released on the October 14, 2011.

Plot

The story follows Dr. Sonny Blake (McGowan), a radio talk show psychiatrist, when she moves back to her childhood home after her alcoholic father dies. Once back in her old neighborhood, she meets the local paperboy, a cunning, depraved sociopath who targeted her father and now targets her. When the boy starts calling her show and reciting eerie nursery rhymes, an unnerving game of cat-and-mouse begins. When the game escalates, she suddenly finds herself in an all-out war, one that forces her to redefine her ideas of good and evil, and has her fighting to stay alive.^[2]

Cast

Rose McGowan as Sonny Blake
Daniel Ross Owens as Derek Barber/Paperboy
Sonny Marinelli as Barrett Tanner
Lauren Vélez as Paula Crenshaw
Ray Wise as Det. Briggs
Tom Tarantini as Det. Mike Sabatino
Rance Howard as Fred Crumb
Steve Tom as Glenn Forrester
Lesley-Anne Down as Dr. Cloey Talbot
Lin Shaye as Mrs. Hawthorne
Bill Fagerbakke as Hank Hawthorne
Judson Mills as Darren Summers

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 11, 2012.^[3] The film was released again on Blu-ray by Mill Creek Entertainment on February 11, 2020 in a double feature with White Noise: The Light (2007), the latter making its United States Blu-ray debut.^[4]

Critical reception

Sean Decker of the Dread Central gave Rosewood Lane 1 out of 5 stars, saying "the film is rife with baffling plot turns, characters who consistently make the most illogical of decisions, abandoned sub-plots (and players), plot holes a'plenty and a second act sequence that betrays the third reel's reveal (a reveal that ultimately makes little sense anyway)".^[5]

References

^ "First Images from Rosewood Lane". Dread Central. May 5, 2011.
^ "About of Rosewood Lane". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011.
^ "Rosewood Lane Blu-ray".
^ "Rosewood Lane / White Noise: The Light Blu-ray (Horror Double Feature)".
^ Decker, Sean (October 28, 2011). "Rosewood Lane (2011)". Dread Central. Retrieved June 7, 2013.