2019 · horror · drama · mystery
The Room
Directed by Christian Volckman1h 39m2019
Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of two miscarriages, what they want most is a child.
Our read: The Room (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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