Review of The Black Room (2017) by Arne S — 13 Aug 2017
The Black Room (2016).
Cast: Natasha Henstridge, Lukas Hassel, Lin Shaye, Augie Duke.
Director: Rolfe Kanefsky.
Overview: Natasha Henstridge & Lukas Hassel star as a married couple that has just moved into their dream house. That turns into a nightmare as they discover that a presence is waiting for them in the basement.
Review:
The Black Room is a horror that explores the black arts of summoning and trapping a demon. Cutting the story short, Miss Black trapped this demon in her youth after a party went terribly wrong and it gets loose and causes havoc for Jennifer & Paul.
The movie had a good concept but was executed poorly, with bad characters/development that I didn't care for. The film starts with showing us a preview of what happened before the new couple moves in, giving us a small glimpse of the evil presence and what it is capable of. This was followed by an overly long & over the top title sequence.
As mentioned previously after being introduced to the new home owners it doesn't take long for things to start happening, almost instantly we are down in the basement meeting the demon's first victim. Followed later that evening with seeing a glimpse of the power and strength the demon has. Later seeing Paul getting possessed which happens very sudden, stiff and unnatural.
Let's talk a bit about the visuals of the movie, the special effects were executed poorly and a lot of the time unbelievable however the set design towards inside the black room I found to be very good if not a little gory like you would imagine giving birth to be.
Despite most of the movie being bad, the soundtrack was fantastic and it gave the film at least some form of atmosphere. Overall I thought the movie wasn't great, it was executed poorly, the story was below average and the effects were bad. However, it was slightly amusing and a very raunchy horror movie if you have time to kill sure watch it otherwise I wouldn't bother.
2 out 5 bloody hands purely for the soundtrack and concept.
This review of The Black Room (2017) was written by Arne S on 13 Aug 2017.
The Black Room has generally received negative reviews.
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