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Room 33 (2009)

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Room 33

20 reviews
5/10

It's about what you're expecting.

What you're promised: a group of roller derby girls and a few guys crash at a abandoned, haunted insane asylum. Oooh, creepy.

What you get: many shots of girls wearing very little clothing, a killer ghost, and quite a few scenes of people walking down hallways in an abandoned building. Also, a bit of digging around in old filing cabinets, scanning documents that say "CLASSIFIED".

Does it live up to the promises? Sure. Some of the girls even put on Rollerblades. There's a bit of hurried exposition that explains the mystery of the haunted asylum, but I wasn't paying enough attention, so I never really learned what was going on. It doesn't bother me. I can live without knowing the secret of this nameless asylum.

This was a pretty generic movie. The acting was pretty decent, even good at times, but the writing and directing never impressed me. It's not like it was especially bad or anything, but they never went anywhere more creative or interesting than your average haunted house movie. Along with the lack of atmosphere or tension, that makes for a bit of a lame horror movie. While exploitative in nature, this movie is curiously inhibited, with no real gratuitous nudity or gore, though there's a voyeuristic strip scene and a few quick shots of mutilated corpses. So, in the end, I'm left wondering to whom this movie was intended. It's not gratuitous enough for exploitation fans, and it's too tame for horror fans. The leads are obviously too old (mid-to-late 20s) to appeal to teenagers, and it doesn't seem to work very well as a mystery, either. Does that mean it's a bad movie? No, certainly not. But that does keep it from being very memorable. It can't hurt to watch this movie, if you find it on a streaming service, like Netflix, but I wouldn't actually waste the time otherwise.
  • krachtm
  • Aug 9, 2011
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5/10

DEATH TO THE DIAMOND DIVAS

  • nogodnomasters
  • May 7, 2018
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5/10

Better than expected

Although clearly low-budget and with some poor camera work and a cast of young actors who could do with a few pointers to say the least, this film was surprisingly entertaining with a few good scares despite the limited and rather basic 'special effects', consisting almost exclusively of blood on and around the eyes In a pretty sad attempt to make It appear that the eyes have been removed. Nevertheless, the movie Is lively enough to keep the viewer Interested and although the story and It's events are rather Clichéd It has It's fair share of scares and some Interesting characters - the skating, amazonian-like young lady with her baseball bat and In-your-face attitude Is someone I wouldn't like to upset! The general premise Is that a bunch of guys,late teens to early 20s,find themselves spending the night In an apparently abandoned and empty Psychiatric hospital about 80 miles from the nearest town and soon discover a weirded-out young woman with little to say and who Is obviously mentally disturbed. Murders soon ensue, the deaths seemingly caused by, or at least Including, the removal of the eyes of the victims. Some think the disturbed girl Is somehow Involved In the grisly deaths..... I don't think I'd watch It a second time but,all things considered, this Movie Is worth a watch, particularly for fans of Horror and suspense.
  • stevehoyland
  • Nov 23, 2015
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3/10

Room 33 leaves me wondering.

  • dbs630-697-952794
  • Sep 24, 2011
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5/10

Better than expected...

When getting a movie by way of 4 pack usually holds minimal promise for good flicks. The feature of the bundle was curtains an 80's slasher film, which is good, but that's another review....This has a decent story with borderline good acting and hot bodies in little clothing. It's only downfall is the ghost, not at all scary or intimidating. It's like having your mail man as a villain.... Aside from that the film features roller derby chicks lost, with a dead car, and no cell service. They find themselves in an abandoned asylum, and they aren't alone. The end left some to be desired, but I enjoyed this movie, it's worth a try.
  • sean-thedon-corcoran
  • Feb 27, 2012
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1/10

This is terrible.

I'm a big fan of low-budget horror, but this is unwatchable. Every minute of it is stupid and tedious. Made by people who have watched many horror films but never understood the hows and whys of them. Clichés taken out of context... which actually is interesting from a sociolinguistic standpoint. Unfortunately I don't think experimental deconstruction was the intended point of the film.

"When I was out there looking for Natasha, I saw something." "What did you see?" "I saw a guy in the road." "Well, why didn't you say something earlier?" "I JUST DIDN'T, ALRIGHT?!?"

Etc.

Etc.
  • dld2012
  • Dec 3, 2013
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Room 33- (7.5/10) " Dull title, slow building tension but good climax".

Room 33 film review - (7.5/10) "Slowly building to good tension using expressions and the camera".

Room 33 has an excellent upbeat opening with nature and sets the scene for a real adventure. You might ask what could possibly wrong and you end up thinking, what couldn't. As turmoil begins, the film rumbles on and doesn't really have many tension building effects. It is the acting that makes it well worth a watch in the end.

The characters are played very well and actors formulate their personalities individually , to help you get to know the characters. This is vital in any horror so that you feel a sense of loss without them. The plot has enough mystery to keep you engaged. It isn't just a case of a psycho on the loose. Far from it in fact. The tale has history and needs the full film duration to truly understand what is going on.

The film consistently does camera angle well. The camera homes in on precisely where facial expressions or events are happening. The setting is nice and confined, keeping tension reasonable throughout. Not your typical horror film and a nice surprise. Definitely an adventure horror if such a thing exists.

I have to say it is worth a watch and you won't be disappointed. It does enough to build tension, and has a good storyline. For a good horror film I don't think anything else is necessary. A good film with a dull title.
  • bhattrell
  • Jan 18, 2018
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3/10

Waste-of-time independent horror with a clichéd asylum setting

  • Leofwine_draca
  • Feb 25, 2017
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4/10

Room 33

  • Scarecrow-88
  • Aug 1, 2010
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3/10

Interesting movie

Good movie to watch for especially the horror scenes and mystery in the movie the movie is not as bad as it expected the movie has some good direction.
  • dy38493
  • Apr 13, 2021
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1/10

Boring Movie

If you're here looking for a review for this movie, you most likely saw it as a $5 movie pack at your local Mart. This movie lacks gore. It also lacks tension and suspense. It really is a boring movie. There are hot chicks to arouse attention. But since there isn't any nudity, viewer will lose interest quick. Many deaths are off-screen. The few on screen deaths feature the killer running toward people sticking jelly into the eyes of his victims. I am serious. It really does look as if the killer is sticking jelly into peoples' eyes.

Judging from a lot of the reviews, many people didn't learn what the secret of Room 33 was. I guess they were too bored or spent too much time fast forwarding to figure it out. And even if they did find out, would they care? No. This movie is unable to keep any viewer interested long enough to care.
  • jtfriday2000
  • Sep 15, 2012
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8/10

Genuinely not a good movie

I can't honestly say that I like this movie, but there is something undeniably fascinating about it. This film features more roller skating than one would reasonably expect, unlikeable characters, poor writing (both in terms of advancing the plot and in sounding like how a person, any person, would ever speak), and sparks a general malaise in the audience bordering on schadenfreude at witnessing the truly dreadful denim pant options of the early-mid 2000s.

So, I really can't say that I like it. I can say that in the past decade I have watched it at least four times and was at one point so obsessed with finding it without remembering the title that I spent four hours googling random descriptions and finally securing a copy on eBay. I take no pleasure in recommending anyone watch this movie, but I do recommend it.
  • romanofrankie
  • Apr 10, 2021
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7/10

not Session Nine

  • gpeltz
  • Sep 3, 2015
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3/10

A good try is lost among silly script ideas

  • loomis78-815-989034
  • Apr 4, 2013
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8/10

Room 33

If you are a horror or suspense buff, this is a film you will surely recognise. A group of teens/teens-plus find themselves stranded miles from anywhere, but conveniently there is a deserted building just over the hill. This one is not a haunted house but a haunted something. There is one human denizen, a girl who is likewise haunted, not to mention terrified. She seems also to have a strange psychic connection with the villain of the piece, a black clad wraith who may not look quite like the Grim Reaper, but certainly acts like him.

The only real question is how many of them will he dispatch before the riddle is solved? Actually, if you don't mind a proper resolution, this is not a bad film, certainly it is vastly superior to the common or garden slasher flick.
  • a_baron
  • Feb 12, 2015
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6/10

Not bad....

  • C_LooLoo
  • Mar 29, 2019
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8/10

Nifty little chiller

  • Woodyanders
  • Oct 12, 2011
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6/10

Worth watching

Seemingly non-existent budget, lowest level movie. But. It looks professionally made, believable acting, not a bad script, usual plot though. I agree with another rater saying that it should be a 5.5.
  • duckman_079
  • Mar 17, 2020
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6/10

Interesting

Harsh imdb score

Is worth at least a 5.5 Has got a plot and follows the basic rules of a script that many pretentious author's one loose sometimes

It keeps it simple and it works Does the job that is to entertain a public

Let's not forget that is at the end An indipendent low budget movie so 👍
  • giuseppedidomenico76
  • Jan 11, 2020
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6/10

Unusual Supernatural Movie!

A roller derby team is on the road to their next brawls then happen upon an accident. Kind enough to lend free travel, they hit a dead end. Beyond the fence they notice a lure. It leads them to an old folks home they later learn has a different history. Out of nowhere a young lady appears and she is the plot. Getting away from her proves dangerous because what she is is what she ain't. Late in the flick another player baffles them yet proves more normal. Their attention to the young lady leads to chaos and confusion. One of the ladies of the roller derby team don't take kindly to "the plot" and is the least bit afraid. She's out to 'do in' the plot yet has other ideas which includes "Don't Sneak Up" she'll take you to the club!
  • tchibwaa
  • Sep 21, 2024
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