Movie Review: Room 205

Wanting a fresh start, Katrine moves into a university dormitory but quickly learns the myth about the ghost of a former resident who was killed, only to have the myth become a terrifying reality.

Here's a horror movie from Denmark and I must say... it's easily the best Danish horror film I've ever seen. Also it should be noted it's the only Danish horror film I've ever seen and it lacks any originality whatsoever. It's good to know the Danish are as out of ideas for horror movies as Hollywood is I guess.

It's not horrible though, as it's just a low-budget copy of The Ring or The Grudge maybe with the recent film Mirrors elements thrown in for good measure. The atmosphere created by the director can be sort of spooky and it's got a few good shock scares in it. I like the story a bit even as the girl moves into college for her first time living away from home and begins to feel isolated and alone as she doesn't fit in with the "in-crowd". She also battles her own doubts as to whether she's going down the same path as her crazy mother did. She breaks a mirror releasing the ghost of a girl who was brutalized in the same building and the ghostly chick begins knocking off the in-crowd one at a time.

Once the killings start, it actually gets pretty brutal at times. Truth be told if it wasn't so unoriginal plot-wise and if the first 30 minutes didn't take forever to get to the good stuff, I'd easily bump it up a few points. It's a fun ghost flick after it gets going and worth a few kroner (that's Danish dough... I think).

4.5/10