Red Rooms
I’m a true crime fan and love movies about snuff films (go watch 8mm and Sinister when you get the chance) so Red Rooms seemed tailor made for me. I wasn’t prepared though for how morbidly voyeuristic the film felt, and I loved every second of it. Focusing on Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy), a fashion model stalking a serial killer on trial while searching for a snuff film, Red Rooms takes its sweet time with a creeping build up as you observe how isolated and disturbed Kelly-Anne is. Gariépy’s cold and entrancing performance is astounding, and her disturbing fascinations and urges are entrancing. The film was very uncomfortable but not in a predictably graphic way. Red Rooms is easily one of the tensest movies of the year, check it out when you get the chance.
