Impressive scary, but not flawless horror-room movie

Rating: 8/10 (21 September 2010)

This movie really sounded interesting to me, so I decided to watch it. I haven't read Stephen King's short story, but in my opinion you really can enjoy and follow the movie without it. What makes this movie so special is the one-room plot. Beside the beginning and the ending, the whole movie just shows the desperate main character in this evil room with an own life, but it really works. Its thrilling, and surprising twists give the plot a flow and manage to create an unpromising evil atmosphere. The ending is unfortunately a bit uninspired and somehow breaks the logic of the movie, but that can't really destroy the joy of watching this man fighting this room of horror. Sadly it is irreproducible how a thinking human can decide to go into a room, where 56 persons verifiably died, whether you believe in a room's own life or not.
Still I really can recommend this movie, especially for people who are tired of bad slasher horror and who are interested in a clever and thrilling story that is able to keep suspense from the beginning till the end