Brilliant Tense and Candidly Violent Thrillride.

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2017)

Green Room was without a doubt my favorite horror/thriller since The Babadook. While I enjoyed Get Out, I knew that I could only digest the film as a spectator rather than someone who has let their imagination take hold to what dangers lurk in a predominately white society; the lack of transparency and authenticity that one senses can lead to troublesome thoughts, and Get Out pretty much hit the nail on the head as a darkly comical satire with the format of a Hitchcockian thriller.
Green Room not only brings it's action to live with a heightened sense of realism; developed characters with human-like nuances that make each person on screen feel real, no supervillains, everything being a situationally fight-or-flight scenario etc. it also takes the spirit of the punk scene and caters it throughout the film without missing a beat. While the film is brutally violent and shocking, it never delves into the world of nihilism that slasher films become codependent on (see Eden Lake).
This movie is beautifully shot with no pretenses. There are no "hidden messages" and doesn't treat you like some poor sob trying to dissect a poem. It's an in-your- face thriller that takes place in real time and you have barely any room to catch your breath if at all.
Along with The Babadook, The Descent, 28 Days Later, REC and Let the Right One In, Green Room will be held high amongst the movies of the early 21st century that will impress viewers (genre-enthusiasts and regular filmgoers) for decades to come.